Bach-y-graig Farmhouse

An L-shaped farmhouse consisting of a main range to the west and a south range. The house is in brickwork decorated by horizontal bands of stucco (much decayed), with slate roofs and brick chimneys. Plinth 1 to 1.5 m high.

The west elevation is the present front, preserving something of its original symmetry despite considerable losses. This is a four-window range plus a single advancing bay at right. These retain much original brickwork. C18 or early C19 sash windows in exposed frames, in altered positions; stone sills, stone drip moulds to lintels. At the centre is a tall archway with an ashlar arch, now filled with brickwork and incorporating a modern semi-glazed door with stone steps. A small modern circular window has been inserted in the angle of the advancing bay, and there is one upper sash window in the return wall. The east (yard-facing) elevation of this range also retains much original brickwork, but here also the window positions are altered. Three modern upper windows, one lower. String-course at mid height, riding over the rear arch of the original archway. This arch is of brick, but with a stone key, imposts and two voussoirs with the letters RC. Door at right with a lintel of pediment form decorated with strapwork and carrying the date 1567.

The north gable of the west wing has been rebuilt in reclaimed bricks in English Garden Wall Bond. This incorporates a wide full-height chimney stack.

The structure of the west range returns by one bay to the east, but adjacent to this return is a six-bay range thought to have been a warehouse, with a Tuscan loggia facing the yard, incorporating stone columns on tall plinths, an oak continuous architrave and stone cornice. The lower (loggia) storey is now brickwork-filled with modern windows or doors. The loggia cornice is continuous with the string course of the yard elevation of the house. The brickwork of the upper storey is also original. Five windows and one door position, the latter beneath a small gable containing a hoisting beam. This door is now replaced by a six-pane window. The upper window and door openings are all surrounded by unbonded brickwork jambs and arches with stone imposts and keys. Two stone upper windows with mullions, and one lacking its mullion, survive on the rear (south) elevation, also one original elliptical-headed doorway.

The east side of the yard, the site of the original house, is now occupied by C20 farm buildings.

In the former west range, now the principal part of the farmhouse, a living room has re-used wainscot and a fireplace with a large bolection moulding in timber.