The Old Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Smithy.
The Old Smithy
- WRENN ID
- endless-railing-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1972
- Type
- Smithy
- Address
- The Old Smithy, Forest Road
- OS grid reference
- TL 485 563
- Coordinates
- 52.18572, 0.17158
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Smithy, dated 1817, is a single-storey brick building located on Forest Road in Cherry Hinton. The exterior is painted, and it features original double doors, stable doors, and windows. The roof is covered with pantiles and includes a wooden ventilator, along with a tall brick chimney stack.
Local climate
The Old Smithy sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% 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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