Smithy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Smithy Cottage

WRENN ID
tilted-glass-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Smithy Cottage, Belle Hill, Giggleswick, BD24 0BA
OS grid reference
SD 812 640
Coordinates
54.0719, -2.28764
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Smithy Cottage is a cottage dating from the mid-18th century, with origins in the 17th century and later alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries. The building features rendered walls with painted stone dressings and a stone slate roof. It is two storeys high and has two bays. The right-hand entrance has a moulded surround with a segmental arched extrados and a 20th-century door. On the left side of the ground floor, there is a two-light flat faced mullioned window with a moulded surround, featuring sashes without glazing bars. The upper floor has two windows: the left has a moulded surround and sashes without glazing bars, while the right is a 20th-century window with a projecting sill. The left side has chamfered quoins and mid-18th century moulded eaves modillions. A ridge stack is located on the left-hand gable end. Inside, there is a segmental arched inglenook fireplace with 32 voussoirs and dressed stone jambs, along with a left-hand beehive oven.

Local climate

Smithy Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • 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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