Smedley Canning Factory is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1983. Factory. 1 related planning application.
Smedley Canning Factory
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-stair-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1983
- Type
- Factory
- Address
- Smedley Canning Factory, Lynn Road, Wisbech
- OS grid reference
- TF 465 101
- Coordinates
- 52.66895, 0.16509
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smedley Canning Factory is a Grade II listed building located on Lynn Road in Wisbech. This factory office, built around 1923 by the Smedley family, showcases an Art Deco style. It features a combination of moulded stone and brown brick, with two storeys and a basement, presenting a symmetrical facade. The building is topped with a stepped pediment that has sunk panelled quoins rising above the parapet, which is adorned with relief, contoured, geometric designs. A deep frieze, originally displaying the lettering 'National Canning Company Ltd.', has been removed. An enriched cornice runs along the parapet, while the windows, which have metal glazing bars of various sizes, are symmetrically arranged in two-storey brick panels that flank the main entrance. The entrance bay includes a first-floor window with a stone key block and features stepped and recessed panels. A horizontal, segmental-shaped canopy, supported by a fanned key block, shelters the doorway, which retains its original two-panelled double doors.
Local climate
Smedley Canning Factory 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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