Smith's Arms is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Public house.
Smith's Arms
- WRENN ID
- young-gateway-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Smith's Arms, Godmanstone
- OS grid reference
- SY 667 973
- Coordinates
- 50.77498, -2.47311
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Smith's Arms is a small public house located in Godmanstone Village, dating from the 18th century and significantly restored in the 20th century. The building features flint rubble walls with rubble-stone quoins and a hipped thatch roof adorned with decorative block ridging. There is a 20th-century brick chimney stack on the north side at the west end. The structure is single storey, with small 2-light casement windows that have glazing bars. A fixed window with glazing bars provides light to the bar area. The entrance door facing the road is a 20th-century addition and includes frosted lights. The pub claims to be the smallest public house in England and was converted from a smithy during the time of Charles II.
Local climate
Smith's Arms receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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