Former smithy and cowhouse range, Borth Wen

The former smithy and cowhouse range at Borth Wen is a linear farm building dating from the 19th century, oriented north-south. It consists of several sections: a smithy or boiling house, a cowhouse, a calfshed, a root store, and a lean-to henhouse. The structure features rubble walls and roofs covered with small slates, with the cowhouse roof being heavily grouted and having an undulating ridge line.

Starting from the left, the lean-to henhouse has a gable end with a cambered brick lintel above the door on the return wall, and there is an inserted window in the rear (east) wall. The root vegetable store includes dove holes in its gable end and has a single door on the west wall. The calfshed has a single door, while the cowhouse features doors at both ends; the left door has been slightly enlarged with brick jambs to the right, and there is a blocked door in the center. The smithy has a squat gable end chimney with brick capping and stone slab capping, along with concrete rendered gable copings. It has a single door offset to the left and a window on the opposite rear wall. A modern breeze block garage is attached to the south gable end of the smithy.

From north to south, the root vegetable store is two bays wide. The calfshed to the right has a two-bay roof supported by sawn and bolted collared trusses, along with a timber hayrack and manger. The cowhouse features a four-bay roof with hewn collared trusses that show signs of previous use. The smithy also has a two-bay design, with an upright bellows located to the left of the inglenook fireplace. The bressumer and the stonework above the fireplace have been replaced with modern materials.