The Old Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1973. Smithy.
The Old Smithy
- WRENN ID
- endless-gutter-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1973
- Type
- Smithy
- Address
- The Old Smithy, High Street, West Wycombe
- OS grid reference
- SU 828 946
- Coordinates
- 51.64477, -0.80382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Smithy is an 18th-century single-storey building located in the yard of the estate office on the north side of High Street in West Wycombe. It is constructed of red bricks and features an old tiled roof. The building includes two sloping buttresses, a pair of folding doors, and three leaded casement windows. The Old Smithy is part of a group that includes Nos 35 to 37 (consecutive), The Church Loft, Nos 45 to 54 (consecutive), Nos 56 to 59 (consecutive), Steps House, The Plough Inn, The Apple Orchard, West Wycombe Estate Office, Rose Cottage, and Ness Cottage.
Local climate
The Old Smithy sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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