Tros-y-Parc

Tros-y-Parc is a medium-sized, two-storey house of an irregular U-plan, dating back to the 17th century with later additions and alterations. The main part of the house is constructed from limestone rubble with brick detailing, while the main elevations are covered with stucco. It has a medium-steep slate roof with brick gables and central chimneys.

The symmetrical, three-bay main facade (facing the garden) features three 19th-century sash windows with 12 panes, set within lugged stucco architraves. The central entrance has an early 20th-century part-glazed door and a matching canopy porch. Above the entrance is a stone tablet displaying the Salusbury arms flanked by the initials F and S. Below this is the inscription “TANGENEFD DDUW.F.YN. YTY. HWN. F. 1688. S.” A modillion eaves cornice runs along the top of the facade.

To the right, set back and adjoining, is a two-bay, two-storey addition with similar windows. The upper windows of this addition break through the eaves and are topped with flat, leaded dormers. The east gable features pierced, decorative bargeboards. An attached plaster or stone coat of arms, dated 1559 (a 20th-century addition), is located in the upper gable. A modern glazed conservatory has been added to this gable end.

Early 20th-century extensions are located to the rear and side, facing the road. The rear ranges have small-pane windows, mostly 20th-century fixed or casement windows, although one 19th-century sash window with 16 panes is present on the first floor of the west wing.

A lower, two-storey 19th-century service block adjoins the house to the north, along the road-facing side. It is constructed of brick with a slated roof and includes a part-covered winding stair to the left, providing access to the upper floor. A boarded door is located beyond the stair, and there are two-light, leaded windows to the right.

Inside, the entrance hall and adjoining passages feature small-field oak dado panelling with crenellated brattishing, added in the 20th century. The Morning Room has similar full-height panelling, along with a contemporary plaster cornice featuring scroll and rosette motifs. The Dining Room has a three-bay ceiling with a simple acanthus plaster cornice. The Drawing Room contains fine large-field fielded and veneered panelling from the 1920s, as well as a carved acanthus cornice and an original mid-Georgian fireplace with egg-and-dart decoration. A glazed, arched niche with delicate intersecting glazing bars, multi-pane glazing, carved scrolled spandrels, and a shell with swags above is also a notable feature. The cellar has a beamed ceiling with chamfered and stopped spine beams with run-out stops. A primary boarded door with numerous keyholes and simple decorative ironwork provides access. The stairwell has been altered, likely in the 1920s, but retains the main oak well stair from around 1688. This stair has flat, pierced balusters, a moulded rail, and square newels. It doglegs up one flight and then corkscrews around before returning in a short balustrade on the attic floor landing. The roof structure consists of collar beam and raking strut roof trusses.