Description

SELATTYN AND GOBOWEN C.P. SELATTYN SJ 23 SE 4/47 Smithy Cottage GV II Cottage. Probably C17 with later additions and alterations. Uncoursed limestone rubble; graded slate roof has coped verges to left and integral end stack with dripstone. 2-room plan with integral end stack behind entrance to gable end. 2 storeys. Mid-C19 casements, one to left of centre on ground floor and one on each floor to right. Wide sloping buttress and infilled opening to left. Boarded door to left gable end and secondary internal end stack in roof slope to right. C19 rubblestone lean-to to rear on right and addition set back to left. Interior. Deep-chamfered spine beams and heavy joists to ground- floor rooms; timber framed cross wall and wall posts visible beneath wallpaper. Large inglenook fireplace with C19 mantel-shelf to left room and Victorian cast-iron grate to fireplace in right room. The plan form appears to be a type illustrated in P. Smith, Houses of the Welsh Countryside (1975) Fig.185; pls.45, 100 and 101.

Listing NGR: SJ2662533977

External Links

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