Former Smithy Between Nos 4 and 5 is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. Smithy. 2 related planning applications.

Former Smithy Between Nos 4 and 5

WRENN ID
frozen-newel-sunrise
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1975
Type
Smithy
Address
Former Smithy Between Nos 4 and 5, Icen Way, Dorchester, DT1 1EW
OS grid reference
SY 694 907
Coordinates
50.71517, -2.43402
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century smithy situated between numbers 4 and 5 on the east side of Icen Way. It is constructed from Portland or Ridgeway rubble with red brick dressings, and has a pitched tile roof. The building is two storeys high. The ground floor features two planked double stable doors, and a single fixed window. The first floor has two windows.

Local climate

Former Smithy Between Nos 4 and 5 receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 11 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • 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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