1 and 2 Penarthtown

1 and 2 Penarthtown are a pair of cottages, possibly dating from the 17th century, with significant rebuilding on the right-hand side in the mid-19th century. The construction is primarily stone rubble, with some rendering and slate-hanging on the left-hand gable end. The earlier range has a scantle slate roof with gable ends, a 20th-century brick chimney stack on the left, and a projecting stone rubble chimney stack with moulded strings to the rear gable of the right-hand wing. The mid-19th-century wing forms a cross wing with a projecting chimney stack.

The original layout was likely three rooms and a cross passage, with a hall and an unheated inner room on the left, which still exists. The lower end was largely rebuilt around the mid-19th century, creating a cross wing with a two-room and cross-passage plan, and a kitchen in the larger room on the right, heated by a gable end stack with a cloam oven projection.

The building is two storeys high with an asymmetrical front elevation, featuring the 17th-century range on the left and the gable end of the 19th-century range on the right. There are single-storey outshuts on the left side and in front of the central projecting chimney stack. A gabled half-dormer with 20th-century casements is also present.

The rear elevation of the 17th-century range is characterized by a regular two-window elevation, with 20th-century casements on both the ground floor and in the gabled half-dormers. The 19th-century range exhibits a regular two-window front, with 20th-century two-light casements with glazing bars and dressed stone segmental arches in the ground floor. A door is centrally positioned, sheltered by a gabled slate lean-to porch roof supported by chamfered 19th-century timber posts. Three 20th-century two-light casements are located in the half-dormers above. A reset 17th-century three-light granite mullion window, with stanchion bars, is visible in the gable end, along with 19th-century casements.

The interior of the 19th-century range features slightly chamfered ceiling beams and a 19th-century chimney piece. The 17th-century range has fairly heavy, roughly cut ceiling beams in the hall. Access to the roof timbers was not possible; the first floor has not been inspected.