Visitors who have taken a look inside Britain's tiniest house have complained it's 'too small'.
The Smallest House in Great Britain is nestled at the end of a row of terrace houses in Conwy, north Wales and has become a popular tourist attraction over the years. People come from all over the world to see the tiny property with visitors paying a mere £1.50 to take a look inside.
The quaint home stands at just 122 inches tall and 72 wide with only 1.5 square metres of living space. It was lived in right up until May 1990 by its last owner Robert Jones, a fisherman who happened to be 6 foot 3, and it was previously home to a family of six.
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Inside the house has just enough room for a single bed, a fireplace and a coal bunker, but despite its name, it seems as though the true size of the smallest house has come as a shock to many visitors, reports North Wales Live.
One visitor was astonished to find that it in fact is 'a very small house' - and took to TripAdvisor to complain.
Some reviewers also moaned that the attraction lacks capacity and facilities - but most are astonished that people actually lived there.
One person moaned: "Couldn’t spend more than half an hour there."
Another complained there wasn’t enough space to turn around, whilst someone who had visited from New York, said: "It was too small for my husband to get in."
One visitor spoke of their disappointment at the absence of a ‘kitchen or bathroom’. It was also dubbed a 'small extension' by one reviewer.
Another wrote: "Nice little attraction but (not surprisingly I suppose!) not much to it."
Each year 55,000 visitors pop in for a look and there are also some positive comments about the bargain attraction.
One person wrote: “Worth sticking your head in... to make you appreciate what you have at home. Great piece of history that needs to be kept.”
Another tourist did some research and wrote: "In the 18th and 19th centuries it was not at all uncommon for poorer accommodation not to have either a bathroom or kitchen, with residents using communal toilet facilities and cooking over an open fire. The Smallest House is simply preserved as a testament to how simply some people had to live in years gone by.”
The house's existence is owed much to an enterprising builder.
In the 16th century, a row of cottages was constructed alongside Conwy’s walls. As the walls' central tower abutted onto the quay, the row didn’t quite meet, leaving a gap.
Later, as housing became scarcer, the gap was infilled to create another cottage. In time, the property would come to be affectionately known by everyone locally as “Smalls”.
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