Gwaylod House

Gwaylod House is a house with a parallel range of outbuildings, including a byre and smithy, built around 1820, though it may incorporate parts of an earlier structure. The building is primarily constructed of brick with slate roofs, although one wing is made of roughly coursed and squared rubble, which has been raised in height using brick. The house is two stories tall and features a three-window range with a central entrance and stair hall, partly built around an earlier structure that contains the smithy and extends as the byre range to the east.

The central door has an overlight and is framed by a moulded architrave, while the casement windows include margin lights, moulded stone sills, and entablatures. There is a moulded wood eaves cornice and two axial stacks in the hipped roof. To the rear, there are two parallel wings; the western wing is likely contemporary with the house, while the eastern wing, which contains the smithy, probably forms part of an earlier building and features an external staircase leading to an upper doorway. The byre range to the east has later lean-to extensions on the street front, but earlier openings can be seen at the rear, including outer and central doorways, a shuttered loft entrance, and ventilation slits above. There is evidence that this range has been raised in height, visible in both the external brickwork and the interior.

The house maintains its original layout and includes an early 19th-century staircase with spindle balusters, a swept rail, and moulded tread ends. Inside the rear wing, remnants of a 19th-century forge are present, including a double forging hearth. This area was likely open at the back before being enclosed by lean-to extensions, and a cast iron column supporting the lintel of the earlier opening remains. The byre range also retains its internal configuration and features, divided into three bays with stalls separated by large stone blocks, which still have iron bolting hooks attached in the outer bays. The king-post roof appears to be a secondary feature, as there is evidence suggesting that the roof has been raised.