Bryn Awel and Fondella Building

Bryn Awel and Fondella Building are shops with accommodation above, dating from the 18th century, with later additions and alterations. The earliest sections are a two-storey gabled cross wing to the left and a two-unit range parallel to the street on the right. The gabled cross wing was later extended to create a near-symmetrical three-bay building. The exterior is largely rendered brickwork with decorative quoins to the main elevations, with exposed brick to the rear. The roofs are slate, with a coped gable to the right-hand end, although the rear of the main range has a concrete tiled roof. There are prominent end wall stacks, the one on the right being rendered and reduced in height. The right-hand section features a glazed inserted shop front to the left, above which is a tripartite sash window; to the right is a projecting shop front, likely dating from the late 19th century, with a broad tripartite sash window above. The rear elevation includes a broad 19th-century gabled wing to the left and good 18th-century brickwork detail in the two-bay main range, featuring a nogged string course and eaves. More recent windows have been inserted to the ground and first floors on the right; a 19th-century cross-window is present on the first floor to the left.

The left-hand unit appears as a cross-wing attached to and projecting from the right-hand side of the main range. With its later extensions and a three-bay arrangement, the outer two bays are gabled. Modern shops occupy the ground floor, while sash windows remain above. On the left, the window has a drop-ended hood-mould, and on the right is a UPVC replacement and enlargement. The right-hand gable is an extension of the original building, extending some distance to the rear with a steeply pitched roof, an axial stack of 19th-century character, and a coped end gable. Further, lower extensions are likely from the 18th century.

The original cross-wing range has been altered on the ground floor but retains its historical roof structure. Two arch-braced collar trusses, along with a more recent one related to the forward extension, are present. The high-quality carpentry suggests this range was originally open to the roof, and the tie-beams are likely secondary, related to the insertion of an upper floor and perhaps a chimney stack. Five further bays feature simple A-frame trusses with broad trenched purlins. The right-hand range is heavily altered at ground and first floor and lacks any evidence of its original layout. However, the roof structure survives as a series of substantial A-frame trusses, probably dating from the 18th century.