No.1 The Almshouses

No. 1 The Almshouses is a single-storey almshouse complex located in Llanrhaeadr, constructed of whitened rubble with buff sandstone and brown brick dressings, which are also 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 and has a symmetrical facade with seven bays, showcasing advanced gabled wings at each end and a storeyed, gabled central porch made of brick. The porch has gable parapets with moulded sandstone copings and shaped kneelers, while the gabled wings feature similar details along with raised brick quoins.

The windows are 19th-century timber cross-windows with moulded mullions and transoms, fitted with latticed casements. Above the windows in the wings are fielded sandstone dedication plaques; the left plaque notes the date and circumstances of the foundation, while the right plaque commemorates the restoration in 1820. The central porch includes a depressed arch leading into the passage, and above it is another sandstone plaque that marks the 1963 restoration, topped with a single-light latticed window.

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