Smithy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 November 1992. House.
Smithy Cottage
- WRENN ID
- haunted-spandrel-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 9 November 1992
- Type
- House
- Address
- Smithy Cottage, Penpont, Trallong, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SN 978 286
- Coordinates
- 51.94669, -3.48718
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Smithy Cottage is a house that was formerly a smithy, built from squared rubble stone with slate roofs, which were originally stone tiled. The eaves overhang, and there are paired octagonal brick chimney stacks on a stone base at the north end. The building is one storey and has an attic, featuring a three-bay west front with a stepped gable on the projecting central bay. An unusually stilted hoodmould is present over a square gable window, which has a stone sill and 20th-century glazing.
There is a flat Tudor arch leading to a broad central cart entry, constructed with stone voussoirs; this entry now has recessed glazing and a door. Similar Tudor arches are found on the doors on either side, with the left door now replaced by a 20th-century window and a 20th-century door in the right one. The south gable has two cambered-headed windows, with the lower one located in a blocked doorway. A doorway is located at the rear, which also features a swept roof dormer. The north gable end is blank, and the building has overhanging verges. At the rear, there is a lean-to pigsty. The property has not been inspected.
Local climate
Smithy Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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- Portal to outlet of pond at Penpont
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- Sundial on lawn to S of Penpont