Nos 1 and 2 Smiths Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 December 2004. Cottage.

Nos 1 and 2 Smiths Cottages

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
23 December 2004
Type
Cottage
Address
Nos 1 and 2 Smiths Cottages, Pontrhydygroes, Ystrad Meurig, Ysbyty Ystwyth
OS grid reference
SN 744 728
Coordinates
52.33972, -3.84434
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Nos 1 and 2 Smiths Cottages are two attached houses made of rubble stone. The left house is double-fronted, while the right house is slightly smaller and has two bays, positioned on a slight incline. Both houses feature slate roofs with deep overhangs at the gable verges and stone chimneys on the left ends.

The windows consist of nine-pane sash windows on the upper floors and 12-pane sash windows on the lower floors, all without horns, and are adorned with stone voussoirs and slate sills. The left cottage has a central board door with an overlight, while the right cottage has a board door located in the right bay without an overlight. Both doors also feature similar stone voussoirs.

Adjacent to the right house is a small one-storey stone outbuilding that includes a single door and a twelve-pane fixed window.

The cottages are not available for inspection.

Local climate

Nos 1 and 2 Smiths Cottages sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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