Quarryman's Cottages

Nos 1-3 Quarryman's Cottages, Ffestiniog

Exterior: Single storey terrace of three identical units; whitened slate-rubble construction with renewed decorative slate roof. 4 equally-spaced squat stacks with slate capping and weather-coursing. Central entrances with narrow flanking 12-pane recessed sash windows to each cottage; slate cills, modern boarded doors. Adjoining no1 (to the L) and set back slightly, a later C19 wash house lean-to with slate slab roofing and (partly) similar walls to side. Here a reduced 4-pane window and a boarded door to the L. Further entrance to the front and a small adjoining, part-open coal-store. Further, more substantial later C19 lean-to to R gable adjoining no 3; this slightly recessed with contemporary boarded door; modern slate roof. The upper gable end of the terrace here is hung with decorative slates. Adjoining this to the front, a near-contemporary ty bach with slab roof as before and boarded door.

Interior: Each cottage retains its original internal arrangement of a hall and small parlour to the ground floor and two attic bedrooms, accessed via a simple straight-flight stair from the hall.. The latter spaces are flagged and have simple beamed ceilings. Large fireplaces to L with slate lintels and mantel shelves. Nos 2 and 3 retain late C19 ranges, the latter with a grained fireplace surround. To its L, enclosed cupboards to a recess, the upper doors of which are missing. All save no1 have a boarded draft screen behind the entrance with shelves to the reverse. Small original slate fireplaces to the parlours of nos 1 and 2, with inscised decoration and the former with late Regency-style reeded and rosette decoration. To the rear of each parlour, a small pantry, nos 2 and 3 retaining some shelving and fittings.