Egryn Abbey

The orientation of the original house is E-W, with the Victorian wing (on the presumed site of the upper end) at the west. The early part is of coursed rubble stone with massive stone footings, and exposed timber wall-plate cut by dormer windows. Random slate The main front faces S. To the left is the gable end of the Victorian wing. At the left of the early range is the entrance to the cross-passage - a moulded 2-centred arched doorway in locally obtained freestone. The position of the hall is indicated by 2x 4-light mullioned and transomed windows with ovolo mouldings and hood moulds. A similar window lights the inner room to the east, and two 3-light mullioned windows which do not align above are also similar. These also use local freestone. A third window over the doorway appears to have been either a later insertion or replaced. A straight joint divides the later right-hand bay. Rear elevation has large gabled chimney projection, with added lean-to porch alongside. 9-pane window and doorway in added eastern bay, which has small lateral chimney. C19 wing is of well coursed and squared stone; slate roof (asymmetrically pitched at rear over staircase) with pronounced overhang to eaves. The range is neatly symmetrical: its central doorway is partly glazed with coloured glass to margin lights and has a lattice-glazed overlight. It is flanked by 16-pane sash windows, with 3 similar windows to first floor.

Interior retains much of its late medieval ground-plan, of cross-passage, hall with inner room beyond the dais partition (originally two rooms), and with the Victorian wing marking the position of the original outer room(s). Dais partition is of post-and panel type, and continues through full-height (albeit bisected by the insertion of the hall ceiling). Two doorways remain, the larger to the south probably originally serving a parlour. Cupboards against the wall inserted to divide hall from cross-passage conceal the lower sections of the aisle truss: this is of box-framed type, with cluster-moulding to posts. Its continuation is visible in the upper partition and in the roof-space: capitals to post-mouldings, and elaborately cusped bracing to tie-beam. Ornate cusped detail above and below collar. The central open truss of the hall (also visible in the roofspace) is of arched-braced collar type, also with cusped decoration to apex and with central boss on underside; cusped louvre truss alongside it. Cusped wind-braces to flat purlins. Large lateral fireplace has segmental arch with traces of paint-work Victorian wing retains much of its original detail, with joinery including 6-panelled doors, staircase with scrolled tread ends and swept rail, and moulded cornices.