Old Smith's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1980. Cottage.

Old Smith's Cottage

WRENN ID
quartered-cloister-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 1980
Type
Cottage
Address
Old Smith's Cottage, 5, Sharpstone Street, Barham
OS grid reference
TM 124 517
Coordinates
52.1231, 1.10272
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Smith's Cottage is a two-cell cottage that was converted in the early 20th century from an 18th century or early 19th century smithy. The building has one storey and attics, featuring a timber-framed and plastered structure. It has a thatched roof with an internal end chimney made of gault and red brick. The cottage includes early 20th century eyebrow casement dormers, 19th century small-pane casements, and a boarded entrance door.

Local climate

Old Smith's Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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