The Old Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Worcester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1986. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Smithy
- WRENN ID
- long-thatch-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Worcester
- Constituency
- Worcester MP: Tom Collins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Smithy, Warndon, WR4 0HX
- OS grid reference
- SO 883 558
- Coordinates
- 52.20076, -2.17152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Smithy is a 17th-century house constructed with a timber frame and rendered infill, featuring a rendered plinth and a thatched roof. The building consists of three framed bays arranged in a north-east to south-west orientation. It has an external rendered brick stack on the north-east gable, which includes a detached shaft, and an oven located on the north-west side. The house is one storey high with an attic that is illuminated by a large central eyebrow dormer. On the ground floor, there are four 20th-century casement windows, a central entrance with a thatched canopy supported by wooden posts, and a 20th-century ledged door. The timber framing has been repaired and originally featured two square panels high, with the south-west bay being originally lower at only one panel high. The north-east gable includes a collar with raking struts below.
Local climate
The Old Smithy receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 1 transaction since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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