Former Smithy with Victorian Letterbox Right of Number 167 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1974. Smithy.
Former Smithy with Victorian Letterbox Right of Number 167
- WRENN ID
- inner-flue-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1974
- Type
- Smithy
- Address
- Former Smithy with Victorian Letterbox Right of Number 167, Sx O5 Sw St Austell Charlestown Road, Charlestown, St. Austell Bay, PL25 3NS
- OS grid reference
- SX 035 520
- Coordinates
- 50.33555, -4.76219
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This former smithy, dating from the early 19th century, is located on Charlestown Road in Charlestown, as shown on the 1843 tithe map. The building features rubble walls and a dry Delabole slate roof, with a small L-shaped plan that includes a stable for shoeing and wheel-making at the front and a larger forge room behind. It is a single-storey structure with a 1:2-window range, positioned on either side of an inner angle. The windows are 16-pane, 2-light casements, and there are doorways to the right of each range with ledged doors. The front gable end on the left has a small gable window and a Victorian letterbox set into the wall. The interior retains its original roof structure. This building is part of an important group in the context of the former fishing and china clay port.
Local climate
Former Smithy with Victorian Letterbox Right of Number 167 receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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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