The Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 4 February 1997. House.
The Smithy
- WRENN ID
- leaning-landing-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1997
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Smithy, Manafon
- OS grid reference
- SJ 111 024
- Coordinates
- 52.61231, -3.31293
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Smithy is a two-storey building dating from the 18th century, constructed with rendered and lined stone and topped with a slate roof. It features a symmetrical front elevation with two bays and a short two-storey rear wing. The central gabled porch has a segmental-headed outer arch that leads to a 20th-century oak front door, which is set in the original chamfered frame. The windows are paned moulded timber cross windows, placed within deep chamfered surrounds. On the upper floor, there are two raised and gabled dormers that have similar surrounds. The bargeboards of the dormers and the main end gables finish with spike finials, and the ends of the building are hung with slate. A central stack made of buff brick has two diagonally set shafts. The interior was not accessible during the inspection in September 1996.
Local climate
The 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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