The Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1952. Smithy. 2 related planning applications.
The Smithy
- WRENN ID
- pitched-step-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1952
- Type
- Smithy
- Address
- The Smithy, Ickwell Green, Northill, SG18 9EE
- OS grid reference
- TL 150 455
- Coordinates
- 52.09661, -0.32192
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smithy is a former smithy that has been converted into sports changing rooms. It dates from the 19th century and is constructed of brick with a colourwashed roughcast render and a slate roof. The building is a single-storey rectangular block with a lean-to addition on the south side. The north elevation features a central arched doorway with a plank door and a brick hood-mould shaped like a horseshoe. On either side of the doorway are round-headed windows, which also have round-headed brick hood-moulds and plank shutters. Originally, the building had two chimney stacks with diagonally-set shafts, but these have since been removed. It is noted that this structure is said to be on the site where Thomas Tompion, a renowned clockmaker, first worked.
Local climate
The 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- 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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