Former Bakehouse Approximately 10 Metres to South East of Smethcote Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1986. Bakehouse.
Former Bakehouse Approximately 10 Metres to South East of Smethcote Manor
- WRENN ID
- upper-brick-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1986
- Type
- Bakehouse
- OS grid reference
- SJ 503 209
- Coordinates
- 52.78341, -2.73721
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former bakehouse, now an outbuilding, is located approximately 10 metres southeast of Smethcote Manor. It dates from the 18th century and is constructed of red brick on a dressed red sandstone plinth, topped with a plain tile roof. The building is one storey high with a loft and features a dentil brick eaves cornice and an integral brick end stack positioned in front of the ridge to the right.
On the west front, there is a small two-light segmental-headed wooden-framed metal casement window on the left and a segmental-headed boarded door on the right. To the right, there is a lean-to from the 18th century (with no straight joint) that has two boarded doors on its return. The left-hand gable end has a partly blocked segmental-headed loft opening. At the rear, there is an introduced early 19th-century small-paned cast-iron window with intersecting tracery.
Inside, there is a large open fireplace with a chamfered lintel, which is now blocked and has an inserted bread oven. The owner reported in December 1985 that there was formerly a washing copper as well. The large fireplace indicates that this building may have once served as a cottage. It is included for its group value.
Local climate
Former Bakehouse Approximately 10 Metres to South East of Smethcote Manor receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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