Bryn Celyn

Bryn Celyn is a large L-plan town house, dating from the 17th century with significant additions and alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The main block is three storeys high, with lower rear extensions. It is constructed of roughcast limestone rubble with slate roofs; the main block has a steeply-pitched roof to the rear and a medium pitch to the front. There is a tall lateral chimney and an end chimney to the right, both featuring weathercoursing and plain cornicing. The facade is symmetrical, with three bays and a central entrance reached by three late 17th century segmental stone steps, including an early wrought iron boot scraper. The entrance has a contemporary six-panel door with a four-pane rectangular overlight and moulded architrave, topped by a simple wooden cornice. Contemporary twelve-pane unhorned sash windows are found on the ground and first floors, and similar nine-pane sashes are on the second floor, all with projecting sills. The windows and entrance are surrounded by simple lugged stucco, along with associated quoining and plain sill bands to the upper floors.

An early gabled, two-storey wing extends to the rear, rendered with twelve-pane sash windows, as previously described, to the ground and first floor on its gable end. A further plain late 19th century sash window is located on the left-hand side of the ground floor. An L-shaped, two-storey late 19th century addition, with a slated roof and a rear end chimney, projects from the angle between the two earlier blocks. The addition is rendered and has 20th century casements. Modern, single-storey lean-to additions have been added to the rear and side, one acting as a porch.

The main ground floor rooms feature plastered, chamfered lateral beams, with large ogee stops of a second-half 17th century character. The former hall includes a wide fireplace with an exposed rubble breast and wide bressummer, which has been damaged. A primary cellar lies beneath the parlour, accessible by eight stone steps. The cellar has old plastered walls with five square niches, two of which are blocked, and two splayed cellar lights. The original cobbled floor is retained in three convex sections, with drainage channels between them, and stopped-chamfered ceiling beams.

A good oak dogleg staircase, dating to around 1670, features a moulded rail, flat pierced balusters of a complex profile, and square capping to the square newels. The stair has a short gallery on the first floor, then continues as an L-shaped flight to the second floor. Two-panel fielded doors lead to a first floor cupboard, which is a later addition. The first floor rooms also have stopped-chamfered, plastered beams and panelled window reveals. A late 18th century iron grate is located within a fireplace in a front-facing first floor chamber. The upper storeys have broad oak plank floors.