Ty Faenor

Ty Faenor is a rubble-stone house dating from the late 17th century, with a basement, two storeys, and an attic. It has a renewed slate roof with projecting eaves and skylights, along with slightly splayed gable stacks, each featuring three diagonal shafts. The original entrance was on the north-west side, now concealed by a later porch that hides a shaped wooden door head and original boarded door with strap hinges. Vertical joints in the walls suggest former window positions; surviving fenestration includes an inserted upper-storey window on the right-hand side and a basement window lower down to the right of the porch. The north-east gable end has two-light wood-mullioned windows flanking the stack, most of which are blocked behind their frames. An upper-right window has been removed and replaced with rubble infill. The symmetrical three-window south-east, or rear, elevation features late 20th-century wood-mullioned windows set within original openings, and are under stone segmental heads. A later-added porch obscures a central basement doorway, flanked by windows on each side. The lower storey has similar windows to the left and right, with a larger window to the right; a similar window to the upper left is positioned just beneath the eaves. The upper right-hand window is slightly higher, also beneath the eaves. Two narrower stair windows are centrally positioned, the upper one also beneath the eaves. The south-west gable end has a half-glazed lean-to porch to the right, leading to a boarded basement door. A replacement window is on the left-hand side of the lower storey.

The house retains its original symmetrical plan, which was unusual for the late 17th century. The entrance opens into a stair hall. Inside, a full-height dog-leg staircase features fret-cut balusters with square newels and oversized tapering finials. A simpler staircase leads down to the basement. Timber-framed partitions are largely concealed, but close-studding is visible at attic level. A room to the left of the entrance has a triangular door head, a boarded door with strap hinges, and a fireplace with ovolo-moulded stone jambs and a wooden lintel; it also contains two spine beams with run-out stops. The room directly above also has a triangular door head. The basement kitchen contains a wide segmental-headed fireplace with chamfered voussoirs, two spine beams corbelled over the fireplace, and a wooden window seat. A re-set grave slab, commemorating Sarah Griffiths (died 1825) and Thomas Griffiths (died 1853) of Ty Faenor, by Stevens, is set into the wall of the basement porch.