The Mynde

The Mynde is a large house dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries, significantly remodelled in the early 18th century and further re-faced on the east, north, and south sides by William Atkinson in the early 19th century. It is constructed of sandstone rubble, with brick detailing, and stuccoed on the north, east, and south elevations, covered by a hipped Welsh slate roof with brick stacks. The building has a rectangular plan, with rear projecting wings to the west and the main front facing east. It includes a cellar and extends over three storeys.

The east elevation features a symmetrical arrangement of 2:5:2 windows, housing glazing bar sashes. A slightly projecting central porch is accentuated by two pairs of unfluted Doric columns supporting an entablature. An oak door with eight fielded panels leads into the house. The stuccoed façade is lined with ashlar and finished with a moulded cornice and parapet. The north elevation contains 7½ windows, also with glazing bar sashes set within cambered heads. The west elevation is defined by a six-window central section, again with glazing bar sashes. The top storey features only three symmetrically placed sashes. A doorway from the 17th century is situated to the left of the main central section; it is characterised by a moulded pediment and jambs, a four-centred arch with an eight-paned transom light, and a six-panelled fielded door. Friezes with triglyphs are set beneath the pediment, while the door surrounds are rusticated. Hipped projecting wings, one on each side of the central part, incorporate small, square, high-set openings, with one on the right now blocked.

Inside, a grand two-storey hall lies behind the east front, featuring giant Corinthian pilasters and a coved plaster ceiling divided into three allegorical panels, likely dating from around 1730. The fireplace is adorned with an overmantel displaying arms and trophies in plaster, inscribed "NIL ADMIRARI". The floor is finished in slate and stone. Profile busts of English Kings are positioned between the pilasters. Several ground floor rooms are panelled; one has early 17th-century blind arcading above two obliquely set early 18th-century fireplaces. Another room contains rich late 17th or 18th-century fielded panelling with pedimented door surrounds and eared architraves, complemented by a matching pedimented bookcase opposite a door. The main staircase is open-well and dates to the late 17th century, comprising two flights and a half landing, with two bobbin balusters per tread and corresponding half-balusters to the dado rail. The handrail terminates in four balusters at ground floor. Above the staircase is fluted coving. A second staircase, from around 1730, features three cantilevered flights, with a moulded underside, twisted balusters, newels shaped as Doric columns, and carved tread ends. The ceiling above is decorated with consoles and egg and dart moulding. Several upstairs rooms have early 18th-century fireplaces and reused 17th-century panelling.