Pant-y-Ceubren

Pant-y-Ceubren is a one-and-a-half-storey vernacular end chimney house, dating from the 17th century, with later additions creating an overall L-plan. The house is built of rubble with boulder foundations, and the main elevation has been whitewashed. It has slate roofs and squat end chimneys; the chimney on the right is original, while the one on the left is a 19th-century addition. The off-centre entrance on the left is framed by a segmental arch constructed with rough-dressed voussoirs in a style characteristic of the 17th century, and has a boarded door. Above the entrance is an inscribed stone bearing the date 1648 and the initials “T” and “R”. A later inscription, the date 1948, is also present. A photograph taken before 1948 reveals a slate label supported by shaped corbels above the 1648 inscription, which has since been lost. To the left of the entrance is a window with a late Victorian four-pane sash and a projecting sill. To the right of the entrance are two later 20th-century wooden casement windows in original openings. The upper floor has two large boarded gabled dormers, each with a 20th-century casement window, simple bargeboards, and slated sides.

A single-storey, 20th-century addition with a pitched, slated roof and a modern window adjoins the house on the right. A lower pitched-roof addition is located to the rear. The agricultural range is set back slightly to the left and is partially whitewashed, with an unwhitened section to the left. It features a modern casement window on the ground floor right, and a two-light, plain-glazed window above. A large area of modern breeze block repair is visible on the left-hand section of the agricultural range. The interior was not inspected, but it’s known to retain its original newel staircase to the right of the hall fireplace.