Brynmor

Brynmor is a two-storey, L-shaped house located on Bangor Road, Penmaenmawr, dating from the 19th century. The house is constructed of rendered rubble, with gable parapets and plain end chimneys. It has a 19th-century slate roof featuring unusually large graduated slates towards the eaves, known as "queens." The front of the house is oriented east. A central entrance is marked by a mid-19th century six-panel door, with the four upper panels glazed, and a four-pane rectangular skylight above. A later 19th-century open-work timber porch stands in front of the entrance. To the left of the entrance is a large, recessed four-pane sash window from the late 19th century. To the right is a mid-19th century sixteen-pane recessed sash window, and three similar twelve-pane windows on the first floor. At the rear, a first-floor window is an eight-pane sliding sash. The south-facing gable (facing the road) has two twelve-pane first-floor windows, similar to those on the front, and is adjoined by a plain, late 19th-century two-storey wing. The road-facing facade has been altered with a modern glazed door to the right and a 19th-century tripartite sash window immediately to the left of this, divided into 4, 8 and 4 panes. A further two-part sash window is located to the left, of 8 and 8 panes.

Adjoining the rear of the main house to the north is Brynmor Cottage, a further 19th-century two-storey range. It is built of rendered rubble with a slate roof and an end chimney to the west gable. An east-facing gable has a twelve-pane sliding sash window on the first floor, while the north side has modern window openings. A slate lean-to is present on the west gable, with further lean-tos at the rear of the main block of Brynmor and the later wing.

Evidence suggests Brynmor originally had a cross-passage plan. The late 19th century replaced the original oak post-and-panel screen in the passage with a pine staircase. The former hall to the left retains a stopped-chamfered inglebeam to the fireplace. A mural stair, which originally ran to the left, has disappeared, leaving a recess. A late 18th-century plaster cornice and plastered ceiling beams create a compartmented ceiling. In the right-hand ground-floor room, remains of a former post-and-panel partition, which separated a parlour from a service bay, survive, displaying simple grooved decoration. An 18th-century wig closet is found in an upper left-hand room, situated in the former stair space, with one pine shelving bracket remaining.