Maesmawr Hall Hotel

Maesmawr Hall Hotel is a 17th-century building featuring close-studded timber framing that jetties on all sides. The upper square panels are adorned with decorative quadrant braces, and there is an unusual course of baluster-shaped studs above the jetties of the porch and main range. The prominent wide storeyed porch includes a recessed entrance and two chambers on the upper level. The windows are 20th-century replacements for the 19th-century diamond-paned lights, which are set into the framing. The building has a slate roof and a cluster of stone chimney shafts set diagonally. The western side, dating from around 1874, is made of rendered brickwork with a slate roof and features a symmetrical design with three gables interleaved by two smaller gables. The central gable includes a square bay with a mullioned and transomed window, along with a stepped-head four-light window. The remaining windows are irregular, with some being timber mullioned and transomed, while a few good 19th-century diamond-glazed windows remain. At the junction of the rear parallel range, there is a small first-floor window with intersecting glazing bars in a pointed head.

Inside, the outer hall within the porch steps down into the former great hall, which boasts a nine-bay ceiling divided by ogee stopped chamfered beams, with dragon beams at the corners. The plaster panels above the joists feature simple run plaster cornices. A large axial fireplace includes an overmantle made from assembled fragments of 17th-century panelling or furniture. The main dog-leg oak stair rises at the rear of the stack, featuring a heavy moulded handrail and spindle-turned balusters, some of which have been part restored. The former parlour, now known as the Wainscot Room, is fully panelled with small square 17th-century panelling, a reeded top panel, and a cornice. Its fireplace features a 17th-century part-linenfold overmantle with the monograms AC and VAC, along with an arched fire surround with heraldic spandrels. There is also built-in shelving from the 19th century. Nesfield replaced the rear service room, known as the Aisle, with a dining room that includes an enriched plaster cornice and a central ceiling rose.