The Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. A Victorian Smithy. 4 related planning applications.
The Smithy
- WRENN ID
- brooding-granite-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Smithy
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- The Smithy, Stanley Green, Whixall, SY13 2NE
- OS grid reference
- SJ 521 353
- Coordinates
- 52.91359, -2.71335
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smithy is a disused smithy, now in working order, dating from the mid- to late 19th century with later alterations. It is constructed of red brick and features a slate roof with a ridge stack located to the left of center and a truncated end stack on the right. The building is single-storey with a dentilled eaves cornice. On the right side, there are fixed-light windows, including a large one that has glass replacing the original 19th-century shutters. To the left of center, there is a plank door. At the rear, the position of the horse's entrance is marked by a fixed-light window and a re-used panelled door that has replaced the original double doors. Inside, the smithy retains its furnace with hand-operated bellows, an anvil, and a complete set of blacksmith's tools.
Local climate
The Smithy receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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