Cowhouse, Yards and Stable at Hafod y Maidd

The cowhouse, yards, and stable at Hafod y Maidd is a 19th-century agricultural building constructed from large local rubble stone and topped with a slate roof. This five-bay structure features cattle housing divided into two sections, with a storage loft above that is accessible via an external stone stair at the northern end. In front, there are two small yards enclosed by stone walls, each with a gate leading to the main farmyard. The walls of the building rest on a plinth made of very large boulders, many of which are set upright and were consolidated with concrete around 1965. The gables are roughly stepped above projecting kneeler stones.

Each section of the building has an entrance door at the outer end, with additional entrances on each side in the central bay and one at the rear featuring a heavy curved timber lintel. There is also a ventilator window in the intermediate bays. At the northern end, the enclosing yard wall extends to connect with a small stable building, which is also made of stone rubble and has a corrugated iron roof. This stable has a single door that opens into the northern yard.

Inside, the ground floor includes a continuous stone feeding trough with a timber top sill. The structure is supported by four raised cruck trusses, with the principals halved over at the apex and trenched for collars, which are twice pegged at each junction. The roof features two tiers of purlins, and the roof battens are fully torched.