Prys Mawr

Prys Mawr is a storeyed end-chimney house, likely dating from the early 17th century, with later additions in the 17th and 20th centuries. It is L-shaped in plan. The house is constructed of local stone with later slated roofs and squat end chimneys, featuring plain cornice bands. The front has an asymmetrical four-window arrangement with an off-centre entrance featuring a segmentally-arched doorway constructed with rough-dressed slatestone voussoirs. An inset slatestone plaque above the doorway bears the incised date 1685, along with the initials V.W.K., presumably representing a member of the Vaughan family. The windows are 20th century timber-framed cross-windows with wrought iron opening lights dating to approximately 1890; most openings are enlargements of earlier 19th century windows. A blocked former window to the left of the entrance likely relates to the window arrangement prior to the 1890 alterations. The rear and right-hand sides of the main block are roughcast, with a slated lean-to projecting from the angle between the main block and the gabled rear wing to the left. The rear wing retains its tall early chimney with a contemporary capping and has a whitened brick lean-to to its left side. This lean-to is slated and contains a boarded door with a glazed upper panel. A 19th century cross-window is located on the first floor of the rear wing, above the whitened lean-to.

The house has an end-chimney plan with a cross-passage, featuring a hall to the right and a former parlour to the left, with the rear wing originally serving as the kitchen. The rear wing has a 3-bay pegged collar-truss roof of 17th century type and an embedded wall post within the partition separating this wing from the main range. The former hall has a beamed ceiling with wide stopped-chamfered main and subsidiary beams and narrow chamfered joists. A large chamfered post on a stone plinth, centrally located on the rear partition wall between the main and rear ranges, supports the main lateral ceiling beam via a substantial bracket, and this appears to be contemporary with the ceiling. A flat bressummer is present above a wide former inglenook, now reduced and with an 1890 brick fireplace in front. Blocked recesses flank the fireplace; the recess on the right still retains what appears to be the primary newel stair. The former parlour, to the left of the entrance, mirrors the ceiling framing of the hall, featuring ogee stops on the chamfered members. Bolted king post trusses support the main roof.