Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Smithy and Shelter at Pwllhalog Farm
Cwm, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pwllhalog, Cwm, Denbighshire, designated on 11 January 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 11 January 2002
- Locality
- Pwllhalog
- Community
- Cwm
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.28833, -3.37062
- Cadw reference
- 26094
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesNational Library of Scotland
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1930 · OS Popular Edition 1919-1947 (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
At the right side of the entrance to the grounds of Pwllhalog
History
Pwllhalog smithy appears to post-date the descent of Pwlhallog from gentry to farm status at the end of the C18.
Exterior
An informal range of low buildings at the south side of the approach to Pwllhalog. The smithy and an open-fronted shed are to the right, with a sheeted roof on original timber purlins; to the left are three open-fronted stalls with slated roof. The stonework is the local axe-dressed limestone.
Interior
The hearth, bellows, and a smoke hood above the hearth remain in the smithy.
Reason for designation
An unusual surviving example of a farmyard smithy.
Nearby in the register
- Pwllhalog farmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Terfyn FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- PlasseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Hendre-fawr farmsteadAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.