The Tin House

The Tin House is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It dates from the late 15th century or early 16th century and was significantly remodeled in the early 19th century, with later additions and alterations. The structure is timber framed with rendered infill on a rubblestone plinth. The left part of the house is made of early 19th-century red brick, with roughly coursed limestone rubble on the gable end and corrugated iron cladding at the rear. The slate roof features an internal red brick end stack on the right and two external end stacks on the left.

The original layout likely included a two-bay cross-wing aligned north-south, with a now-demolished hall range to the east. The gables of the cross-wing have been removed, and the former tie beams now serve as wall plates for the present house. A 19th-century addition was built on the site of the former hall range. The house is two storeys high with a gable-lit attic.

The framing is exposed only on the right side of the house and part of the right gable end, featuring close studding with a middle rail. There is a mid-19th-century casement window on each floor to the left, with a segmental head, while the right side has late 20th-century three-light mullion windows on each floor, with the lower window positioned where an original window once was. A 20th-century lean-to porch is located at the centre, featuring a boarded door.

Inside, the timber frame is exposed in the former cross-wing, with close studding on the external walls and square panels on the cross wall. The ceiling height of the ground-floor rooms has been increased, and cross beams show mortices for former joists. Upstairs, the principal rafters of the former central truss remain, indicating that the cross-wing was originally aligned north-south. There is also a wall post with mortices at the junction of the cross-wing and the presumed former hall range. The house is also known as Nessmynydd.