Smithy to the Rear of the Square is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. Smithy.
Smithy to the Rear of the Square
- WRENN ID
- ancient-moulding-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1983
- Type
- Smithy
- Address
- Smithy to the Rear of the Square, Middleton and Smerrill, Derbyshire Dales
- OS grid reference
- SK 196 632
- Coordinates
- 53.16581, -1.70815
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 19th-century smithy located to the rear of The Square in the parish of Middleton and Smerrill. It is constructed from rubble limestone and features gable ridge stacks, with the one at the west end being octagonal and extending 2 metres above the ridge. The building has a stone slate roof and is two storeys high, with a single-storey shed attached to the east end. On the north elevation, there is a single rectangular cast iron window with glazing bars that lights the smithy hearth. The interior retains its equipment and fixtures.
Local climate
Smithy to the Rear of the Square sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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