Ty Mawr

Ty Mawr is a timber-framed farmhouse, originally dating to the medieval period, with significant later alterations and extensions. The original front of the house faces east and is constructed of box-panelled timber framing set upon a stone plinth. The panelling is arranged in two-and-a-half tiers, with the panelling to the right of and including the doorway likely of medieval origin. The panelling to the left is later, displaying a different alignment and was altered by the insertion of a large window. A cruck blade projects towards the left. The roof is covered with old slate tiles, and the chimney has been rebuilt using blue brick. A lobby entrance is located to the right of the centre, leading to a boarded door. The windows are wooden small-pane casements, likely dating to the late 20th century. To the left of the entrance are two two-light casements, with a single light window further left; to the right of the entrance are two smaller windows. The upper storey features four timber-framed gabled dormers, each with a two-light wooden small-pane casement. The south gable end and west side were rebuilt using large blocks of random stone. The west side has three two-light wooden casements, and a skylight within the roof pitch. To the left of these windows is a late 20th-century gabled stone projection with matching windows on each storey, a single window to the right return, and a doorway to the left return. At the far left is a four-light wooden small-pane casement window, in front of which is a wooden lean-to conservatory on a stone plinth. Adjoining this is a long extension constructed around the year 2000.

The gabled projection of around 2000 serves as the current entrance, with a timber staircase to the right and a doorway leading into a hall to the left. The hall features a fine post-and-panel screen at the dais end, incorporating two doorways with shallow triangular heads, and early boarded doors with latches. An original 17th-century stone fireplace is situated opposite, featuring a large timber lintel with a shallow chamfer, a built-in bake oven, and a possible money box on its left side. The contemporary ceiling displays two spine beams with ogee stops, supported on late 20th-century timber corbels. The floor is a fine pitched design of square and circle stones, which have been re-set. The east wall remains unplastered, revealing the original box panelling. A former north bay of the hall, also containing an inserted ceiling with two ogee-stopped spine beams, and a small fireplace with a cambered timber lintel, leads off from the entrance. The original partition wall aligned with the front of the inserted fireplace, and the lower section of this partition is now lost.

On the first floor, the cruck trusses are exposed, and there are three rows of purlins. A 17th-century box-framed passage runs along the west wall, with rooms leading off. The central hall truss, now positioned above the fireplace, has an arched brace with a four-centred soffit, and fine cusped decoration to the apex, roughly resembling an inverted trefoil. At the dais end, the canopy juts out in front of the post-and-panel screen and retains some wattle and daub infill, though it lacks a hood. To the north end is a bathroom, with some unsawn pegs visible within the truss. The outer cruck trusses have collars.