Stables and Cartshed at Glan yr Afon

Large, two storey 3-unit gable-ended vernacular farmhouse aligned NE-SW. Site slopes down to NE. C19 2-bay cartshed with granary above attached to NE gable end. C19 single storey 1-bay gabled shed on same axis as house attached to SW gable end; similar shed at right angles to E. Built of local stone rubble with slobbered mortar and dressed quoins; subsequent alterations and repairs in stone rubble and most recently brick; C19 Welsh slate roofs with clayware ridges. Slating extends over shoulders of external chimney on SW gable end; square stack set diagonally above ridge with moulded cap stone. Wide, near central, storey-height doorway in front elevation, facing SE, has reused timber lintel, recessed rubble infilling and smaller doorway with timber lintel and boarded door. Pitching opening above has boarded door. Front elevation has regular fenestration corresponding to 3-unit plan with two C19 cast iron 12/12 windows with centre-pivoted top lights to first floor. Ground floor windows have unglazed timber grilles with 5-pane sashes above. C16 slit window in NE extension. Rear elevation has one window to first floor with 12/12 cast iron window and blocked door and window openings to ground floor. C19 cartshed is at lower level with two openings separated by a square pier in front elevation with squat semi-elliptical arches of dressed stone voussoirs. Stone steps to left giving access to boarded door of granary above. Two-light timber casement windows to front and rear and ventilation slit beneath NE gable.

Four-bay open rafter roof; trusses have queen struts between tie beam and collar and king post and raking struts above collar; butt purlins and cusped wind braces. Timbers smoke blackened. Transverse timber-framed partition on 1st floor has wattle and daub infill panels under later plaster and C16 timber doorway with squat segmental pointed head. To the S of partition is an inner chamber with plastered stud walls and plaster ceiling. Stone rubble chimney breast attached to NE gable wall. Splayed window embrasures. Framed hardwood 1st floor structure has transverse and axial beams with stopped wave mouldings and empty mortices in soffits for partitions in central bay. Ground floor has C19 plaster ceilings and stable stalls. Blocked fireplace with timber mantle tree in SW gable wall with adjacent iron hooks fixed to floor structure above for hanging bacon sides. Large chimney breast and fireplace attached to NE gable wall.