Wynnstay Arms Hotel

Long two storey range comprising the 4-bays of the original building, with in-line additions at each end. Original section distinguished by timber-framing to first floor (albeit applied during C19 remodelling); lined-out render to ground floor. Added outer bays are roughcast render. Continuous slate roof, with axial and upper gable stacks in original range, and on gable ends of additional bays. Original range has wide tripartite sash windows with small panes on each floor (the lower left-hand window adapted to form a doorway); main entrance to left of centre: 6-panelled door in architrave with shallow pedimented head. Two wide dormer gables, also C19 and with timber-framed detail. Outer bays to right and left have similar tripartite sash windows in raised eared surrounds with keystones. Left hand bay is a gabled range with a 2-window return to Dog Lane; Angled rear wall, with a small-pane top-hung window to ground floor. At rear, a parallel wing runs behind the main range, and is probably contemporary with its western extension (mid C19). Painted brick, with slate roof with stacks on outer gable and front roof slope. 16-pane sahs windows to ground floor, doorway and two windows (modern detail in earlier openings) to first floor. A very wide gabled wing runs back from the lower bays of the original range: brick, painted to west elevation, fenestration largely altered, but substantial brick axial stack may suggest early origins. A parallel wing to east seems to be a later addition: it is linked to the gabled return of the main range to Dog Lane by a modern single storeyed lobby.

Lobby entry, with principal rooms to either side. That to right has 2 large chamfered spine-beams with ovolo moulded stops, and moulded plasterwork to ceiling. Probably C18 fireplace with sholded wooden surround; quarry tiled floor including mosaic panel with rounde bearing pair of crossed foxes, and legend 'H.R. 1893'. Inner room (to west) has plain joists. Stairs to rear of chimney with turned newels (some missing), fine moulded balusters and moulded swept hand-rail. Left of the entrance, the principal room has spine beams with ornate stops, fireplace with plain wooden lintel on stone jambs (possibly rebuilt). Rear flight of closed-string stairs to S, with plain balusters. In entrance lobby, cross-beams have hollow moulded stops - these may have been connected with the lost porch.