Llawhaden House

The main range of the house lies N/S, and faces E to a small front garden. The house is of two storeys, apparently three units. On the front elevation there is a boldly projecting gabled porch of two storeys, probably original, left of centre, and a less-projecting secondary two-storey gabled bay at the right with its eaves higher than the main range. A single-storey service wing of several rooms extends forward at the right. At the rear of the house there is a projecting stairs turret opposite to the porch. N of centre there is also a large three-storey rear wing, and N of this wing a single-storey extension under a catslide continuation of the main roof.

The house is rendered overall, apart from the windowless S gable elevation, which is slate-hung, and the N gable elevation which is of hammer-dressed rubble masonry. The roofs are of slate with tile ridges; part of the rear slope has been rendered over. Rendered end-chimneys to the main range. The forward service wing has a big mid-chimney and a smaller end-chimney. There is also the projection of an original chamber chimney on the N side of the porch, supported on corbels but now truncated at eaves level. The front elevation has an exposed-frame hornless sash-window of 12 panes as a through-eaves dormer in the left unit and a similar window in each of the gabled projections. The rear windows are of various sizes and the S windows of the rear wing are of 18 panes. In the N elevation, facing the stable yard, is a horizontally-sliding sash window above and a six-pane fixed window below, and casement windows in the forward service wing. At the rear of the rear wing is a ventilator consisting of a mediaeval cross-loop with oeillets, evidently salvaged from the Castle.

In the stable yard there is a hand water pump made by the Lion Foundry.

Within the front porch the main door is a fine original door of two panels, reduced in height by perhaps 15 cm at the foot, and about 1.2 m in width. Large bolection mouldings. Thumb latch and bolt and brass bell-pull and knocker. The rooms off the staircase hall have doors of six panels with simple architraves. There is a fine wide C18 staircase occupying the rear projecting turret, of dogleg type with half-landing. A large moulded handrail commences at the bottom newel and is swept up to meet a double-width newel at the landing. Closed strings, large turned and square-ended balusters. Dado on the wall with top-moulding to match the handrail. One of the rooms is panelled.

A storage room at the end of the W wing is vaulted.