Esgair Llewelyn

Esgair Llewelyn is a long, single-storey range of buildings, likely dating to the 17th century, constructed of shaley rubble stone set upon a boulder plinth. The roof is covered in graded slate, with two stone stacks topped with capstones and weather-coursing; one tall stack is offset to the right, and a smaller stack is located at the left end. A boarded door sits beneath an old timber lintel, and there are two wooden casement windows to its right, the window furthest along having small panes. Towards the left end is a larger window opening, now without glazing. A section of the wall between this window and the entrance has been rebuilt, featuring a butt joint visible on its right side. Small roof lights are set into the roof pitch. A later stone buttress reinforces the east gable end, and a small opening is set to the right of the west gable end. The rear elevation is built into a bank and only the upper part is visible. A portion of a cruck blade is exposed to the left of the ridge stack. Between the stacks are four small openings with early wooden frames, which are said to have mortises for square timber mullions.

During a 2003 inspection, the interior was inaccessible. In 1992, the entrance led into a lobby in front of a large stone fireplace, which had a substantial, deeply chamfered timber lintel, a small brick grate, a bakeoven to the right, and the remains of a copper tub base to the left. A cruck-truss incorporated the doorway, with its head carved into the soffit of the tie beam; the south blade is visible inside, and the north blade is visible outside. The cruck-truss to the east divided the hall from a former inner room, featuring a chamfered, smoke-blackened tie-beam with an attached partition constructed using an in-and-out technique. The inner room included a winding stair in the corner and a ceiling with half-beams and sawn joists. To the west of the entrance, most of the interior partitions had been removed; the first partition retained a single post, potentially a remnant of a post-and-panel partition. The ceiling in this area displayed deeply chamfered beams with broach stops and chamfered joists with run-out stops. Further west was a pantry or dairy, divided axially from a passage. The west end fireplace was partly blocked and possessed a large, stop-chamfered timber lintel.

The attic storey was divided into two sections at the position of the central stack, each accessible by its own staircase. The cruck-truss dividing the east section had a lapped collar and two rows of purlins, and some original smoke-blackened rafters remain. The truss near the fireplace was similar in style. The west section contained two tie-beam trusses with collars and vertical posts defining doorways, with a cruck truss at the west end. The house contains several fixed pieces of furniture, including at least three cupboard beds.