The Old Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1986. Cottage.
The Old Smithy
- WRENN ID
- riven-vault-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Smithy, Basingstoke Road, Swallowfield
- OS grid reference
- SU 721 635
- Coordinates
- 51.36611, -0.96544
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Smithy is a cottage dating from the early 17th century. It features a timber frame with painted brick infill and has an old tiled gabled roof. The building has a rectangular plan consisting of three framed bays, with an outshut at the rear. It stands two storeys high and has flanking chimneys. The front of the cottage has two bays and includes 20th-century casement windows, with a 20th-century entrance door located slightly to the left of centre, sheltered by a small gabled roof.
Local climate
The Old Smithy receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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