Bantwen

Bantwen is a three-unit cottage, likely dating from the 17th or 18th century. The central and right units are built using clom construction – a traditional method using wattle and daub between a timber frame – while the left unit is of stone. The front and gable ends have been rendered with a plaster finish. Repairs to the eaves appear to have been made using stone or brick. The clom section is single-storey and has a high eaves level, which suggests the original roof space was used as a croglofft (a lofted room under the eaves). It is now roofed with corrugated steel sheeting over what was originally a thatched roof. The stone unit is two storeys high and has a slate roof with a tile ridge. There are three rendered chimneys. The clom section features a boarded door, positioned almost centrally but slightly offset to the left, and two square window openings now fitted with steel frames. The stone section has a six-pane fixed window above a four-pane sash window, and to the right, a shortened, reclaimed semi-glazed door. At the rear, the clom section is whitewashed with one inserted window and one blocked window near the stone section.

Inside the clom part, a short central lobby separates the units, with a living room on the right. The roof structure consists of thatch laid over a brushwood base, which is visible internally, and is supported by three pegged collar-beam trusses.