Rhyd-fudr

Rhyd-fudr is a 18th-century, one-and-a-half-storied, two-unit dwelling. It is situated on a hillside, with a later, lofted cow-house attached on the uphill side. The building is constructed from local boulders and roughly dressed rubble, with a notable amount of quartz visible in the cow-house, and is whitewashed on the front elevation. It has end wall stacks built of squared stone, featuring drip stones and moulded caps. The roof is slate with slate-hung cheeks to the dormers. The main elevation features a doorway offset to the left with a plank door, alongside two-light casement windows with blue-brick sills and cambered brick heads. Similar windows are found in gabled dormers above, and an additional window has been inserted at the far left of the domestic range. The cow-house has a doorway to the front and a loft door accessed by steps in the gable end. A rear wing is present, augmented by a black corrugated iron-clad range with a half-hipped roof and a further corrugated iron lean-to extension on the lower gable. This iron-clad range formerly housed a small generator powered by a surviving Pelton wheel.

The house retains its original layout with only minor alterations, comprising a main hall with two smaller rooms at the outer end, one of which is heated. The hall features a roughly shaped main lateral beam with similarly rough joists, along with a roughly chamfered straight lintel over a large fireplace. A later 19th-century lobby and staircase rise opposite the front door. Upstairs, in the principal room, part of the main truss is exposed, showcasing rough principal rafters (a former collar now missing) and purlins. Within the partition at the head of the stairs, an exposed timber bears the date 1725 and the initials W.G.