A G Smith and Sons Depository is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1978. Depository.
A G Smith and Sons Depository
- WRENN ID
- veiled-copper-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP: Kevin McKenna (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1978
- Type
- Depository
- Address
- A G Smith and Sons Depository, Union Street, Sheerness
- OS grid reference
- TQ 912 749
- Coordinates
- 51.44165, 0.74985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A G Smith and Sons Depository, located on Union Street in Blue Town, Sheerness, is a former Bethel Chapel dated 1787, marked by the initials W S in the datestone. The building is two storeys tall and constructed of red brick, featuring a parapet with stone coping. On the first floor, there are three windows, with the central window being a modified Venetian style that has had its glazing altered. Below this window is an inscription that reads "He shall establish his strength" along with a sundial displaying the initials BST. The ground floor includes two round-headed doorcases with keystones, and a central section with cambered windows also featuring keystones. The building has a mansard roof, which is currently covered with corrugated iron sheeting, and there are five cambered windows on the side elevation.
Local climate
A G Smith and Sons Depository receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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