Llan-y-Cefn

Llan-y-Cefn is a house with a complex history, with original elements dating back to the 17th century. The earliest part of the building now forms the entrance hall and a large room to its right. A gabled porch with timber struts and scalloped bargeboards stands to the left of the entrance; it abuts a 17th-century wing. The entrance door is heavily panelled and nailed. Moulded wooden mullioned and transomed windows, fitted with leaded iron casements of two and three lights, are located to the right of the doorway and in a gabled dormer above. A rear wall stack has had its upper courses rebuilt in brick.

The 17th-century wing is set at right angles to this range. It has four-light, leaded, moulded wood windows on the ground floor and three-light windows above. A two-light dormer window has been inserted into the roof. A top-lit conservatory has been substantially rebuilt against a gable wall. A stack projects from the south (garden) elevation, tied to the roofline by a gablet. Two-light, mullioned and transomed windows with leaded lights flank the stack at first-floor level, and a wide three-light, leaded, mullioned, and transomed window illuminates the staircase towards the centre of this range. An oriel window with leaded lights, supported by moulded wooden struts, is positioned to the left of the stack, above a flat-roofed 20th-century extension which obscures the remains of a plat band. A further side wall stack to the rear has paired brick shafts for the chimney.

A kitchen wing continues the line of the 17th-century wing. Largely dating to the late 19th century, it incorporates elements of an earlier extension, which has been widened and raised in height, originally marked by a rough sandstone plinth. A further extension behind the original range, also likely added in the 19th century, includes a substantial fireplace internally.

Within the original range, the base of cruck trusses is visible in the main room, panelled over along with ceiling beams, likely during the 19th century. The 17th-century wing contains two rooms, one to either side of the staircase. The staircase has 17th-century style splat balusters, though it may be a 19th-century remodelling. Dado panelling, with moulded rails, has been partially renewed in the staircase and entrance hall, although some original 17th-century panels survive. The west room has painted wall panelling, of a 17th-century type with small panels. It also has an inglenook fireplace with a bressumer and carved arcaded panels above it. The east room features an ornate scheme of panelled and carved decoration, probably incorporating elements of 17th-century Renaissance work, extended and embellished with 19th-century additions. This includes a fireplace surround and overmantle, window surrounds with fretted ‘canopies’, and dado panelling.