Braich-y-Ceunant

Braich-y-Ceunant is a rubble-built house of L-plan configuration and one-and-a-half storeys, dating to the early 18th century with later alterations. The main, northeast-facing range presents a near-symmetrical facade with a central entrance. The roof is slate, renewed, with gable-end chimneys featuring plain capping and weathercoursing. The entrance features a 19th-century flush six-panel door with a simple rectangular light above it. Four late 19th-century sash windows with four panes are present; the window on the left is wider than the others. Three dormers with hipped slate roofs rise from the upper floor, slightly breaking the eaves, each with a 12-pane sash window from the early 19th century. A rubble lean-to is attached to the right side with a slate roof and boarded south side, incorporating corrugated iron doors. The rear range has a kneelered gable parapet with overlapping coping and a rendered gable. A gabled stair projection extends from the east side of the rear range, incorporating a four-pane window matching those elsewhere on the upper floor. A later lean-to is attached to the rear, flush with the east gable of the main range, featuring a 20th-century part-glazed door and a modern rooflight. To the left of the stair projection, another dormer is present, with a blocked entrance below. Above a stone lintel is an inset lead plaque inscribed with the initials LL, D, L, DV, WA, DI, GON, and the date 1717; this is likely a repositioned feature originally intended for the recess above the main entrance. A large gabled dormer is located at the rear, originally a gabled lateral chimney, subsequently altered, with a four-pane window on the upper floor and a modern window below. A large four-pane sash window is found on the ground floor right.

Inside, a post-and-panel partition separates the entrance hall. A ground floor room on the left side features a stopped-chamfered beamed ceiling with small ogee stops. An early 18th-century panelled window seat, raised and fielded, with matching shutters (currently removed for conservation), is also present. Contemporary oak four-panel and two similar pine doors, raised and fielded, originally painted, are notable features. The room in the rear range has stopped-chamfered main beams and two early 18th-century narrow cupboard doors with two panels flanking a 19th-century slate fireplace at the gable end. A substantial section of masonry between the entrance hall and the stairwell, featuring a large exposed lintel and a small recess, likely represents the original building phase and does not appear to be a stack or a newel stair. The early 18th-century dog-leg staircase has raised and fielded panelled sides, plain square newels, a simply-moulded handrail, bobbin-turned balusters, and a small upper landing with contemporary flat, S-shaped balusters. The upper floor retains original oak floorboards and oak plank partition walls, dating to before and during the 18th century. The doors on the upper floor are either early or mid-18th century and are four, five, and six-panelled, with moulded or plain doorcases. A former wig closet, built within the wall thickness in the upper left room, contains 18th-century shelving and a door as previously described. A crude stone lintel sits above a panelled cupboard door to the left of a fireplace. Raised and fielded dado panelling is found in the front-facing room, including the window seat. In the opposite corner stands a tall panelled cupboard with two doors, possibly a former gun cupboard.