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
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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