Graigfryn

Graigfryn is a timber-framed house of one and a half storeys with a three-bay plan and central chimney, dating to the 18th century. The building retains its original stone plinth, though this has been covered with concrete render marked with large blocks at corners and doorways. A slate roof sits above, with the original central square stone stack chimney at a slight angle to the ridge; a later red brick chimney has been added at the rear left corner.

The front elevation displays exposed timber framing on the upper floor, with all four corner posts still visible, while the remainder is obscured by render. Above the mid-rail, square-panel framing contains some visible carpenter's marks on very wide studs. Lath and plaster panel infills include one with a window directly above the central front doorway. Two large gabled dormer windows with corbelled brackets punctuate the roof line; the right-hand dormer bears the inscription 'EPA 1740'. The window here has been replaced with uPVC in its original opening, whilst other windows in this elevation are older timber casements, also not original but retaining their original openings. The ground floor has been rebuilt in brick in Flemish bond between the principal posts marking the three structural bays. The original doorway opening onto the chimney stack retains a replaced uPVC door; a further timber door to the right, now disused and facing onto an interior kitchen wall, was probably added when the house was subdivided.

The remaining three elevations are covered with render obscuring the timber work. The left side gable end, with the brick chimney rising above, is windowless; the timber divide between floors remains visible beneath the plaster. A uPVC kitchen window appears at ground level in the right side gable. The rear wall has a modern flat-roofed enclosed porch entrance at its centre with a window replacing an infill directly above, and a smaller flat-roofed dormer on the left side. Two ground floor windows serve the right bay and one the left, all recent uPVC replacements.

Internally, the original plan remains legible despite modern alterations. The layout comprises two rooms either side of a central bay containing the chimney and staircase, with what may have originally been a small service room. Front and rear doors provide access to this central bay. The current central staircase is a replacement; the original staircase likely occupied the lobby to the rear of the chimney, where the joists are softwood replacements. Main ground floor rooms have low ceilings with spine beams and chamfered joists with run-out stops. The ends of the main fireplace's bressummer are visible in the front and rear lobbies, indicating that the current kitchen and shower room on the right was originally the hall, whilst the present living room—which contains a large southeast corner modern brick fireplace connected to the more recent chimney—was probably originally an unheated parlour.

The upper floor has been subdivided to form four bedrooms, with the largest in the rear left corner being windowless. Internal trusses flank either side of the central bay, with very substantial purlins; braces are visible in the right side bay only, with queen-strut structure clearly visible from the rear landing. The upper lofted part of the roof structure comprises a mix of oak trusses and rafters with later pine rafters.