The Old Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Smithy
- WRENN ID
- keen-floor-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Smithy, 66, High Street, Bourn, CB23 2TR
- OS grid reference
- TL 325 564
- Coordinates
- 52.18993, -0.06209
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Smithy is a cottage, likely dating from the 18th century. It is timber-framed and has roughcast rendering and painted brickwork. The roof is thatched, with a half-hipped design. A slate roof covers a lean-to addition, and a 20th-century painted brick and red pantile porch provides an entrance. The cottage is two storeys high. A tall ridge stack has been rebuilt. Two first-floor and two ground-floor horizontal sliding sash windows are present. A boarded door, with side lights, leads to the porch.
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 97% 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 55% 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 — 5 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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