LLANON COTTAGE

This is a typical 2-roomed Cardiganshire cottage of the 18th century; the thatched roof is now covered by corrugated iron. The furniture shown is a mixture of 18th and 19th centuries. Notice (1) The cobbled passage floor. (2) The re-used timbers in the roof and the well-made straw rope under-thatch. (3) The peat fire on the floor and the wooden chimney-hood above (peat does not cause sparks). (4) The small window in the bedroom gable wall. This indicates that there was a loft over the bedroom, where some of the children could sleep, (new loft in place). (5) In the living-room: the 18th century oak chest; the heavy oak armchair; the settle with box base for keeping clothes aired, and the scrubbed table. (6) In the bedroom: the 18th century box-bed, open on one side only, with rope supports. In the loft: the primitive bed, designed to fit under the eaves.

Acknowledgement: This cottage with the adjacent Tudor ruins and a plot of land being developed as a small nature reserve were given to Ceredigion District Council by Mr A D Cameron of Edinburgh in fulfilment of the wishes of his late wife Mrs Elsbeth Cameron (formerly Lloyd).

LLANON COTTAGE EXTERIOR

THE COTTAGE, LLANON, CEREDIGION, INTERIOR

LLANON COTTAGE LOFT

LLANON COTTAGE STRUCTURE

ROPE UNDER-THATCH AT LLANON, CEREDIGION

LLANON COTTAGE, BOAT DRAWINGS

LLANON GARDEN

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