Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1987. Smithy.
Smithy
- WRENN ID
- quartered-gutter-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1987
- Type
- Smithy
- Address
- Smithy, Quinton Road, East Bergholt
- OS grid reference
- TM 075 355
- Coordinates
- 51.9795, 1.02052
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smithy is a building with origins dating back to the 16th century, featuring later alterations. It has a timber-framed structure, with parts cased in brick and others covered with weatherboarding. The roof is made of pantiles, and there is a brick chimney stack. The building is single-storey and consists of two bays. The left side has a stable door, the center has a multi-paned window, and the right side features a 16-pane sash window. The eaves are dentilled in part, and the building has been extended to the right.
Inside, the Smithy has studded walls and a pair of jowled posts with arch braces that support a cambered tie beam. This beam holds an unmoulded crown post with braces extending to the purlin. At the time of the last survey, the Smithy was still in use as a working smithy.
Local climate
Smithy sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 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 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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