Tanybwlch

Early C19 country house of 2 storeys, completely remodelled and extended in 1890s to designs by Arthur Flower. Rock-faced dark grey local stone with moulded yellow brick cambered-headed surrounds to windows and slate hipped eaved roofs. NE garden front has full-height canted bay to centre with three 12-pane sash windows to upper floor, and three 15-pane sashes to ground floor, and canted hipped eaves roof higher than floors of one-bay sections each side. These have ground floor 15-pane sash only. Entrance front, to SE, has hipped one-window ranges each side of slightly higher castellated centre possibly an infill of an original centre recess. Castellated parapet has sides canted back, large first floor plate-glass sash in yellow brick and C20 full-width institutional entrance doors with sidelights. Bay to right has 15-pane sash as on garden front, bay to left has c1890 French window in similar surround and plate glass sash above under eaves. Centre has two large late C19 blue Ruabon brick corniced stacks, one each side, set back, ands further back is original early C19 octagonal glazed lantern. To left is taller plain late C19 added block, of 2 storeys, 4-window range, plate glass sashes in unmoulded yellow brick surrounds and hipped roof on brackets. NW elevation has, towards NE, large sash window in end wall of garden front, then 3 windows to each floor. Large late C19 extension to right of 6 windows. Stacks in blue Ruabon brick.

Early C19 portions of the house retain Greek revival interiors to a remarkable degree, with staircase hall and stair, cornices, moulded ceiling decoration, doorcases doors and window architraves. Fireplaces have been removed. Entrance hall has stone flagged floor. Pair of Greek Doric columns to staircase hall, stone cantilevered stair with metal balusters, top-lit with glazed octagonal lantern over, with Greek revival detailing. Elaborate ram's-skull-and-grapes motif to ceiling stucco. Drawing Room with canted end has flat ceiling with elaborate mouldings to cornices, Grecian window and door architraves; archway to Music room. North room has pavilion ceiling and simpler Grecian mouldings to cornices, rope-mouldings to window and door architraves. Central bedroom in central canted bay with cornices, doorcase and window architraves. Front bedrooms in simpler style with early C19 detailing. Barrel vaulted rear corridor, top-lit. The rear of the house is largely late C19.