The Old Blacksmiths is a Grade II listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1986. Public house. 6 related planning applications.
The Old Blacksmiths
- WRENN ID
- young-hall-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chichester
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1986
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Old Blacksmiths, Selsey Road, Donnington, PO20 7PR
- OS grid reference
- SU 851 015
- Coordinates
- 50.80735, -0.79222
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Blacksmiths is an early 19th-century building, originally a public house known as The Blacksmith’s Arms. It is a two-storey structure with three windows. The exterior is stuccoed, and the roof is tiled. The original window glazing bars remain intact.
Local climate
The Old Blacksmiths receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- 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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