Smithy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1980. Cottage.

Smithy Cottage

WRENN ID
other-grate-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stafford
Constituency
Stafford MP: Leigh Ingham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 April 1980
Type
Cottage
Address
Smithy Cottage, Loggerheads Road, Eccleshall
OS grid reference
SJ 773 333
Coordinates
52.89713, -2.33808
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Smithy Cottage is a building that likely dates from the early 18th century. It is constructed from painted stone and brick and has two storeys. The cottage features two modern casement windows and a buttressed stone chimney located on the gabled end to the west. The eaves are plain, and the roof is covered with tiles.

Local climate

Smithy Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Wetwood Manor Grade II 410 m
  2. The Gardeners Cottage at Charnes Hall Grade II 699 m
  3. Charnes Hall Grade II* 756 m
  4. Church of St Peter Grade I 826 m
  5. Broughton Hall Grade I 865 m
  6. Former Stables to Broughton Hall Grade II 964 m
  7. Gates to Kitchen Garden at Broughton Hall Grade II 982 m
  8. House to West of Vernon Yonge Arms Grade II 1.1 km
  9. Church of St Paul Grade II 1.4 km
  10. Range of Outbuildings at West Side of Farmyard Flanking Gateway and Range of Cowsheds and Barns on North Side of Farmyard Grade II* 1.4 km