Detached former Smithy Range (near The White Hart) is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 1995. Railway station.
Detached former Smithy Range (near The White Hart)
- WRENN ID
- drifting-cobalt-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1995
- Type
- Railway station
- Address
- Detached former Smithy Range (near The White Hart), Gladestry
- OS grid reference
- SO 231 550
- Coordinates
- 52.18842, -3.12609
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a detached former smithy range located near The White Hart, dating back to the 16th century. The building stands two storeys high and features a partial survival of the original square panel timber frame, with later brick nogging on the south front. The walls are made of rubble, and the east gable is weatherboarded. It has stone tile roofs, with a projecting rubble stack on the west gable and a rubble eaves stack on the north wall. The building has modern doors and windows, including a continuous row of first-floor casements facing south. In the south-west corner, there is a small single-storey rubble block that was formerly a shop.
Adjacent to the main structure is a detached rubble and slate block with brick dressings, which used to serve as the smithy and stable for the inn. Inside, the forge, bellows, and cooling trough remain in their original positions. The building contains some 16th-century wall framing, including chamfered door frames with mason's mitres and an original central truss. The west room features a range, a bread oven, and what is possibly a stew-warmer, which is a large stone block with two fire holes for pans. On the upper floor, there is a large room with an external entrance and an oven hob grate.
Local climate
Detached former Smithy Range (near The White Hart) receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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