The Smithy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1980. House. 1 related planning application.
The Smithy Cottage
- WRENN ID
- empty-thatch-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Horsham
- Constituency
- Horsham MP: John Milne (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Smithy Cottage, Smithy House, Stane Street, Five Oaks, Billingshurst, RH14 9AZ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 098 286
- Coordinates
- 51.04631, -0.43413
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a restored building, likely dating from the 17th century or earlier. Originally two cottages, it is now a single dwelling. The building has a timber-frame construction, now largely hidden by a red brick facade on the ground floor and fishscale tiles above. A coved bressumer (a large timber beam) sits between these elements, creating a bellcast profile to the upper section, which is tile-hung. The roof is tiled. There are casement windows, and the property extends over two storeys with three windows visible.
Local climate
The Smithy Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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