Ty Uchaf

Ty Uchaf is a substantial regional storeyed farmhouse, dating from the 17th century. It comprises a three-unit lobby-entry main range with a rear wing and a storeyed, gabled porch projecting to the front. A gabled chimney is situated to the rear, with a further, central stack. The farmhouse is constructed of whitened rubble on boulder foundations, incorporating some cyclopean quoins, and has a slate roof.

The main elevation features an off-centre, full-height porch with a flat-arched entrance and a four-pane window above, dating to the late 19th century. Above the porch is an inset sandstone sundial bearing an incised Welsh biblical inscription, the name Kiltail Garth, and the date 1682. A contemporary stair projection, incorporating a catslide roof that slopes from the porch roof, is set into the angle to the left of the porch, with a small window facing forward. To the left of the porch is a two-pane window, with a four-pane cross-window under the eaves diagonally above, both dating to the late 19th century. The right-hand gable has single windows on three floors, with the attic floor window blocked, and some 20th-century small-pane windows. Another sandstone sundial, identical to that above the porch, is positioned at first-floor height.

The rear elevation is unwhitened and has plain bargeboards to the projecting wing on the right and the lateral chimney gable on the left. The windows are similar to those on the front. A boarded door is located on the left return of the advanced wing.

The house follows a lobby-entry plan, with a hall on the left and a parlour on the right, both featuring entrances with pegged frames. The parlour has a plastered main beam and flat ceiling, with a beam bearing an ogee stopped chamfer. A similar beam is present in the hall, but the ceiling has been renewed. A bracketed mantel shelf is above the large parlour fireplace, and a chamfered bressummer is above the hall fireplace. The service bay, off the hall, has plain, unchamfered joists. A simple dogleg stair leads to the first floor, featuring a stopped-chamfered doorcase at the stair head. A sealed closet is also located on the first floor.