The Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1986. House, former smithy.
The Smithy
- WRENN ID
- empty-ashlar-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rugby
- Constituency
- Rugby MP: John Slinger (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1986
- Type
- House, former smithy
- Address
- The Smithy, Main Street, Harborough Magna
- OS grid reference
- SP 475 792
- Coordinates
- 52.40933, -1.30306
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smithy is a house that was formerly a smithy, dating from the late 17th century. It is timber-framed but has been refaced in brick and rendered. The roof is made of concrete tiles and features brick stacks at the ridge and end. The building has one storey plus an attic and includes a three-window range, with a later extension on the right. The front has a 20th-century plank door and three 20th-century bow windows on the ground floor. There are dormers with 19th-century two-light casements in the center and to the right. A lean-to extension is located on the right, along with 20th-century extensions at the rear. Inside, the roof is said to remain intact, and there are some chamfered beams, an open fireplace, and remnants of a blacksmith's oven.
Local climate
The Smithy receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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