Granary South-West of Lower Smite Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1985. Granary. 1 related planning application.
Granary South-West of Lower Smite Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- bitter-cupola-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1985
- Type
- Granary
- Address
- Granary South-West of Lower Smite Farmhouse, Hindlip
- OS grid reference
- SO 888 589
- Coordinates
- 52.22865, -2.16497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The granary located south-west of Lower Smite Farmhouse dates from the late 17th century to early 18th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and brick infill, with some areas weatherboarded, sitting on a high plinth made of brick, sandstone, and blue lias limestone rubble. The roof is plain tiled. The building consists of two framed bays and is a single storey with an attic, taking advantage of the steep slope to allow the base to be used, likely for cart storage.
The framing features three square panels from the sill to the wall-plate, with short straight braces in the upper corners. The gable ends have collar and tie-beam trusses with queen struts. On the south side elevation, there is a ledged and battened door. The east gable end has a wide doorway in the plinth, a rectangular opening on the ground floor, and a wood panel in the apex that includes two alighting ledges and five access holes for pigeons. Additionally, there is a two-light wood mullioned window in the ground floor of the west gable end.
Inside, the roof is supported by trenched single purlins and an intermediate tie-beam truss with queen struts. The ground floor and attic are plastered throughout, with the attic featuring a plastered ceiling at collar level. This building was previously listed as a dovecote.
Local climate
Granary South-West of Lower Smite Farmhouse 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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