Ty-mawr Farmhouse

Ty-mawr Farmhouse is a large, 1½-storey, three-unit farmhouse dating back to the 17th century, facing south towards the farmyard. The house is constructed with substantial, undecorated square-panel timber framing, painted black and white, and has a graded slate roof with a tile ridge. The west gable wall has been clad in stone, concealing the underlying timber framing. A large chimney, featuring two stone shafts with face ribs and brick heightening (restored from a formerly taller structure), is located left of centre. A small, modern porch sits at the main door opposite the chimney. A single-storey, open-fronted, brick-sided lean-to has been informally constructed fronting the east bay, with smaller lean-to additions to its right. There are two three-light casement windows set into the timber framing. Three 17th century dormers are visible on the front elevation, incorporating decorative V braces and a small rooflight. Three small rear windows are within the framing panels, and two small rooflights are at the rear.

Early doorways indicative of a cross-passage are detectable at the front and rear, with the rear doorway retaining a segmentally shaped head-beam.

The farmhouse is divided into three units with back-to-back chimneys positioned between the middle and west units; the east unit comprises two rooms. The east and middle units are separated by a post and panel partition, and a similar partition recently separated the two rooms of the east unit. The upper floors above the middle (hall) unit and the west unit are supported by dual longitudinal beams, chamfered and with tongue-stops. A transverse beam similarly decorated supports these longitudinal beams at the east side of the middle unit. A massive axial chimney, with a wide hearth and bressummer to the hall (middle unit), sits between the left and centre units. A carved bressummer fragment depicting a horse is visible in a corridor to the north of the chimney, representing a former hearth on the west side of this chimney.

A staircase is located against the north wall opposite the main chimney. Alterations have created a corridor between the stairs and the hearth, and a second flight of stairs has been added in the west unit, rising head-to-head with the main stairs.