Wynnstay Arms Hotel

The Wynnstay Arms Hotel is a long two-storey range, originally four bays wide, with later additions at each end. The original section is characterised by timber framing to the first floor, although this was applied during a 19th-century remodelling; the ground floor is lined out with render. The outer bays are finished with roughcast render. The building has a continuous slate roof, with axial and upper gable stacks on the original section, and gable stacks to the added bays. The original range has wide tripartite sash windows with small panes on each floor; the lower left-hand window has been adapted to form a doorway. The main entrance features a six-panelled door in an architrave with a shallow, pedimented head. Two wide dormer gables, also dating from the 19th century and with timber-framed detail, are present. The later bays to the right and left have similar tripartite sash windows set in raised, eared surrounds with keystones. A gabled range on the left has a two-window return fronting Dog Lane; an angled rear wall features a small-pane, top-hung window on the ground floor. A parallel wing runs behind the main range at the rear and is likely contemporary with the mid-19th-century western extension. This wing is constructed of painted brick with a slate roof, stacks on the outer gable and front roof slope, and 16-pane sash windows on the ground floor. A doorway and two windows to the first floor occupy earlier openings. A very wide gabled wing extends back from the lower bays of the original range, built of painted brick with largely altered fenestration, although a substantial brick axial stack may hint at earlier origins. A parallel wing to the east appears to be a later addition and is linked to the gabled return of the main range onto Dog Lane by a modern, single-storey lobby.

The lobby provides access to principal rooms on either side. The room on the right has two large, chamfered spine beams with ovolo moulded stops and moulded plasterwork to the ceiling. A likely 18th-century fireplace features a shaped wooden surround. The quarry tiled floor includes a mosaic panel with a rounded bearing depicting a pair of crossed foxes, and the legend 'H.R. 1893'. An inner room to the west has plain joists. A rear staircase is positioned behind the chimney, featuring turned newels (some missing), fine moulded balusters, and a moulded swept handrail. The principal room to the left of the entrance has spine beams with ornate stops and a fireplace with a plain wooden lintel on stone jambs, which may have been rebuilt. A rear, closed-string staircase leads south, with plain balusters. Within the entrance lobby, cross-beams have hollow moulded stops, potentially relating to a lost porch.