Cwm Biga

Two-unit 2-storey farmhouse with double-pile plan-form, constructed of white-washed random stone under a slate roof with slate-hung end stacks, that to L of stone, that to R of brick. Front entrance facing S, offset to L of centre. Gabled stone porch, later C19, with brick quoins, slate roof and plain barge boards. It has a plain wooden door to R-return and small 4-pane window to front, both with segmental brick heads and brick reveals. To the R is a 12-pane horned sash window with cambered brick head and reveals; 2-light small-pane wooden casement to L with segmental brick head. Similar casement aligned above, under the eaves and with brick reveals. To the R, is a 3-light wooden casement and to the far R, a small C20 top-hung window, also with brick reveals. Adjoining the W gable end is a stone lean-to containing a bake-house to front and wash-room to rear, the side wall partly rebuilt in breeze blocks and partly slate-hung. The bakehouse has a boarded door to front. No openings to E gable end. To the rear, the house has a doorway to L of centre under a segmental brick head containing split doors. This replaces an earlier doorway to the far L which was blocked with a window, now a late C20 top-hung light. Flanking the current doorway is a small 2-light wooden casement under a flat head to L, and a renewed 2-light small-pane wooden casement under a segmental brick head to R. Two similar casements to upper storey immediately under the eaves. Wash-house in W lean-to has a boarded door under a segmental brick head.

Direct entry into front kitchen which has a spine beam with narrow chamfer and plain joists. To E wall is a large fireplace, mainly brick-lined with a plain timber lintel. Boarded door on its R to winding timber stair. Further boarded doors, to L into parlour and straight ahead to service rooms. The parlour has a Victorian cast iron fireplace with tile inserts; the ceiling is obscured but is said to retain its joists; it has recently been divided by a partition, that to S side now used as a bathroom. To rear of house, 2 narrow rooms, the back kitchen to E and dairy to W. These also have ceilings with plain joists and the back kitchen has a trap door for coffins. The 1st floor has 4 bedrooms, the ceilings canted and plastered; fireplaces to end walls, now covered over.

In the lean-to, the wash-house has a pitched floor and a large wash tub to the rear. Bake-house also has oven to rear, both flues leading into the L end stack.