Noyadd Trefawr

Noyadd Trefawr is a large, farmhouse dating from the 18th century, with substantial additions and alterations. The house is constructed of rubble stone with slate roofs and three stone chimney stacks, the latter featuring moulded slate cornices from the 19th century. It is two storeys and has an attic. Originally an eight-window, seven-bay structure, with a matching bay added to the right end around 1825. The windows are generally 12-pane hornless sashes set within corniced cement surrounds. The three bays to the left of the centre are wider-spaced than the three bays to the right, indicating two phases of building, with the added right-hand bay also exhibiting wider spacing. Five coped dormer gables, likely from the early 19th century (though potentially remodelling earlier features), are visible, with 6-pane sashes, slate lintels and are not aligned with the windows below; two are on the left and two-plus-one on the right. A large, shouldered, coped gable, formerly featuring a very large paired apex chimneystack, is centrally positioned. An attic sash is located there, and behind it, a steep roof of Cilgerran stone conceals an earlier 19th-century porch, which is coped and shouldered with a shield plaque and a Tudor-arched entry with pointed lights in the side walls. The porch contains a half-glazed door set within a plain timber architrave. The rear of the house features two gabled wings with end stacks and a hipped stair block between. The northwest rear wing appears to be the earliest, followed by the stair block and the southwest wing, although both wings have early 19th-century cut-stone voussoirs. A centre stair-light features 18 panes. A kitchen, parallel to the northwest wing, is a single storey with a very tall black brick western chimney stack and a roof extending as a lean-to along the main house’s northern gable.

The interior is complex. The roof displays massive, encased collar trusses in the front range and northwest wing, with an exposed fragment revealing finely chamfered oak, possibly dating from the 17th century. Heavy plastered main beams run throughout both floors. The northeast front room is field-panelled with two arched niches at the north end, a moulded dado rail, and field-panelled shutters, dating from the mid-18th century. The southeast room has early-19th century details applied over earlier beams, and is accessed via an oak-floored passage. The staircase is a mix of styles, including broad pine treads, bobbin-turned balusters, a thin ramped rail, suggesting a reuse of older components in the early 19th century. An early-19th century plaster cornice is present. The first-floor passage is also oak-floored, and a northeast room contains mid-18th century panelling with a dentil cornice. Stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops are also present.