Manafon smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 4 February 1997. Smithy.
Manafon smithy
- WRENN ID
- muffled-balcony-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1997
- Type
- Smithy
- OS grid reference
- SJ 111 023
- Coordinates
- 52.61198, -3.31366
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Manafon Smithy is a single-storey building constructed partly of stone and partly of brick, topped with a slate roof. It features a brick stack at the west end and has two window openings, each fitted with a pair of strap-hinged timber shutters. The entrance includes a pair of double boarded doors, one of which is original and heavily covered in horseshoe nails.
Although not seen, it is reported to retain most of its original fittings, including leather bellows, a hearth, and quenching tanks, along with a cobbled floor.
Local climate
Manafon smithy sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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