Penhyddgan

This is a farmhouse, dating from the 16th century, situated on a slope. The main room is positioned at the upper end of the building. The exterior walls are constructed of granite rubble, with pebble-dash on the gable end, and have slate roofs. The gable-end stacks have rendered bases with brick shafts rebuilt around 1990. A 20th-century lean-to addition is present against the lower end.

The east-facing elevation features a projecting staircase wing to the right, with a single 9-paned window in the gable apex. The entrance is in a roughly segmental arched doorway with a 20th-century oak panelled door on the south return. A tripartite sash window illuminates the principal room to the left, and a 16-pane sash is above. The 20th-century lean-to abuts the staircase wing and wraps around the lower gable, possibly replacing an earlier addition from the 18th century. The west elevation shows a small-paned door inserted where a window once stood; a rough-arched doorway has been partially blocked and is now a window, aligned with the east entrance in the stair wing. A tripartite sash window is to the right. A small former stair light is at first floor, along with 6- and 9-pane sashes aligned with the lower-right window and the original doorway. An unaligned, wide small-paned casement is in the upper left window. The present entrance is within the 20th-century lean-to against the lower gable.

The original plan consisted of two rooms—a main hall (originally with opposed entrances) and a parlour—separated by a decorative screen with four-centred arched doorways (one now blocked). The screen was later modified with modern doorways which were subsequently removed and the panelling restored. It features guilloche and reeded mouldings, echoed in the fire-lintel and joists, many of which have been turned. Heavy chamfered main beams are present. A deep fireplace is flanked by a closet to the left and a possible former stair location to the right. Similar decoration to the joists is found in the former parlour, and the approximate location of the parlour fireplace has been retained. A renewed spiral stair is in the projecting wing, extending slightly beyond the first floor. A 20th-century door leads into the hall, while an older door provides access to the 20th-century extension, likely serving an earlier addition to the house. The first-floor layout has been altered by later sub-division. Curved bases of roof trusses are visible below the ceilings. The room over the hall was formerly open to the roof, evidenced by ornate cusped bracing to the collar, raking struts and principal rafters on that truss. The second truss is of similar form, but undecorated. Large-scantling through-purlins are laid flat on the trusses.