Henblas

The hall range is of 1½ storeys and lies north/south. It is walled in roughly coursed local stone with a low eaves level. Restored slate roof with a mid chimney. Lean-to extensions at east and west. Catslide roofed dormers to east and west. Upvc window on west side. Small-pane timber casements to north and east with metal glazing bars.

The cross-wing to south, extending to the west, is of two storeys, in a mixture of materials: re-used early brickwork to the front (south) and the rear; local uncoursed stone in the west gable; C18 brickwork in the east gable. Slate roof with brickwork end chimneys. The front is symmetrical, of three windows and probably of C18 date, with a string course incorporating diagonally laid dentil bricks at first floor level. Square two-light small-paned windows above, timber mullion and transom small-paned windows below, with iron casements and glazing bars. One similar window in the upper strorey of the east gable end.

Hall, with spere truss and a bay beyond to the north and a cross-range which may have been a parlour wing to the south. Much survives of the spere frame, including the upper portion of the spere posts with their octagonal moulding, a cambered tie beam with arch braces and a decorative boss at the centre, which may be a rose surrounded by a coiled band and four cones. The mid-hall cruck frame survives, and also has a decorative boss at the centre of a very cambered collar beam; it is also stoutly arch-braced and has a king post and two trusses above.

A remarkable feature of the interior is the inserted floor above the upper bay of the hall. This is massively timbered, with an off-centre main beam, and a hierarchy of lesser beams dividing the floor into 7 x 4 small squares (plus 2 given up to a former staircase position in the south-east corner). These small squares are then further divided by small joists each into 6 panels, with a chequerboard pattern. The beams and joists are all generously chamfered but not otherwise decorated. Although some decorative intention seems evident, it may have been primarily a utilitarian design to spread the load of a granary, as grain has been observed in crevices.