The Old Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1955. House.

The Old Smithy

WRENN ID
vacant-threshold-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peterborough
Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 December 1955
Type
House
Address
The Old Smithy, 47, Peterborough Road, Castor, City of Peterborough
OS grid reference
TL 122 984
Coordinates
52.57261, -0.34497
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Smithy is a building likely dating from the early 17th century. It is constructed of coursed stone rubble and features a hipped thatched roof. The structure is L-shaped, with a later 17th-century right-hand wing that has a dressed stone gable end marked with the date "1676" and a stack positioned above the cornice. The building has one storey and an attic. The central entrance consists of a panelled door, with a casement window to the left and a lean-to entrance with a Collyweston stone roof to the right. A brick ridge stack is located at the centre of the roof. The wing includes a gabled dormer and a sash window with glazing bars. Inside, there are chamfered ceiling beams and open fireplaces featuring timber bressumers.

Local climate

The Old Smithy sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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