Smithy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 November 1999. House.

Smithy Cottage

WRENN ID
tall-step-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Denbighshire
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 November 1999
Type
House
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Storeyed end chimney house with C20 extension to the R; of limestone rubble construction under a slate roof. Primary end chimney to the L, with simple moulded capping. C20 brick chimney to the centre (a rebuilding of a former gable end chimney). Entrance to the far L with boarded door. To the R of this is a 4-pane modern wooden window, with a similar 8-pane window beyond. Two 12-pane modern windows to the first floor, that to the L a sliding sash copy. Similar 4- and 12-pane windows to the ground and first floors of the rear elevation respectively, with a small modern window to the first floor gable end. A short modern addition adjoins to the R, flush with the primary block and continuously-roofed with it; sliding sash as before. Stepped-down to the R is a square modern conservatory addition with pitched slate roof and small pane glazing.

Unusual form of lobby entry plan, with the primary entrance at far L opening onto the internal breast of the left-hand end chimney. The former hall has a large end fireplace with flat oak bressummer. This is chamfered and ogee-stopped and has a worn, painted date of 1726, with the initials I. R to the L. Simple beamed ceiling with unadorned joists to the first bay of the former hall.

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