Hartsheath Hall

Hartsheath Hall is a rock-faced stone, Neo-Classical house dating to the 18th century and incorporating cellars. The main wing features a northwest elevation of five bays, with rusticated stone stringcourses at ground floor and first floor sill levels. It has a dentil eaves cornice, a blocking course, and a hipped slate roof. The ground floor windows are 18-pane sash windows, while those on the upper storey are 12-pane sash windows. A tetrastyle Doric porch, originally open, now contains inserted late 19th-century glazing, with half-glazed panelled doors and an overlight in the rear wall. To the northeast, an ashlar, two-bay recessed link connects to a three-bay projecting wing containing service areas. The southeast elevation features a three-bay link with a central French casement window with margin lights, leading to a one-bay projecting wing at the northeast and a five-window elevation on the right-hand side of the main block.

Inside, the Entrance Hall has a moulded cornice and a later 19th-century black marble fireplace. Early 19th-century six-panelled doors have Regency oak architraves and the floor is wooden boarded. The Drawing Room retains restored tromp d'oeil painted panels with corner pineapple motifs, a highly unusual style contrasting with the restrained Neo-Classicism of the room. A white marble fireplace with an anthemion motif, supplied by a Liverpool firm, is also present. Graffiti indicating dates of redecoration and wallpapering are found throughout the room. The Dining Room contains a similar white marble fireplace with an anthemion motif from the same Liverpool firm. A smaller drawing room features an original early 19th-century Neo-Classical cornice but a later fireplace from the 1840s. The Staircase Hall contains a wooden staircase with a scrolled string and straight balusters. A solid slate staircase, similar to that at Penrhyn Castle, had originally been planned. The circular glazed domed toplight pierces the square ceiling of the Staircase Hall. The service area includes a former Servants Hall, Butler's Pantry, and former Kitchen with a late 19th-century Cambrian cast-iron range. Bedrooms are plain, with limited sections of cornice. One room contains an extremely fine imported Rococo wooden fireplace. Cellars are located beneath the main house and are constructed of stone with brick barrel-vaulted ceilings and stone flags throughout.