Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
26750
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
08/07/2002
Date of Amendment
08/07/2002
Name of Property
Smithy at Danyrhiw
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Meidrim
Town
Carmarthen
Locality
Meidrim
Easting
229196
Northing
220882
Street Side
Location
Situated just N of and below the B4298 some 200m E of Pont Hafren in the centre of Meidrim.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Later C19 smithy, run by Roberts family from C19, `Jamie Gof' and his 2 sons, bought from Miss Roberts in 1919 by Rees family who ran it until later C20. The smithy was attached to the original Danyrhiw cottage with byre, now demolished. The cottage is marked on the 1841 Tithe Map as part of Penybont which was owned by Thomas Lloyd and William Howell and occupied by Thomas Thomas.
Exterior
Smithy, rubble stone with slate roof and red brick left end stack. Large double doors with timber lintel, the double doors made up of single door left and stable door right with removable door post between. Single casement with brick head to left. Paired casement with brick head to right. Windowless end walls, door and casement pair on rear wall.
Interior
Blackened roof of 3 collar trusses. Rubble stone walls. Two niches in S end wall, rear door on W wall. Massive projecting fireplace on N end, large enough for tyring wheels. Raised hearth, rubble stone sides with fronts of jambs in red brick with curved angles and 4 square recesses up each side, for small tools. Timber lintel, sloping hood, originally plastered, reclad in asbestos over rafters. Large bellows each side, those to left removed and against wall.
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as a complete C19 general smithy and farrier's workshop.
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