Former Smithy to East of Sawmill Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1991. Former smithy.
Former Smithy to East of Sawmill Cottage
- WRENN ID
- pale-lintel-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1991
- Type
- Former smithy
- Address
- Former Smithy to East of Sawmill Cottage, the Green, Askham, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 515 237
- Coordinates
- 54.60655, -2.7519
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former smithy, likely built in the late 18th century, is located to the east of Sawmill Cottage in Askham. It features mixed limestone and cobble rubble walls topped with a graduated greenslate roof, which includes a central square vented cupola. The building is single storey and consists of two bays. There is a large segmental-arched doorway in the center and a 20th-century window to the right in a 20th-century opening. To the right, there is a lean-to extension with a plank door. The left gable wall facing the road has a blocked stone-surround doorway. The smithy is marked on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map and has group value with Sawmill Cottage.
Local climate
Former Smithy to East of Sawmill Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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