Rhyd y Carw

Rhyd y Carw is a two-storey timber-framed house on a stone plinth, with a central gabled storeyed porch. The timber framing is of particularly high quality, standing four tiers high. Below the mid-rail the framing is close-studded, while the decorative framing above features diagonal quartering. The porch has similar framing and is jettied at both first floor and gable level. The moulded first floor bressumer is supported on moulded brackets. The gable is furnished with decorative barge boards, probably dating to the 19th century. The building is roofed in slate with external stone end stacks; the stack to the right has offsets, though the shafts have been rebuilt in brick.

The front entrance contains an old boarded studded door, thought to have been reused from elsewhere, positioned under a wooden overlight with quarry glazing. To the left return of the porch is an original three-light timber-mullioned window. The porch is flanked by 19th-century three-light wooden windows with moulded transom and mullions and quarry glazing; identical windows are aligned above at first floor level. The first floor chamber above the porch has a similar two-light window with transom. Two skylights pierce the roof pitch. Cut into the plinth to the left of the entrance is a small cellar light.

The north gable end is of random stone and is contemporary with the external stack. A small two-light wooden casement sits under a segmental brick head to the right of the stack at first floor level. The south gable end is weatherboarded; there is a small light to the right of the stack, while a wooden conservatory abuts to the left. To the rear is a large 19th-century outshut, rendered with a slate roof. A rear door lies to the right; most rear windows are 20th-century wooden frames, some with segmental heads. At ridge level are two gabled dormers with decorative barge boards lighting the attic, each containing a two-light wooden casement with quarries; two skylights pierce the roof pitch.

Inside the porch the walls are unplastered. The ceiling features an ogee-stopped chamfered spine beam and dragon beams. This leads into a large stair-hall with an oak floor and boarded doors. An open-well oak staircase to the rear has narrow balusters and newels with a moulded handrail. Reception rooms flank the stair-hall. The room to the right has a ceiling with a deep chamfered cross-beam with ogee stops supported on moulded posts and plain joists. A large brick fireplace features a cambered timber lintel, possibly reused from a 17th-century fireplace. To its right is a large cupboard with a narrow opening leading from the chimney, which may have been used for smoking food. The reception room to the left of the porch is smaller and may have been reduced when the stair-hall was inserted. It has two spine beams with ogee stops to the ceiling, a small stone fireplace with roughly hewn voussoirs, and two niches above in similar style. To the right of the fireplace are French doors leading to the conservatory. The kitchen occupies the rear wing.

On the first floor is a large square landing with rooms leading off. The porch contains a first floor chamber with a doorway featuring a double ogee head. The south bedroom has a spine beam with medium chamfer; the study lies to the southwest; a bathroom to the northwest displays some exposed close-studding and a cross-beam. The north bedroom has shallow-chamfered beams. A straight stair leading to the attic matches the style of the main staircase. The attic contains one substantial tie-beam truss with collar, its partition panels now open though formerly containing a doorway; two pairs of purlins with shallow chamfer; and some later partitions.