The Smithery is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1984. House.
The Smithery
- WRENN ID
- brooding-stronghold-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Smithery, Ladock
- OS grid reference
- SW 892 508
- Coordinates
- 50.32007, -4.96243
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smithery is a small house dated 1837, marked by the initials WRP above the doorway. It is constructed from shale rubble with granite quoins and dressings, featuring brick voussoirs and a hipped scantle slate roof with brick chimneys. The building has a double depth plan and a symmetrical front, standing two storeys tall with three windows. The central entrance is framed by a semi-circular gauged brick arch with a projecting granite keystone. The original six-panelled door has had its top panels replaced with a plain fanlight. All front windows are 16-paned sashes without horns, set in slightly arched openings that also have projecting granite keystones. The rear elevation has a door positioned closer to one side, with a stair window located between floors. Flanking the rear are 16-paned casements on both the ground and first floors, which feature lift-off hinges. The interior is reported to be little altered and unmodernised.
Local climate
The Smithery receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- No related consent applications matched
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