Neuadd Cynhinfa

Neuadd Cynhinfa is a two-storey house, with an early section constructed in half-timbering, featuring close-set restored vertical timbers. A 16th century west extension has square-panel framing above and close-timbering below, retaining a jetty on the north side. An 19th century east extension is built of roughly dressed, uncoursed stone, partly whitewashed. Walls of the west extension and a more recent bay to the south are of uncoursed rubble with roughly dressed, large quoins.

The roofs are slate-covered, with rubble chimney stacks serving the hall and parlour, and a brick chimney to the rear kitchen. The majority of the windows are 19th century casements, some with iron-framed opening lights. The main entrance is opposite the principal chimney, with a rear door situated in the angle with the parlour. The recent south extension incorporates a dormer window to the east and west, and a rooflight to the west.

The hall, significantly reduced in size due to the insertion of a chimney, retains an exceptional post and panel dais partition. A doorway on the right appears to have originally opened onto the solar stairs. The solar was situated above the inner room, representing the primary surviving elements of the medieval house, with the lower end having been lost. A compass-drawn circular pattern is featured on the dais partition, a motif noted in other hall houses and thought by some to be an evil-eye talisman.

The hall was floored over in the 16th century with stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. The parlour was added at right angles to the hall, rather than the more usual position beyond the hall chimney. The wall dividing the hall and parlour was originally an exterior wall and is of a distinctive stud and panel type, with close studding, and includes a camber-headed doorway.

The smoke-blackened truss over the hall indicates a former hall-house plan with an open hearth. The central of three surviving substantial trusses has chamfered curved braces to the tie beam; the other two trusses are close-studded, retaining windbraces. The parlour was later divided into three rooms and originally had broadly chamfered and broach-stopped beams.