The Old Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 December 1983. A C17 House.
The Old Smithy
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-gargoyle-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 December 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Smithy, Wargrave
- OS grid reference
- SU 789 821
- Coordinates
- 51.53296, -0.86314
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Smithy is a house that dates back to the 17th century or earlier, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The front is made of brick, featuring a first-floor string that breaks over the windows, while the ends are constructed of flint with brick dressings. It has an old tiled gabled roof with dormers and two large chimneys on either side. The building has a T-plan layout and consists of two storeys and an attic. The entrance front has three bays, hipped dormers, and 20th-century casement windows, with a central door located in a 19th-century gabled porch.
Local climate
The Old Smithy sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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