Sedge Cottage the Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1974. Cottage.

Sedge Cottage the Smithy

WRENN ID
hollow-mullion-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Staffordshire
Constituency
Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 November 1974
Type
Cottage
Address
Sedge Cottage the Smithy, School Lane, Blithfield
OS grid reference
SK 050 232
Coordinates
52.80658, -1.92725
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sedge Cottage and The Smithy are a pair of cottages built in the early 19th century, with a later addition from the 19th century. They are constructed of red brick and feature a plain tile roof, with brick ridge stacks and an integral end stack. The cottages are two storeys high and have dentilled eaves. The building has five bays, with the right-hand bay being the later addition. The windows are casements, with ground-floor windows having segmental heads and first-floor windows topped with gablets. The windows of Sedge Cottage, the right-hand cottage, are fitted with louvred shutters. There are doors on both the left and right sides, each with timber lean-to porches.

Local climate

Sedge Cottage the Smithy receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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