The Old Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Smithy
- WRENN ID
- lost-footing-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Smithy, 31, Worminghall Road, Ickford, HP18 9JB
- OS grid reference
- SP 648 075
- Coordinates
- 51.76321, -1.06168
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Smithy is a house dating from the 17th century that has been altered over time. It is constructed with a timber frame and features colourwashed plaster infill, while the west bays are colourwashed and rendered. The building consists of four bays, with the two right bays covered by a thatched roof that is half-hipped to the right, and the two left bays topped with a plain tiled roof. It has one and a half storeys, with the left bays featuring two and three-light casement windows, some of which are set under oak lintels. There are two dormers on the south side. The left gable displays straight tie beam braces and a weatherboarded upper gable. An off-centre stack is present, and the right bays include a left-hand door and two 19th-century four-pane box sashes, along with two two-light dormers. A 17th-century stack is located on the left side, with a smaller stack on the right. To the right, there is a single-storey outbuilding with a porch, and the timber framing extends into the left-hand side of the two right bays.
Local climate
The Old Smithy sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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