The Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
The Smithy
- WRENN ID
- iron-pinnacle-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Smithy, B4204, Martley, WR6 6QA
- OS grid reference
- SO 754 600
- Coordinates
- 52.23766, -2.36108
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smithy is a late 17th or early 18th century cottage. It is timber-framed with painted brick infill, and has a plain tile roof, hipped on the right side. A large brick stack with a detached shaft stands on the right gable, and a smaller brick stack is at the rear left. The building is L-shaped and has 1½ storeys, with two framed bays and two gabled dormers illuminating the attic. There are two 19th-century two-light casement windows. The entrance is positioned centrally on the right side and has a late 19th-century gabled canopy supported by wooden posts. The timber framing is characterised by three rectangular panels reaching to the wall-plate; the lower two are horizontal, while the top panel is vertical on the front facade, and all are vertical on the left gable. Straight tension braces are present. The left gable features a queen strut truss with collar and two plank weatherings.
Local climate
The Smithy receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2005
- 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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