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

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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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