The Smallest House in Great Britain is also known as the Quay House, is a tourist attraction on the quay in Conwy, Wales.
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..... and can be found at the end of a terrace of houses on Conwy's quayside.
Built sometime in the was built in the 16th century it is just 72 inches wide by 122 inches high, which was small even in the 16th century. However it was actually occupied right up until May 1900, and ever since the grade II listed building has been a tourist attraction in the town with up to 55,000 visitors a year.
The last person to live in the house was a local fisherman named Robert Jones, who also happened to be 6ft 3" (1.95m) and before Mr Jones an elderly couple lived there. The house may be small but it's extremely practical - there's just enough room for a single bed, a fireplace and a coal bunker. Mr Jones wasn't actually able to stand up straight in any of the rooms but he was eventually forced to move out when the council declared the house unfit for human habitation in 1900.
Given the title of The Smallest House in Great Britain, that was later confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records. However despite the writing on the tin (so to speak), some of the visitors just don't get it .... one complained that it is "a very small house," and others that there wasn't much room for visitors and that not many people can fit in!! While another complained at the disappointment at the absence of a ‘kitchen or bathroom’.
However, the future of the river front house is under threat, due to the increased chance of flooding along the street as a result of climate change. A report on 30,000 cultural sites in Wales found that some 12% of the buildings assessed could be ‘damaged, disappear, altered, become unsafe or inaccessible’ .... including The Smallest House in Great Britain.
On a side note, I have drunk in the smallest pub in Manchester (and possibly the UK, although there are rivals), 'The Circus Tavern', built back in 1790 AD, although it only became a pub in about 1840 AD. I also have drunk in reputedly the oldest, Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, Nottingham, claimed to be 1189 AD (but evidence is flimsy) ... a better candidate is The Angel and Royal, Grantham, from around 1450 AD (but some claim older), from which I have also partaken ale.
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