Bryn-y-Grog Hall

Restrained Neoclassical style. Red brick in Flemish bond with rubbed brick voussoirs, stone dressings, slate roof, hipped to wings, brick chimneys. Stone cornices, dentilled to wings, sill band and plinth. Symmetrical front elevation with 3-storey 3-window centre flanked by 2-storey bowed wings, central porch with paired monolithic Tuscan columns, steps up to pedimented doorcase with sidelights and traceried fanlight. Surviving original windows are 15-pane sashes to wings and 9- and 12-pane sashes to main block. Left hand return has central pedimented brick feature which breaks slightly forward and has blind arched and square-headed opening flanked by similar blind openings; one sash window. Right hand return has replaced windows, rear elevation shows signs of alteration to left side, to right there is a large stone pilastered opening with steps up from garden.

Retains substantially intact plan-form to ground floor including 2-storey oval galleried entrance hall with cantilevered stair with slender balusters and wreathed handrail. Lincrusta or similar swagged frieze, central ribbed ceiling rose. Ground floor rooms generally retain Neoclassical fire-surrounds and friezes, there are some 6-panel mahogany doors, former dining room has rich foliage frieze and Gothic revival style fireplace. In many places plasterwork and areas of ceiling have been removed. Upper floors not accessible at time of 1996 survey.