Pen-y-Lan Hall

Pen-y-Lan Hall is a Grade II* listed building dating from the late 18th to early 19th century. It features a combination of stone and brick construction, with four window bays, and an addition of colourwashed brick that includes a central stair hall and main reception rooms, specifically the drawing room and library, located in a cross wing at the southwest end.

The building has hipped slate roofs and the main northwest facade consists of seven bays. The central bay is wider and slightly recessed, featuring a Tuscan portico supported by paired monolithic calcareous sandstone columns in antis. Above the portico is a large tripartite window divided by stone columns, along with a smaller window at attic level. Flanking the central bay are three bays of 12-paned sash windows on both the ground and first floors, with 6-paned sashes at the attic level. The parapet rises to an open balustrade over the central section of the house, and there are glazed double doors within the portico.

To the left of this main structure is an earlier two-storey wing that has six pairs of large-scale 2-light iron lattice casements, with a glazed door and overlight added at the west end. The west return elevation of the main block features two bays with similar 15-pane sashes, although the attic level is left blank. The rear elevation includes two added sections, one of which provides an open cover to the secondary entrance. The cross wing is bowed and continues the pattern of large 15-pane sashes across two floors.

Inside, the reception hall behind the recessed central bay has a black and white stone and marble floor. A fine dog-leg flying staircase, supported by Ionic columns and featuring a low arch, has decorative paterae on the tread brackets and curved balusters. The drawing room at the northwest end of the wing boasts an elegant plaster cornice and a fine Adamesque marble chimney piece on the back wall. The library features a differently patterned plaster cornice and a grey marble Ionic chimneypiece. The upper floor rooms are adorned with acanthus cornices.