No.4 The Almshouses

No. 4 The Almshouses is part of a single-storey almshouse complex located in Llanrhaeadr, constructed from whitened rubble with buff sandstone and brown brick dressings, which are also now whitened. The building features a slate roof with four central brick chimneys, the upper sections of which have been rebuilt. The complex is designed in an H plan with a symmetrical facade that has seven bays, including advanced gabled wings at each end and a storeyed, gabled central porch made of brick.

The central porch displays gable parapets with moulded sandstone copings and shaped kneelers, similar to the treatment of the gabled wings, which also feature raised brick quoins. The 19th-century timber cross-windows are adorned with moulded mullions and transoms, and have latticed casements. Above the windows in the wings are fielded sandstone dedication plaques; the left plaque records the date and circumstances of the foundation, while the right plaque notes the restoration in 1820. The central porch includes a depressed arch leading into the passage, with a sandstone plaque above it commemorating the 1963 restoration, and a single-light latticed window above that.

The rear elevation mirrors the front, although it originally had entrances to the right and left of the main section in the corners with the projecting wings, which have since been replaced with small-pane modern casement windows. The rear porch gable is made of whitened rubble rather than brick and features a depressed stone arch. The passage has single entrances to the left and right, equipped with ribbed and boarded doors. There are similar entrances on the sides that correspond to the rear units in the original arrangement, which also have adjacent cross-windows as before. Beyond these are the reduced former entrances to the front units, now also fitted with modern casement windows.