Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pentyrch Smithy
Llanfair Caereinion, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 1 April 1996
- Locality
- Pentyrch
- Community
- Llanfair Caereinion
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.66518, -3.37149
- Cadw reference
- 17410
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1637 "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Located on N side of main road, A.458, at Pentyrch, 3km NW of Llanfair Caereinion.
Exterior
History: Late C18, but possibly earlier origins. Shown as a 'smithy' on Enclosure award and second edition O.S., possibly taking over the business of the nearby Hen Efail. Sign above open E bay "Pentyrch Smith". Said to have been workshop of a wheelwright in early C20. Western bay maybe an addition and it appears that the roof has been raised - only 1 storey originally.
Exterior: Two storey 2 unit plan, lobby entry house with axial stack and W gable stack with workshop and open cart shed at E end. Two lean-to outshots at rear. Random rubble masonry, whitened throughout. Slate covered roofs, the S slope retaining many old, thick slates. House: 1 tripartite iron framed window with central opening light, 1x4-light timber casement both below eaves. At ground floor 2x4-light timber casements, door is modern, 4 panels half-glazed. Simple, open porch, a cast iron sheet bent to form a pent roof with iron rod supports below with spiralled ends. Workshop and cart shed: 4-light iron-framed casement window at first floor, 4-light timber window at ground floor. Weatherboarded timber frame above cart shed has 2x3-light timber windows and central door, boarded. Between the house and workshop on the N wall is a massive chimney stack thought to be from the smithy.
Interior: Access not possible at time of inspection (October 1995).
Listed as a relatively unaltered example of a rural industrial workshop.
References: Enclosure award c.1819;
2nd Edition O.S. map 1903.
Nearby in the register
- Rhos-y-GweisionDomesticunder 1 mi
- HenefailDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tyn-y-gerddiDomesticunder 1 mi
- Mile Post at Neuadd BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.