Brynllys

Brynllys is a building likely constructed as a single dwelling around 1840, with a shop front added around 1900. It served as the premises for David Gittins, a draper, from 1914.

The exterior features a shop with an adjacent dwelling above, comprising three storeys and cellars, with a two-window range. The building has slate roof coverings and red brickwork in Flemish bond, raised from a stone plinth. The second storey includes two tripartite cast iron windows located just below the eaves, each divided into three sections with six panes, where the central light can be opened. The windows are fitted with quadrant stays. The first storey also has two tripartite cast iron windows beneath flat arch lintels, featuring tumbled brickwork. Each of these windows has ten panes, with the lowest six panes of the central section forming the opening light. The ground floor has one window at the northern end, similar to those on the first storey, and wooden sills, some of which have lead flashing. Most windows retain early 19th-century glass. The shop front occupies the ground floor on the southern side of the house and includes a separate doorway leading to the dwelling above. It features an entablature with a dentilled frieze, supported by two pilasters adorned with flower bosses. The north pilaster has a carved bracket with a projecting sculpted head of a classical deity, possibly Mercury, wearing a winged helmet, along with a panelled reveal for the doorway of the northern house. The original door is four-panelled with an overpanel, while the shop front is simply glazed with a modern glazed door.

The interior was not accessible at the time of inspection. Brynllys is noted for being a relatively unaltered townhouse from around 1840, featuring a fine shop front from around 1900, and it contributes positively to the townscape.