Quarryman's Cottages

Nos 1-3 Quarryman's Cottages in Ffestiniog are a single-storey terrace of three identical units built from whitened slate-rubble, topped with a renewed decorative slate roof. Each cottage features four equally spaced squat stacks with slate capping and weather-coursing. The central entrances are flanked by narrow 12-pane recessed sash windows, each with slate cills and modern boarded doors.

Adjoining no 1 on the left is a later 19th-century wash house lean-to, which has a slate slab roof and partly similar walls. This structure includes a reduced 4-pane window and a boarded door to the left, as well as a further entrance at the front and a small adjoining, part-open coal-store. To the right of no 3 is a more substantial later 19th-century lean-to, which is slightly recessed and features a contemporary boarded door and a modern slate roof. The upper gable end of the terrace is decorated with hung slates, and there is a near-contemporary ty bach at the front with a slab roof and boarded door.

Inside, each cottage maintains its original layout, consisting of a hall and a small parlour on the ground floor, with two attic bedrooms accessed by a simple straight-flight stair from the hall. The attic spaces have flagged flooring and simple beamed ceilings. Each cottage has a large fireplace on the left with slate lintels and mantel shelves. Nos 2 and 3 contain late 19th-century ranges, with no 3 featuring a grained fireplace surround. To the left of this fireplace are enclosed cupboards in a recess, although the upper doors are missing. All cottages except no 1 have a boarded draft screen behind the entrance, with shelves on the reverse. The parlours of nos 1 and 2 have small original slate fireplaces with inscised decoration, and no 1 features late Regency-style reeded and rosette decoration. At the back of each parlour is a small pantry, with nos 2 and 3 retaining some shelving and fittings.