A single-storey structure containing two rooms, one of which is used as a blacksmith's workshop and forge. 


Originally this was a thatched dwelling, which later had an extension added to its south gable. The north gable has been rebuilt, truncating the original cottage by around 2.5 metres, and destroying evidence for the hearth. Nevertheless, photographic evidence shows a chimney stack on this gable whilst the structure was roofed with thatch.  The extension was served by a separate doorway (now blocked) adjacent to the original south gable of the cottage.  


Once the cottage became roofless, and after the northerly gable was rebuilt, a wooden structure with a felted roof was built within the space, its front wall parallel to, but set back from, the front of the cottage.  The line of this wall is apparent in the paving slabs which cover the floor.  The wooden structure appears to have served for a time as a tea-room, but was derelict by 1958.  The extension to the south, meanwhile, was maintained with a corrugated iron roof until this time, when ownership was transferred to the Manx Museum and National Trust.  


In 1959 the building was consolidated, and re-roofed throughout.  By the addition of a flue within the southerly extension, this part of the building was converted into a forge and smithy in order to demonstrate tradition craftsmanship.