The Smithy and School House is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1980. School, house. 2 related planning applications.
The Smithy and School House
- WRENN ID
- peeling-kitchen-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1980
- Type
- School, house
- Address
- The Smithy and School House, Hilderstone Road, ST15 8SF
- OS grid reference
- SJ 948 347
- Coordinates
- 52.90989, -2.07742
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smithy and School House dates from the early 19th century. It is constructed of red brick and stands two storeys high. The front features four "Gothic" casement windows with pointed arched heads. There are two plain wooden doorways, each with a panelled door and a gabled porch with bargeboards. The roof is slate covered.
Local climate
The Smithy and School House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2000
- 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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