Former Smithy Adjoining Road and Approximately 7 Metres East of John Ray Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Smithy.

Former Smithy Adjoining Road and Approximately 7 Metres East of John Ray Cottage

WRENN ID
long-shingle-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 January 1985
Type
Smithy
OS grid reference
TL 757 208
Coordinates
51.85896, 0.55069
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former smithy, dating from the 17th century, is located adjoining the road and approximately 7 metres east of John Ray Cottage in Black Notley. It is constructed with a timber frame and is weatherboarded, featuring a half hipped red tiled roof. The building has double doors on the left side and two small vertically boarded window openings on the right. This structure was used as a smithy by John Ray's father.

Local climate

Former Smithy Adjoining Road and Approximately 7 Metres East of John Ray Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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