Former Smithy of Trentham Park Estate is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1980. Smithy. 4 related planning applications.

Former Smithy of Trentham Park Estate

WRENN ID
unlit-mortar-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stafford
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent South MP: Dr Allison Gardner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 April 1980
Type
Smithy
Address
Former Smithy of Trentham Park Estate, Park Drive, Swynnerton, ST4 8AB
OS grid reference
SJ 865 411
Coordinates
52.96731, -2.20243
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former smithy of Trentham Park Estate is an early 19th-century building, roughly triangular in shape. It is enclosed at the front and on one sharply angled side by brick walls that rest on a stone base, featuring rusticated stone piers. The entrance, located on the right-hand side, has a horse-shoe shaped opening framed by a stone surround with bands of heavy rustication. There are large stone buttresses on either side of the entrance, and a heavy cornice is topped with a raised stone bowl that holds a wrought metal flambeau. On the left-hand side, there is a pair of substantial rusticated stone gate pillars.

Local climate

Former Smithy of Trentham Park Estate receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2004
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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