Maes-y-neuadd

Maes-y-neuadd is a large gentry house built in three distinct, linked sections. The house is two storeys high with attics, constructed of roughly-coursed mortared rubble masonry with slate roofs, tiled ridges, and coped gables. Tall stone stacks with dripstones and capping are present. The earliest sections are believed to be those aligned roughly north-south, with a later east-west block joining them.

The long north-south range, situated at the south of the property, features an irregular five-window facade. The right-hand bay appears to be a later addition, connecting the earlier section to the remainder of the house, as evidenced by a straight joint beyond the right-hand ridge chimney. The main entrance is now located within this bay, with a window positioned above it. Windows are predominantly four-pane sashes, although those in the two right-hand bays are larger. Dormers are closely spaced in the roof, and ridge stacks mark the original gable lines – the stack to the right is notably larger. Copings are present on the left-hand gable.

The east-west range adjoins the north-south range to the left, projecting as a three-window range with a central doorway and four-pane sash windows, including windows in the gable end. Dormers are incorporated into the roof, and gable end stacks are present. At the rear of this range, running parallel to the main north-south range but in a staggered alignment, is a smaller two-window range, likely a later addition that obscures an earlier north-south range. This range is two storeys high with a basement, and the principal rooms appear to be situated on the first floor. Ground-floor windows have been altered. This range is abutted by modern extensions that connect the house to its former servants' hall, and a heavily altered advanced range to the right, which retains a bellcote on its western gable.

The oldest part of the house features a massive chamfered bressumer to an inglenook fireplace, and retains massive, hewn, chamfered cross beams in the ground floor rooms. Much of the original timberwork has been preserved in the attics, including hewn, pegged collared trusses, hewn chamfered cross beams, and joists. The 18th century wing at the south end of the house now contains the dining and sitting rooms, which retain original plasterwork and panelling. A moulded dado rail is present, with corbelled moulded coving above. Recessed panels with shaped moulded surrounds are positioned between the dado rail and coving; this detailing is echoed on the pedimented fireplace surround in the dining room.