Former Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1986. Smithy.
Former Smithy
- WRENN ID
- riven-steeple-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1986
- Type
- Smithy
- Address
- Former Smithy, Hughley
- OS grid reference
- SO 565 979
- Coordinates
- 52.57722, -2.64277
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former smithy, now disused, dates from the late 18th century and has undergone later additions and alterations. It is constructed of red brick and features a machine tile roof with a dentilled eaves cornice. The building has an L-plan layout, with an early 19th-century single-storey gritstone addition at the rear on the left side. On the left, there is a wide segmental arch with a brick keystone and 20th-century double doors, while there is a hatched opening to the right. The structure includes an integral end stack on the right and another stack located behind the ridge at the center. Inside, the smithy retains two brick furnaces, a set of bellows, and a loft.
Local climate
Former Smithy receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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