The Old Smithy and Former Bakehouse/Wash House to South East is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1984. Farmhouse.

The Old Smithy and Former Bakehouse/Wash House to South East

WRENN ID
gaunt-postern-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Gloucestershire
Constituency
Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
The Old Smithy and Former Bakehouse/Wash House to South East, Cromhall
OS grid reference
ST 698 909
Coordinates
51.617, -2.43655
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Smithy and former Bakehouse/Wash-house is a farmhouse that was used as a smithy in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It dates back to the mid to late 17th century. The building is rendered, with 20th-century tiles on the south side and stone slates on the north.

The south elevation features two storeys and attics with two steep gables. It has three casement windows with two and three lights, some of which have ovolo moulded mullions and surrounds with dripmoulds. There is a gabled central porch with a 20th-century door. To the left is a single storey and attic wing, which was used as the smithy.

On the north elevation, there are two bays with three- and four-light casements. It includes a central gabled, projecting two-storey porch that is now blocked, along with a lean-to on the left. Inside, the building has stop-chamfered beams, a moulded lintel above the parlour fireplace, and a spice cupboard to the left. The roof features extended collar-beam trusses.

Located two yards southeast of the house is a small single-storey bakehouse or wash-house. This structure is rendered with a double Roman tiled roof and has a plank studded door with strap hinges that have fleur-de-lys ends, along with an ogee moulded surround. This door was originally the south door of the house.

Local climate

The Old Smithy and Former Bakehouse/Wash House to South East receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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