Pentrelew

House, dating from the early 19th century. The front is plastered over rubble, while the rear is painted rubble. It has asbestos slate roofs with wide eaves to the front and sides, and painted brick chimneys on the side walls and over the rear wing. The original plan comprised two or three reception rooms, or one large and one small room facing the garden, separated from a service wing by a stair hall with a side entrance. There is a service wing to the left rear. Around the middle of the 19th century, a single-story room was added to the front, on the left, along with further service rooms to the rear of the service wing (north), and a single-story range at right angles to the rear right (east). This eastern range includes a half-round projection on plan facing the front (south) of its east end. A smaller extension at right angles to the wing on the left connects to a stable adjoining the corner of the stair projection, enclosing a small courtyard. The south garden front is symmetrical, with three bays of 1:1:1 and a later single-story bay to the left. Bays 1 and 3 are slightly projected forward. There is a plinth and a moulded sill string to the first floor. The windows are early 19th century small-pane, hornless sashes with marginal panes. The east front has a wall of the garden front, projecting on the left, connected to the side wall of the wing with an entrance to the far left, and a round-headed fixed window above the entrance. There’s a window slightly to the right of the entrance, above it, and a lower-level window to the ground floor right, with a possible blind loading doorway above. A lean-to porch with a rubble side wall has a glazed outer door and an early 19th century four-panel inner door. Other elevations have older sash or casement windows. The interior retains early 19th century carpentry and joinery, including an open-well, open staircase. Behind the stair to the first floor, there's a curious dead-end passage or closet with a window overlooking the courtyard. The house has undergone a surprisingly complicated plan development but has remained largely unaltered since the middle of the 19th century.