Hendre Isaf

Hendre Isaf is a storeyed, three-window farmhouse with adjoining L-shaped agricultural ranges of two and one storeys, likely dating from the 18th century. The farmhouse is constructed of rubble with a renewed slate roof. It features plain chimneys, one of which is rendered, and another is a 19th-century replacement. The front entrance is off-centre, with a boarded door and a plain glazed panel, set within a 20th-century wooden gabled porch with a slate roof and bargeboards. Flanking the entrance are 19th-century six-pane recessed sash windows with projecting slate cills and slate lintels, and a small square window to the left. First-floor windows are set under the eaves, including two eight-pane casements and a twelve-pane casement to the right.

To the left of the farmhouse is a 19th-century lean-to with a brick parapet and a small chimney. Adjacent is a contemporary pig sty block, also with a slate roof and brick parapet. Continuing to the right, a continuously-roofed 19th-century stable extension features a large central entrance with a boarded stable door and a six-pane overlight, and a loading bay at the upper left with a half-hipped gable end. An external coped, parapetted stair provides access to an upper entrance with a boarded door, and incorporates a kennel niche. A central dairy outshut is located to the rear of the farmhouse, with an entrance to the left return and a sash window mirroring those at the front.

The adjoining north range is stepped down and runs parallel to the main road, with a large modern boarded entrance on the left. Serving the primary barn range, there are two window openings, one of which is modern. Further along, two 19th-century stable entrances are present, alongside windows with 19th-century tooled slate lintels and modern metal-framed glazing. A hipped gable end has a later 19th or early 20th-century slated lean-to with a front opening. A 19th-century outshut is situated at the rear (farmyard side), with a small twelve-pane sash window, the lower half of which is boarded. A stable entrance is located to the right, with a blocked entrance beyond a 20th-century rendered brick lean-to.

Inside the farmhouse, a large inglenook incorporates a crude bressummer, and two fine, re-used cruck blades are visible in the stable roof. The primary barn is a six-bay structure with pegged and chamfered tiebeams and raking struts, along with chamfered purlins and mostly original rafters. A late 19th/early 20th-century boarded partition divides bay four, and a raised stone-flagged floor is present to the east of this, with blocked ventilation slits in the east gable wall. The lower western bays contain four cattle stalls with slate-slab rear walls (two broken down), pine side walls, troughs, and a cement floor.