The Old Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. A Early Modern Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Smithy
- WRENN ID
- lesser-gutter-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- The Old Smithy, 8, Bridge End, Bromham, MK43 8LP
- OS grid reference
- TL 010 506
- Coordinates
- 52.14504, -0.52529
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Smithy is a 17th or early 18th century cottage, originally used as a smithy. It has a colour-washed front wall constructed of stone, with a timber-framed rear wall, and a thatched roof. The main western part of the building has a three-room plan, with a back-to-back hearth separating the eastern two rooms. It is a one-storey building with attics. The front elevation features two three-light casement windows and two two-light casement windows on the ground floor, and three gabled dormers, each with a two-light casement window. An east-facing extension, formerly the forge, is one storey high.
Local climate
The Old Smithy sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 2 transactions since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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