Brynarlais

Rusticated stone work, with yellow-brick dressing including quoins, architraves, string course and eaves cornice. Slate roofs, with yellow brick stacks. Hipped slate roofs with yellow-brick chimneys comprising grouped shafts with projecting caps. 2 storeyed, the original house has 3-bay elevation facing south and 2-bay return to Temple Street. Hipped roofed wing set back behind extensions of c1890, comprising 2-storeyed wing with canted front to street, entrance porch and narrow bay alongside it to left, in angle with original main block. Glass-roofed arcade to rear enclosing 3 sides of a square, the remains of a conservatory added in 1894. Original entrance front to south is symmetrical with central entrance with 4-centred arch to recessed porch (4-panelled door with overlight within) between canted bay windows with chamfered brick surrounds to sash windows. 4-pane sash windows to first floor, and tall triple tiered sash window at centre. Return to Temple Street has 2x4-pane sash windows on each floor, and canted bay window beyond (added in c1890 alterations). C1890 extensions comprises bold 2-storeyed canted bay to left, with paired 2-pane sash windows with chamfered brick surrounds, and high parapet with curved profile swept down over narrow additional bay to rear of entrance. This has porch with muscular gothic architrave: columns with strong bases and capitals, stilted arched head. Immediately right of entrance, is a squared bay with tripartite sash to ground floor, ironwork rail as parapet. 4-paned sash window in original rear wing above. At rear, a 3-sided glass-roofed arcade (the remains of the 1894 conservatory) has rear 'grotto' wall of water-worn limestone, cast-iron columns to front, and tiled floor.

High quality detail internally, including good joinery (doors and architraves especially) throughout, fine main staircase of c1890 with ironwork balusters and swept rail leading to galleried upper landing, ornate plaster ceiling in principal ground floor room where there are elaborate architraves to windows, which incorporate stained glass armorial panels. Further stained glass to porch, front door, c1890 windows to Temple Street and rear stair window.