Tegfan

Tegfan is a terrace of historic buildings comprising three distinct sections, all grade II listed.

Rhiew House forms the southeastern end as a timber-framed cross-wing with a slate roof. The street-facing jettied gable is largely a mid-19th-century reconstruction, featuring a doorway to the left and a renewed 3-light casement window alongside. A rectangular oriel window projects from the jettied gable, which displays decorative panelling including splat posts below the oriel and flanking quatrefoil panels. The main structural frame comprises a king-post over a collar with tension braces, enriched with scallop-work, and fretted bargeboards with a finial. The return elevation retains the original structure more substantially, framed in small panels with plastered panel infill. This elevation is divided into two principal bays by a full-height central post with a continuous middle rail on either side. An axial brick stack with octagonal shafts (typical of the Vaynor Estate) rises from this elevation, which also has inserted windows.

A short range parallel to the street is probably contemporary with the cross-wing in origin, though heavily restored by the Vaynor Estate. Originally timber-framed in two bays, the lower storey was reconstructed in brick (painted to imitate timber framing) probably in the mid-19th century. The jettied upper storey retains some structural timberwork but is also largely a 19th-century remodelling. Two wide and steep dormer gables each have 2-light wood mullioned and transomed windows with fretted bargeboards and finials. The enriched timberwork is of 19th-century date. The lower storey has a central battened plank doorway and flanking 2-light windows set in chamfered brick architraves.

The former malthouse range occupies the central section of the terrace. Built in brick and probably 18th-century in origin, though heavily restored by the Vaynor Estate, the brickwork is painted to imitate timber framing, echoing decorative details found in the short range. This seven-window range alternates four dormers with mullioned and transomed windows (the former loft openings of the malthouse) with 2-light casement windows in chamfered architraves. The ground floor contains four doorways with flanking 2-light casement windows (some mullioned and transomed), all in chamfered architraves.

Rhiew Cottage and No. 5 form the advanced western end of the terrace, incorporating part of the lower storey of the malthouse range. Probably originally 17th-century in date, they were remodelled in the later 19th century. Originally timber-framed, they were raised in height and refronted in painted brick beneath a slate roof. Box framing is exposed in the gable end, clearly showing the original roofline. The framing consists of small vertical panels either side of a middle rail, with a roof truss comprising a collar and short studs. A central timber gabled porch features a battened plank doorway and a flanking 2-light casement window with a canopy hood typical of the Vaynor Estate to its left. A similar casement window appears in the apex of the gable. The later roofline has fretted bargeboards with a finial. The return elevation is brick, a two-storey range of four windows with two battened plank doorways and metal casement windows of 2 and 3-lights (transomed to lower windows) in chamfered architraves. A coped gable with moulded kneeler stands to the right, alongside a brick stack of Vaynor Estate type. An axial stack appears to be earlier in date.