Smithy Cottage

Smithy Cottage, formerly known as The Smithy, is a farmhouse located in Weston-under-Weston. It dates back to the early 17th century and has been later divided into two cottages, now functioning as a single dwelling. The structure is timber framed with painted brick infill and features additional painted brick and rubblestone elements, topped with a slate and plain tile roof. The building has a baffle-entry plan consisting of four framed bays and is one storey high with an attic.

The framing includes irregular square and rectangular panels, with two panels extending from the cill to the wall-plate and small V-struts from the collar to the right gable end. The ground floor has three late 19th-century casements, with one to the left and two to the right of a central 20th-century diagonally boarded door. Above the left and central casements are timber-framed gabled eaves dormers that feature 19th-century carved bargeboards and windows. A large stack, located immediately behind the ridge to the left of the entrance, has a late 20th-century yellow brick top.

At the rear, there is a mid-19th-century two-storey gabled rubblestone addition on the left and a late 20th-century flat-roofed brick extension on the right, which is not of special architectural interest. Inside, the left ground-floor room has a chamfered cross beam with exposed joists, mostly renewed. The middle room features a chamfered cross beam and joists, while the right room has heavy joists. A massive stack includes an infilled inglenook fireplace in the left room. A plank and muntin door with pointed strap hinges in the right room leads to an oak winder staircase with a circular newel. The first floor retains original oak floorboards and several 17th-century plank doors. The roof structure consists of a collar and tie beam design in four bays with staggered single purlins.