Wern Fawr

Wern Fawr is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with additions made in the early 19th century. The main structure is built of rubble stonework, pointed with a sand-cement mix, and has slate roofs with a cavetto eaves course; the rear roof was later re-covered in small slates and superimposed copings. It is two storeys and attics, originally with a three-room plan and a central cross passage, with a service wing added to the rear.

The house is entered through a central stone doorcase on the garden (east) front, featuring wave-moulded jambs, pronounced stops, and an eroded Tudor hood moulding that turns outwards at the ends. The door is six-panelled. Windows are renewed, dating to the 20th century, and are timber, 15-pane sashes with a pivoted upper section and plastered outer reveals. Four windows are on the first floor, with a further window originally providing symmetry to the left of the door, now blocked. Small rectangular windows are located at each end, lighting a closet and chimney stair. Tall chimney stacks are present, with the right stack set diagonally. The left gable end, partly rebuilt after 1800, shows traces of two blocked openings relating to a former wing. The rear range has two unequal gables, one of which is an addition; it has sixteen-pane sashes to each floor. The rear elevation of the main block has an arch-headed door mirroring the main front door, and a 20th-century gallery access.

The ground floor is divided into four unequal bays by heavy transverse ceiling beams, some of which have been renewed, with small stopped chamfers. End fireplaces are present, with closets to the side, and a newel stair alongside the stack at the south end. The main living room occupies 1.5 bays at the north end, featuring a large fireplace and raised lintel. This room is separated from the central circulation area by a fine late 17th-century post-and-panel partition, with bead and hollow mouldings on the posts. An 18th-century six-panelled door at the west end opens to a corridor, accessible through a timber screen containing some 17th-century carved work, likely relocated. This screen leads to a small parlour with closely spaced ceiling joists and an elliptical-headed fireplace. Both front and back doors have splayed internal jambs. The rear wing, which contains the kitchen, features a rough spine beam and a gable-end fireplace within an arched opening. The first floor has re-positioned moulded ceiling beams and reset panelling, likely dating to the 18th century. The roof is reportedly largely reconstructed.