Brynadda

Brynadda is an end chimney regional house, originally dating to the 18th century, with an additional range added at a later date, extending at right angles to the southwest. The interior and external elevations were re-ordered in the early to mid-19th century.

The original house is a two-story structure with a cellar and originally had three windows. It is constructed of coursed rubble masonry and has a gently pitched quarry slate roof with plain eaves and close verges. Rubble gablets adorn the first-floor windows, along with timber finials and shallow verges. Early 19th-century square stone stacks, set on bases with water tabling, are present; one was later heightened in brick to the left. The first floor features cross windows with lower casements, originally featuring lead cames. A large, single-story porch is offset to the right and was previously heated, with a chimney rising against the house wall. Flanked on either side of the porch are two-light casement windows. The center of the house is distinguished by an advanced gabled section with gabled wings, all under gently pitched slate roofs with exposed rafters, ornate pierced bargeboards, and finials. A cross window with stained glass is centrally located within the advanced section, and the roof of the left wing extends to form a canopy supported by slender iron columns. The porch has half-glazed double doors, and a small window is located at the end of the other wing. Two four-pane first-floor windows are visible in the left gable end, and the right-end stack corbels out over an oven projection.

The rear elevation features three cross windows to the first floor, mirroring the gablets on the front. A two-window range adjoining at right angles, likely dating to the 18th century, is constructed of rubble masonry with a moderately pitched slate roof, plain eaves, an end stack, and a large lateral stack. The first floor has small-paned cross windows under rubble gablets, while the ground floor has two-light casements. A bow-fronted bay window to the right has a corniced top and small paned glazing. Servant’s quarters from 1930 adjoin to the left, with a rubble front and whitewashed roughcast to the rear, featuring a cross window under a gablet to the first floor and a large cut picture window to the ground floor.

Inside, a section of the house dates back to the 17th century. The interior features broad stop chamfers to spine beams and a bressumer. A well was formerly located alongside the hearth. The parlour beams were plastered over to create a double coved ceiling, with arched recesses flanking an early 19th-century Adam-style chimneypiece from Nannau. Other features include flush-panelled shutters, six-panel doors, a fitted cupboard in a former doorway recess, and an early 19th-century staircase with turned balusters and a swept handrail. Roof trusses were altered in the 19th century, with collars removed and blades shaved back.