Number 24 Including Former Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. A C18 and early/mid C19 Blacksmith's house and smithy.
Number 24 Including Former Smithy
- WRENN ID
- broken-oriel-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Stevenage MP: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1984
- Type
- Blacksmith's house and smithy
- Address
- Number 24 Including Former Smithy, Benington Road, Aston
- OS grid reference
- TL 275 227
- Coordinates
- 51.88877, -0.14853
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 24, which includes a former smithy, is located in Aston village. The smithy dates from the 18th century, while the house was built in the early to mid-19th century. The smithy features a timber frame with dark weatherboarding and a steep red tiled roof adorned with bands of scalloped tiles. It is a single-storey, L-plan building with a hipped roof at the northwest corner, showing red brickwork of the hearth on the front wall and a short chimney above. There are three small kite-shaped rooflights on the ridge.
The house is two storeys tall with two windows and has a near-symmetrical front, featuring internal gable chimneys at each end. It is a two-cell house facing west, with a four-panel door leading into the left-hand room and a stair at the rear. The windows are recessed sash windows with 8/8 panes. This building is a focal point in views looking east within the conservation area and is included for its group value.
Local climate
Number 24 Including Former 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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