The Old Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Smithy
- WRENN ID
- roaming-nave-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Smithy, Radwinter Road, Ashdon, CB10 2ET
- OS grid reference
- TL 587 418
- Coordinates
- 52.05268, 0.31383
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Smithy is a 17th to 18th century timber-framed and plastered house located on Radwinter Road in Ashdon. It stands two storeys tall and features a three-window range of casements. The front of the house has a thatched gabled porch with exposed timber-framing that projects outward. The roof is thatched and has half hips at both the north and south ends, along with an internal rectangular chimney stack.
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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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