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| Coronavirus: Britain's smallest house remains closed | Coronavirus: Britain's smallest house remains closed |
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| Britain's smallest house is staying closed while other museums and similar attractions in Wales can reopen. | |
| Visitors to the former fisherman's cottage in Conwy can stand outside but not go in for a whistle-stop tour. | Visitors to the former fisherman's cottage in Conwy can stand outside but not go in for a whistle-stop tour. |
| The tiny 16th Century house, measuring 10ft by 5.9ft (3m by 1.8m), was declared unfit for habitation in 1900. | The tiny 16th Century house, measuring 10ft by 5.9ft (3m by 1.8m), was declared unfit for habitation in 1900. |
| It had been the home of 6ft 3ins (1.9m) fisherman Robert Jones, but he was too tall to stand up inside the rooms and the local council forced him to leave. | It had been the home of 6ft 3ins (1.9m) fisherman Robert Jones, but he was too tall to stand up inside the rooms and the local council forced him to leave. |
| The house has become a popular attraction, with £1 tours of the premises on offer until the coronavirus lockdown in March. | The house has become a popular attraction, with £1 tours of the premises on offer until the coronavirus lockdown in March. |
| Museums in Wales have been given the go-ahead to reopen on 27 July, subject to health and safety precautions. | |
| A statement on the smallest house's website says: "In light of the Covid-19 virus and to protect our staff and visitors, The Smallest House in Great Britain will remain closed until further notice." | |
| While it remains closed, tour guide Amanda Whitehead - who usually works on cruise ships - is using a walkie-talkie to help tourists explore the quayside. | While it remains closed, tour guide Amanda Whitehead - who usually works on cruise ships - is using a walkie-talkie to help tourists explore the quayside. |
| While she has no connection with the property, she has set up a business offering tours of the quayside and town now that lockdown restrictions have eased. | While she has no connection with the property, she has set up a business offering tours of the quayside and town now that lockdown restrictions have eased. |
| "Instead of complaining about what has happened I have put my energy into being creative and doing something new," she said. | "Instead of complaining about what has happened I have put my energy into being creative and doing something new," she said. |
| "My first customers were a family, where the mum was very interested in the history, the dad wanted to know about the engineering behind how the town was built, and I told the children some of the ghost stories." | "My first customers were a family, where the mum was very interested in the history, the dad wanted to know about the engineering behind how the town was built, and I told the children some of the ghost stories." |