The Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. Timber-framed building. 1 related planning application.
The Smithy
- WRENN ID
- western-rubblework-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1980
- Type
- Timber-framed building
- Address
- The Smithy, Crowcroft Road, Wattisham, IP7 7JZ
- OS grid reference
- TM 014 514
- Coordinates
- 52.12444, 0.9421
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smithy is a 17th to 18th century timber-framed and plastered building. The northeast section has two storeys and a thatched roof, while the southwest section is one storey with attics, also featuring a thatched roof. Connecting these two parts is a section with a pantiled roof and a tall ridge chimney stack. The building has small casement windows and one gabled dormer on the front.
Local climate
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 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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