The Old Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1985. Smithy.

The Old Smithy

WRENN ID
ruined-frieze-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1985
Type
Smithy
Address
The Old Smithy, Aston Subedge
OS grid reference
SP 137 415
Coordinates
52.07256, -1.80125
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Smithy is a former smithy that has been converted into a garage and store. It dates from the late 18th century to the 19th century. Attached to the left are 20th-century estate cottages that are not considered of listable quality. The building features square timber framing with brick infill on the right side, and brickwork on a low squared limestone plinth course on the left. The right gable end is made of squared limestone. The roof is covered with limestone slate. The building is two storeys high and has an irregular arrangement of windows.

On the ground floor, there is a late 18th-century or early 19th-century casement window with leaded lights. Additionally, there is a 19th-century two-light canted shop window that has horizontal glazing bars and a limestone slate roof above it. To the right of the casement window, there is a garage-type door on 19th-century runners. On the left, there is a single painted plank door with a segmental brick arch above it. In the center of the first floor, there is a painted plank pitching door. Inside, the furnace remains in situ.

Local climate

The Old Smithy receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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