Goedlan

Goedlan is a house dating from the 18th century, constructed of snecked rubble with a slate roof featuring oversailing eaves. The asymmetrical front is divided into three sections, with a central bay containing the entrance and a stairwell light, flanked by gabled cross-wings, the left wing projecting forward. The side walls of the gables taper inwards, mirroring a feature found at nearby St. Mark’s Church, and slightly project as flush buttresses. The house has plain stone chimneys with simple capping; the chimney on the right cross-wing is gabled. Windows are predominantly wide, with 5 and 4 lights on the ground and first floors of the left wing respectively, flush and fitted with 6 panes per light, set within segmental arches. A Tudor-arched entrance is located to the right of the central bay, leading to a 5-panelled door and a flat-roofed porch canopy supported by simple brackets. Small flanking 4-pane hall-lights are present, and to the left, a 2-part casement, all with segmental heads. A large 3-light mullioned and transomed wooden stair window is found on the first floor, with a single light to the left and a tripartite horizontal window to the right, set under the eaves. Further to the right, a small 9-pane oculus is present, with a small 4-pane light on the ground floor. The rear elevation has a central verandah between the gabled cross wings, extending from the main roofline and supported by a wooden column with an Ionic capital; exposed rafter ends and a moulded cornice are present. A 5-part, flat-roofed dormer sits above the verandah, and a 4-part segmental window, matching those on the front, is positioned on the upper right gable. A storeyed and canted bay extends from the left gable, featuring a flat roof and moulded cornice, with 3-part glazing to each bay face; the walls between the ground and first floors are roughcast.

Adjoining the left side of the house is a small, rubble-walled service court with decorative rubble crenellations. Within the courtyard are a small rubble and slate-roofed service building, containing a boarded door leading to a coal store, an open bay, and a set-back and stepped-down “ty bach” with a boarded door.

Inside, a cloak-room is located off the inner porch, featuring contemporary scrolled coat hooks. A small, 30-pane tripartite bow window faces the inner porch and illuminates the hall. A narrow well stair has grained newels and rail, with broad, painted stick balusters. The upper posts extend to ceiling level, connected by shallow segmental arches, and have egg-cup finials to the lower newel posts and similar pendentives. Plain 5-panelled doors, picture rails, and cornices are found in the main rooms on both floors, complemented by plain contemporary brass door furniture. A simple Arts and Crafts lugged fireplace is present in the rear-right sitting room, featuring a 2-tier mantel-piece and green glazed tiles. A large segmental-arched recess leads to a canted bay overlooking the rear. The dining room features an oak fireplace with a plain cartouche and part-fluted Ionic columns supporting the mantel shelf. Plain fitted cupboards are in the former kitchen on the ground floor; a corkscrew back-stair rises from this area.