Smithy 5 Metres to East of Church View is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1988. Smithy.
Smithy 5 Metres to East of Church View
- WRENN ID
- south-iron-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1988
- Type
- Smithy
- OS grid reference
- SX 064 805
- Coordinates
- 50.59296, -4.73545
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This former smithy dates from the early to mid-19th century. It is built from stone rubble, with cob on the west gable end. The north front facing Fore Street is rendered and painted. The pitched roof is covered in Cornish slate and has plain red ridge tiles. According to the listing from 1988, it originally had at least one crested ridge tile and a brick end stack on the front roof slope to the right, both of which are now missing.
The single-storey building has a rectangular open plan with a central entrance. The former forge is believed to have been located to the right of the removed stack.
On the exterior, the north front features a central plank door, flanked by a 19th-century part shuttered window on the left and a 19th-century single-light casement window on the right. The west gable end has a small 19th-century four-light casement window, set off-centre to the right. The rear elevation was not visible.
Inside, the building has a 19th-century timber coupled rafter roof, although the ridge piece appears to have been replaced.
Local climate
Smithy 5 Metres to East of Church View sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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