Smithy at Danyrhiw is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 July 2002. Smithy.

Smithy at Danyrhiw

WRENN ID
sombre-corner-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
8 July 2002
Type
Smithy
Address
Smithy at Danyrhiw, Meidrim, Carmarthen
OS grid reference
SN 291 208
Coordinates
51.86032, -4.48185
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Smithy at Danyrhiw is a 19th-century structure built from rubble stone, topped with a slate roof and featuring a red brick stack at the left end. The front has large double doors made up of a single door on the left and a stable door on the right, with a removable door post between them. To the left of the doors is a single casement window with a brick head, while to the right is a paired casement window, also with a brick head. The end walls are windowless, and there is a door and a pair of casement windows on the rear wall.

Inside, the roof is supported by three collar trusses, and the walls are made of rubble stone. The south end wall has two niches, and there is a rear door on the west wall. A massive projecting fireplace on the north end is large enough for tiring wheels and features a raised hearth with rubble stone sides. The fronts of the jambs are made of red brick with curved angles and four square recesses on each side for small tools. The fireplace has a timber lintel and a sloping hood, which was originally plastered but has since been reclad in asbestos over the rafters. There are large bellows on each side of the fireplace, although the bellows on the left have been removed and are now against the wall.

Local climate

Smithy at Danyrhiw sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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