Cartref

Cartref is a cottage dating from the late 17th century, with its eaves raised in the early 20th century and later additions and alterations. It is timber-framed with painted brick and rendered infill on a rendered plinth, topped by a concrete tile roof. The original layout consists of a two-cell plan with a single-storey byre to the right. The eaves were raised, and a new stack was inserted in the early 20th century, while the byre was converted for domestic use. The building has two storeys, with square framing panels—two extending from the cill to the original wall-plate and two smaller panels above due to the eaves raising. The left gable end features a collar and tie-beam truss with V-struts from the collar. The byre is mainly rendered and painted black and white to imitate a timber frame at the front, although the original roof pitch is visible on the gable end, which is made of painted rubblestone with brick raising. Early 20th-century casement windows are present, with three directly below the eaves, one to the left, and two to the right of a contemporary plank door under a lean-to hood. A painted brick stack is located directly behind the ridge, just to the left of the entrance. Inside, the left ground-floor room has a chamfered spine beam and heavy joists, while the central room features a cased spine beam with long straight tension braces exposed on the former right wall of the house part. It is noted that there was formerly a stack at the left gable end. A 20th-century flat-roofed addition at right angles to the rear on the right side is not of special architectural interest.