Railings to forecourt of Gwaylod House

The railings to the forecourt of Gwaylod House are associated with a house built in the 18th century. The building is constructed of brick with slate roofs, featuring one wing made of roughly coursed and squared rubble that has been raised in height using brick. The house is two storeys high and has a three-window range with a central entrance and stair hall. It is partly built around an earlier structure that housed a smith, which continues as the byre range to the east.

The central door has an overlight and is framed by a moulded architrave. The house features casement windows with margin lights, moulded stone sills, and entablatures. There is a moulded wood eaves cornice, and two axial stacks are present 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, is probably part of an earlier building and has an external staircase leading to an upper doorway. The byre range to the east has later lean-to extensions on the street frontage, 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, both in the external brickwork and internally.

The house has retained its original plan and features 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 can be found, including a double forging hearth. This area was apparently once open to the rear but was later enclosed by lean-to extensions; a cast iron column supporting the lintel of the earlier opening remains. The byre range also keeps its internal layout and fixtures, divided into three bays with stalls separated by massive blocks of stone, which still have the iron bolting hooks attached in the outer bays. The king-post roof is likely a secondary feature, as there is evidence suggesting that the roof has been raised.