Smithy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1972. Cottage.
Smithy Cottage
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-storey-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stafford MP: Leigh Ingham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1972
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Smithy Cottage, High Street, Church Eaton
- OS grid reference
- SJ 845 174
- Coordinates
- 52.75469, -2.2298
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Smithy Cottage is a building that likely dates back to the medieval period. It is a single storey with an attic and features cruck construction, with the crucks visible at one end. The front of the cottage is made of brick and is of a later date, containing two windows and a door. The roof is modern and covered with tiles, featuring two gabled dormers.
Local climate
Smithy Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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