The Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Smithy
- WRENN ID
- sheer-merlon-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rugby
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Smithy, 28, Main Street, Willoughby, CV23 8BH
- OS grid reference
- SP 522 673
- Coordinates
- 52.30201, -1.23561
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smithy is a pair of houses, likely originally a house and forge, dating from the early to mid-18th century. They were altered and slightly raised in the early 19th century. The building is constructed of squared coursed sandstone, with a single-storey section to the right made of coursed rubble and featuring brick on the return side and rear. The roofs are slate, with brick stacks at the ends and along the ridge. The layout follows a baffle entry three-unit plan, and the structure has two storeys and an attic, with a four-window range.
The third bay features a 19th-century four-panelled door, above which are wide 15-pane sash windows to the right and 16-pane sashes to the left. There is a fire window on the right side. The entrance to No. 26 is located in a one-storey, two-window range and has a plank door, with a low wide 18-pane sash to the left and a shuttered opening to the right. Blackened wood lintels are present throughout the building. The interiors have not been inspected.
Local climate
The Smithy receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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