Smithy Range, Waterden Farm, to South of Main Farmstead is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1999. Smithy, workshop, cart shed.

Smithy Range, Waterden Farm, to South of Main Farmstead

WRENN ID
plain-parapet-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
Constituency
North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 November 1999
Type
Smithy, workshop, cart shed
Address
Smithy Range, Waterden Farm, to South of Main Farmstead, South Creake, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
OS grid reference
TF 887 360
Coordinates
52.8888, 0.80361
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Smithy Range at Waterden Farm, located to the south of the main farmstead, is a building dated 1871, constructed for the Holkham Estate. It features a flint exterior with brick lacing and a pantile roof, topped by a single chimney stack for the smithy. The structure has an L-shaped plan, with the smithy positioned at the west end of the south-facing range, and a workshop that extends northwards with attached cart sheds facing east. The smithy includes a small-paned cast-iron window and a planked split door, while the adjacent workshop has a single cast-iron window. The cart shed and workshop comprise six bays and feature a double doorway. Inside, the smithy retains its hearth, bellows, and workbench with lifting gear. This smithy is a rare example that still holds its original fittings, reflecting the changes in farming practices during the 1870s when increased mechanisation required machinery to be repaired and stored indoors.

Local climate

Smithy Range, Waterden Farm, to South of Main Farmstead receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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