Pen-y-bryn

Pen-y-bryn is a substantial double-pile, 2½-storey, 5-bay brick house dating from the 19th century. It features freestone dressings, including rusticated quoin strips and plat bands, and has a slate roof with projecting eaves and coped gables supported by moulded kneelers. The house has corbelled end stacks situated between the two piles.

The symmetrical front of the house includes a central entrance that is framed by a bolection moulded architrave with a keystone and cornice, leading to a panel door. The windows are 2-light wood-framed casements with transoms. The first and fourth bays have 19th-century round-headed windows, while the second and fifth bays feature original cambered heads made of rubbed brick with keystones and stone sills. The upper storey has windows that mirror this detail, except for the wider central window, which is adorned with a stone architrave and a relief-moulded keystone.

The sides and rear of the house display brick plat bands, with the upper band incorporating a sawtooth frieze. The right end wall features 2-light casement windows in both piles of the attic, along with added 2-light windows in the rear pile. The left end wall has 2-light attic windows and segmental-headed windows in the rear pile. The rear, originally designed with three windows, now has 2-light windows in the centre and right side under segmental heads, along with a central panel door. A former window in the upper left has been blocked and obscured by an added 1-storey wing, which is made of brick and has dentil eaves and an end stack, featuring a wide doorway under a timber lintel.

Inside, the house retains a traditional layout of hall and parlour, with stairs and service rooms located in the rear pile. The hall features a panelled wainscot to the right of the staircase. The closed-string staircase has a fielded-panel dado and is open at the bottom, leading under an elliptical arch where the balusters curve outwards. The parlour is decorated with fielded panels on the walls and reveals, along with a moulded wooden cornice.