The Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Smithy. 2 related planning applications.
The Smithy
- WRENN ID
- under-vestry-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Smithy
- Address
- The Smithy, Clunbury, SY7 0JG
- OS grid reference
- SO 360 829
- Coordinates
- 52.44062, -2.94208
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smithy is a building that likely dates from the mid to late 19th century and has undergone minor alterations since then. It is constructed of uncoursed limestone rubble, although the left gable end has been replaced with concrete blocks. The roof is slate, featuring an integral red brick stack at the right end where it meets a lower range. The building is a single storey. On the right side of the centre, there is a 19th-century cast-iron casement window with wooden shutters, and the entrance is through double doors on the left gable end.
Inside, the Smithy retains a complete set of blacksmithing equipment, including two sets of bellows, an anvil, and two forges. The room on the right has a stone floor and a central king-post truss, while the left room, which was formerly used for shoeing horses, has a boarded floor. The Smithy was still in use at the time of the last survey in August 1986.
Local climate
The Smithy receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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