Farmhouse with attached Cruck Barn at Peniarth-uchaf

Peniarth-uchaf is a modestly designed farmhouse built onto the east end of a substantial cruck-framed barn, of which four bays survive. The farmhouse stands forward, with the barn adjoining its rear wing.

The farmhouse is two storeys high and has two windows, constructed from informally coursed stone with a slate roof and end chimneys. It features a central boarded door with a large stone lintel above, and small UPVC windows on either side in original openings. Above, there are small dormer windows aligned along the eaves, along with an upper small window and a rooflight at the rear. To the west side of the rear elevation, there is a large wing with gables facing north and east; the east gable has a small window. In the north-east corner, there is a modern single-storey lean-to annexe that is rendered and has a slate roof.

The barn has stone gable walls, with the front wall clad in vertical timber boarding and the rear covered in corrugated steel sheeting, topped with a slate roof. To the east of the barn's gable wall, there is a rebuilt bay that matches the height and depth of the barn and the rear wing of the house. This bay has rendered walls, a slate roof, a modern door, a small window, and two rooflights at the front, along with one rooflight at the rear.

Inside the house, accessed through the south door, there are adze-wrought boarded doors leading to the main rooms on either side. The kitchen at the rear features two beams with quadrant mouldings. In the bay behind the rear extension, there are stubs of the barn purlins, indicating that this bay was originally part of the barn.

The barn can be entered separately from the farmyard to the south. It contains three impressive cruck couples made from large scantling. The furthest couple from the house has butted blades and a collar beam; the middle couple has butted blades and two collars linked by a central post; and the couple nearest to the house features two collars and a lap-jointed tie with panel framing, showing marks of former infill. There are two purlins on each side.