Y Gribyn

Y Gribyn

A long two-window range of one-and-a-half storeys, constructed of random stone beneath a steeply pitched slate roof with a stone ridge stack towards the right; a narrow brick end stack stands to the left. The attic storey is lit by two full-height gabled dormers, each featuring two tiers of close-studding with jettied gables displaying diamond framing. The bressumer of the left dormer bears the initials MH inscribed upon it. The front entrance is positioned at the far right and contains a boarded door with a two-pane overlight. The windows are three-light wooden casements with quarries; the window lighting the hall is larger and incorporates a transom, while the ground floor windows retain old timber lintels. The west gable end, constructed of random stone, contains no openings. The east gable end appears to have been rebuilt in box-panelling with a weather-boarded gable. A two-light window is offset to the right of the ground floor, and a single light is offset to the left of the attic storey.

To the rear of the house is a further gabled dormer offset to the right, containing a three-light window typical of the front elevation, with a weather-boarded gable. Below it is a three-light window at ground floor level. At the centre of the rear elevation is a small two-light window, with some old graded slates retained to the roof pitch. To the left of the elevation is the kitchen wing, constructed of box-panelling on a stone plinth; its north gable is weather-boarded and contains a two-light casement. A late twentieth-century timber conservatory is attached beneath. To the west side of the kitchen wing is a gabled fireplace projection with a large stone stack. The east side features a three-light window to each storey, with that to the attic set within a small gabled dormer.

Inside the entrance is a small stair-hall with a straight closed-string stair positioned between the rear of the fireplace and the gable end wall. To the left is the hall, which contains a large fireplace; the original timber lintel is encased within a Victorian mantelpiece and bears the inscription 'EHL 11 May 1653', the initials said to relate to Evan Humphrey and Lowry, his wife. The ceiling features two deeply chamfered spine beams with ogee stops, with Victorian boarding covering plain joists. Opposite the fireplace is a post-and-panel dais partition bearing carpenter's marks, with an old door on its left side leading into the larger of the two inner rooms. The axial partition is now plastered but is said to be of post-and-panel construction for part of its length. The ceiling has cross- and spine-beams without stops which do not appear to be original. A corridor has been formed along the north axial wall of the house, incorporating part of the hall; to the west it leads into the smaller inner room, and to the east it leads into a bathroom. Inside the bathroom, the rear northeast angle of the fireplace appears cut away, possibly marking the position of an early staircase. Leading off the corridor to the north is the kitchen wing, which contains a large fireplace to the left with a cambered timber lintel. The ceiling features two deeply chamfered spine-beams with ogee stops and plain joists.

Part of one cruck blade is visible upstairs, along with purlins to the roof. Some box-framed partitions remain, with original wattle exposed in one panel alongside Victorian boarding.