Cyffdy

Cyffdy is a two-and-a-half storey L-plan gentry house built of slatestone. The main section, originally the left half, is constructed of roughly dressed blocks, while a later addition is flush with the original. The house likely began in the 17th century, with a significant alteration and extension in the 18th century.

The main range exhibits a clear masonry break, indicating the extent of the original house and the subsequent two-bay addition to the right. A modern porch with a rubble plinth, glazed sides, and a slated roof with a timber-framed gable sits at the central entrance, sheltering a modern panelled door. To the left of the porch is a blocked, earlier doorway and a two-part window with 9-pane and 6-pane sections. The first floor has two 2-light 12-pane casements, plus a single-light 6-pane casement to the right. To the right of the porch are two comparable ground floor windows, with 2-light casements above on the first floor. The ground-floor window to the left has an exposed timber lintel, while the window to the right is within an infilled late 19th-century cart bay, the wide brick segmental arch of which remains visible, bearing the keystone inscribed with the date 1881. The roof has three equally-spaced modern gabled dormers with slated sides and 12-pane casements, with a recessed end bay to the right. A single-bay advanced section with windows matching those elsewhere is set into the right return, and a cellar entrance with external stepped access and a boarded door is located below.

The rear elevation features a full-height gabled stair projection to the right side, with casements on two levels. A continuous slated lean-to abuts the rear of the main block to the left of the stair tower. This lean-to has a part-glazed entrance and a 2-light window to its left. Two 4-light windows are followed by a 6-pane fixed window to the far left. The first floor mirrors the ground floor with casements and a 4-part window, and the roof has three dormers – a gabled dormer on the right, a central flat-roofed dormer, and a long flat-roofed dormer adjacent to the left.

Internally, the house is entered through a lobby into a former hall. A parlour wing projects from the left side. The hall and parlour ceilings have roughly-chamfered main beams, with plain joists to the hall and largely 20th-century joists to the parlour. A modern marble slab floor is laid in the hall. An original oak close-studded partition wall separates the hall and parlour, with outer entrances featuring 2-light pegged, open rectangular overlights. A late 17th-century oak dogleg stair rises full-height to the attic floor, with square, plain-capped newel posts and well-turned balusters. The attic floor retains its original principals, although the collars have been removed.