Brynhyfryd

Brynhyfryd is a house dating from the 18th century, with a service wing to the south. It is a rectangular block with a three-window front, and two storeys high. The house is constructed from coursed rubble masonry with scribed pointing, and has an ashlar plinth. The roof is hipped, covered in slate, with deep boarded eaves, and stone stacks; two are in line on the south side, and one to the centre of the north side. The ground floor windows are 12-pane sashes with stone lintels and sills. A continuous verandah runs over the ground floor, supported by slender, fluted cast iron columns with stone bases. There is a classical pelmet to the eaves. A set of stout, fluted wooden columns flank the entrance, with pilasters flanking the doorway. The double doors have small panes and side glazing, a design reflected in the flanking windows. Deep sash windows are present, with sills resting on the plinth. These windows have a broad central vertical glazing bar, sidebars, and small panes.

To the left, a lower, two-storey service range with a gabled end projects. This is built with coursed rubble masonry and an ashlar plinth, and has a half-hipped slate roof with bargeboards and deep boarded eaves. A 12-pane sash window is present on the first floor, with a stone lintel and sill. A former ground floor window, originally aligned with the main house, is now partially blocked with a modern window.

The north elevation has two windows, with the left-hand bay advanced and fenestration mirroring the front of the house, including a continuous verandah.

The rear, or garden, elevation features an advanced bay to the right, with a further advanced, lower service wing to the extreme right, both with a continuous verandah. The first floor has two narrow 8-pane sashes to the left, and a 12-pane sash to the right. The ground floor has a window aligned with the front of the house, and a broad tripartite bow window to the right. The central sash window has a broad central vertical glazing bar, small panes, and sidebars. The lower, two-storey service wing to the extreme right has a 12-pane sash window above a 6-pane sash with sidebars and a broad central glazing bar. Stone lintels and sills are present.

The north elevation of the service wing is two storeys high, with three windows. Shallow upper sashes are set to the 9-pane first floor windows under the eaves, with the right-hand window being a dummy. There are stone sills. A broad 24-pane sash window is present on the ground floor left, with a stone sill. A 6-panel door is located centrally, with a lattice-glazed rectangular fanlight. A modern doorway is on the right, with a plain fanlight, and an unsympathetic modern canopy.

Inside, a broad hall arch leads to a contemporary staircase. A room on the west side with a bow window retains a contemporary chimneypiece and a broad arched recess. Moulded cornices are found in the main rooms, along with 6-panel doors, moulded architraves, panelled window shutters, and splayed window reveals. A contemporary terraced garden is located to the north and rear of the house, enclosed by tall rubble boundary walls. Massive stone slab gateposts mark the main entrance on Cregennan Road.