Numbers 1 and 2 The Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Semi-detached cottages.

Numbers 1 and 2 The Smithy

WRENN ID
gaunt-rotunda-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1981
Type
Semi-detached cottages
Address
Numbers 1 and 2 The Smithy, Norwich Road, Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall
OS grid reference
TM 159 974
Coordinates
52.53226, 1.18194
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 1 and 2 The Smithy are mid-19th century semi-detached cottages located on Norwich Road in Ashwellthorpe. The cottages are constructed from roughcast clay-lump with a brick plinth and feature a pantile roof with gabled ends. They stand two storeys high and have four windows, which are three-light metal frame casements with shouldered arches on the top lights. On the ground floor, there are two flush-panel doors set within moulded doorcases. A central brick chimney stack is present on the roof.

Local climate

Numbers 1 and 2 The 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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