Craig-y-castell

An enlarged house in local limestone, the masonry being rubble or axe-dressed work informally coursed. Coped gables, slate roof, tile ridge. In a dormer to the north elevation of the original main range is a 2-light Tudor window with segmental heads to the lights, iron casements and a ventilator.

The other fenestration of the house belongs to the various recent phases of enlargement or alteration. At the front N side) the newer windows are generally in stone, quarry-glazed, with mullions and label moulds; at the rear they are generally timber casements.

At the front (N) the house now has an advancing 2-storeyed gabled wing with, to its L, a pair of less-advancing upper-storey gables and a single storey crenellated ground storey; to R, a gabled porch, with a flight of steps and with a canted and crenellated extension to its side. Large axial main stone chimney and one later similar chimney to the L, modern lateral stone chimney at corner to the R.

On the S elevation a stone carved with the Welsh Dragon has been inserted into a gable. The dragon is contained within a roundel, and shown as in modern convention, passant, wings raised, tongue and tail barbed. Set into the S gable of the drawing room wing is a slate sundial with simple iron gnomon and painted Roman numerals, with 2 carved heads supporting the lintel.

Two rooms of main range W of main hearth) have beams and joists with similar stops (broach stops on main beams, simple stops on joists).