Pant Afon

House. Simple classical style of the late 1830s, with both the later sections to north and south in similar style. 2 storeys. Roughcast rubblestone and brick; slate roofs hipped throughout, except to south wall of northern addition which is gable ended, has rooflights; roughcast stacks to ridge, side and end walls. Original block forms centrepiece of what is now a very long building range oriented north-south. Its original entrance front is on the east and has hip-roofed projection to right with half-glazed door in stone surround under Doric entablature; horned sashes above and to main part of range to left, which has further half-glazed door. Northern section also has hip-roofed projection to right with horned sash windows above shallow flat-roofed porch; slate-roofed lean-to conservatory with full-height glazing on low plinth linked to right bay of original part gives the appearance of 2 largely symmetrical and contemporary hipped roofed advanced bays linked at ground floor by the conservatory, although in fact the 2 advanced bays belong to different periods.

West elevation: original building towards centre has paired hip-roofed projection onto small stone terrace with another projection, slightly higher and slightly set back to right; multi-paned French windows to right part of paired projection and right projection; large tripartite 48-paned horned sash window to left part of paired projection and horned sash and casement windows on first floor of all projections; 16-paned horned sash directly below eaves to left of paired projection. Northern addition has prominent 2-storey canted bay projection to left with 16-paned sashes on first floor and 24-paned sashes to ground floor of each splay, all horned; section to right of projection has paired 16-paned horned sashes to first floor and wide multi-paned French window placed symmetrically below. Southern extension projects from the central portion of the house and has 2 widely-spaced 12-paned horned sashes on each floor with small 4-paned windows, also symmetrically placed, on each floor to left. Former cottage attached to end wall has sash window with Gothic glazing bars.

Inspection of house not possible at time of Survey (February 1999) but former cottage attached to the end wall of the southern part has slate slab surround to large fireplace with overmantel and cast-iron range.