The Old Smithy (Wrongly Named 'The Forge' on Os Map) is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. House, smithy. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Smithy (Wrongly Named 'The Forge' on Os Map)
- WRENN ID
- stranded-latch-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House, smithy
- Address
- The Old Smithy (Wrongly Named 'The Forge' on Os Map), Main Street, Rainton with Newby, YO7 3PH
- OS grid reference
- SE 370 752
- Coordinates
- 54.17204, -1.43345
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 18th-century house and former smithy, originally called The Old Smithy (incorrectly named 'The Forge' on Ordnance Survey maps). The building is constructed of squared rubble stone, with coarser rubble in the gables, and has a pantile roof. It is two storeys high with three first-floor windows. A single-storey, one-bay smithy is located to the right. The central entrance has a part-glazed four-panel door beneath a stone lintel. The first floor windows are 16-pane sashes with stone sills and lintels, with a narrower sash window above the door. End chimney stacks are present. The smithy has one two-light window with vertical wooden glazing bars and an end stack; a furnace hearth remains inside. A rear extension is not considered to be of architectural significance.
Local climate
The Old Smithy (Wrongly Named 'The Forge' on Os Map) receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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