Glanhafren Hall

Glanhafren Hall

Glanhafren Hall is a substantial three-storey house comprising an L-shaped front range facing south, with a rectangular range behind it. The building is constructed in brick, painted white on the east and south sides and pebble-dashed on the north and west sides. The roofs are hipped slate with projecting, boarded eaves.

The front range displays a three-bay composition with a narrower central bay. Two brick stacks with ornamental pots are positioned on the front. All windows sit beneath flat brick arches with projecting stone sills and hornless sashes. The upper storey windows are 8-pane to left and right, 6-pane in the centre; the middle and lower storeys have 16-pane windows to left and right, and 12-pane in the central bay of the middle storey. A centrally placed brick porch features projecting, moulded copings and a moulded stone doorcase with segmental pediment. The front door has 6 panels, with a 4-panelled door and fanlight above serving the house entrance.

The east side of the front range has windows similar to the front elevation. In the lower storey is a large canted bay to the left, beneath a leaded roof with moulded cornice and 12-pane windows. To the right is a 6-pane window, below which sits a small-paned casement with projecting stone sill. A single-storey extension at the northeast angle has small-paned casements on its east and north windows, also with projecting stone sills. Below the north window of this extension is a cellar door reached by steps against the east wall of the rear range.

The west side of the front range contains a late 19th or early 20th century bay window with moulded cornice over moulded brackets and plate glass panes; its clerestorey features stained glass.

The rear range has two brick stacks at its north end, and a late 20th century brick stack offset from the ridge. The east roof slope contains a 4-pane dormer window. The west wall exhibits irregular fenestration with windows similar to the front range: in the upper storey 2 six-pane windows, in the middle storey 2 twelve-pane windows, with a window between the upper and middle storeys and another below it, and a single 12-pane window in the lower storey. The north wall has iron-framed casements in the upper storeys and a 20th century brick porch. A doorway set back from the angle has a segmental head and moulded wooden doorcase with a 6-panelled door. The west side is mid-20th century in character, with steel-framed casement windows, brick steps and outbuildings providing access to the lower and middle storeys. A 9-pane window appears in the upper storey with a 12-pane window below.

Internally, the front range contains a 2-flight spiral staircase in a segmental recess with cast iron honeysuckle balusters. The room to the right has a classical plaster cornice extending into the canted bay, and a ceiling rose. The ground floor room to the left has a classical plaster cornice and a doorway with fluted architrave with rosettes at the angles. Lower storey windows have panelled shutters; upper windows have panelled reveals. The cellar beneath the front range is brick-vaulted and connects to the cellar beneath the rear range, which contains timber posts and beams with brick jack-arches. The rear range was not accessible at the time of inspection in January 1996.