2 Bryntrystion

1 & 2 Bryntrystion

Early C19 house with later assembly rooms built onto rear. The assembly rooms were probably built for the workers in the mills and woollen factories of Cynwyd and are shown on the Ordnance Survey of 1891. They are built of brick, but the lower sections are of rubble masonry which may be contemporary with the house. The house is said to have been occupied by 2 generations of carpenters.

Large 3-storey building consisting of front range and gabled rear range, the 2 joined by a hipped roof to front. The front range is roughcast and white-washed with slate roof; red brick stack with yellow brick quoins near top of hipped roof pitch. It is 2-window with 3 storeys and an attic. Almost full-length lean-to porch canopy with slate roof supported on 3 timber posts. The doorway is to the R and contains a half-lit panelled door with margin glazing and an overlight. To the L is a large bay window, fully glazed with large panes. The 1st and 2nd floors have 12-pane hornless sash windows with flat heads. Large central gabled dormer to attic with slate-hung sides, barge boards and finial, containing a round-headed window with 2-light small-pane casement and intersecting glazing under the arch. No openings to N gable end, the S gable end adjoining another building.

The adjoining rear range is flush with the gable ends of the front range, and has an external brick stack to E gable end. The N side, facing the lane is 3-storey, the floor levels higher than those of the front range. Mainly rubble stone to lower storey, some roughcast, with yellow brick surrounding the openings, which are irregular and were inserted later. The 1st and 2nd storeys are of red brick with yellow brick detailing including quoins, string course and window surrounds which have segmental heads. The windows are mainly 4-pane horned sashes with margin glazing. Three-window 2nd floor; 2 similar windows to 1st floor not aligned, with smaller sash to far R under segmental head of red brick.

No. 2 consists of the front range and the W part of the rear range. The N side has a panelled door with overlight to R, with a 4-pane sash to its L. S side of rear range not seen.

No access to interior at time of inspection.