The Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. House.
The Smithy
- WRENN ID
- endless-iron-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Smithy, the Street, Houghton, Arun
- OS grid reference
- TQ 020 116
- Coordinates
- 50.89493, -0.5504
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smithy is a 17th century or earlier L-shaped building that was originally two houses but has been converted into one. It features a timber frame with plaster infilling, and the ground floor has been refaced with stucco. The building has a slate roof and casement windows, standing two storeys tall with one window. The north west wing is constructed with red brick infilling and has a tiled roof, consisting of one storey and one window. Additionally, there is an east end addition from around 1900, which has two storeys and two windows.
Local climate
The Smithy receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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