Ty Penrheol

Ty Penrheol is a house, likely dating from the 18th century, constructed of red brick with slate roofs. The brickwork is in a Flemish bond pattern, with yellow brick quoins and a plinth. The eaves are supported by paired long brackets. The symmetrical front facade features a centrally advanced bay with a shallow gable, containing a pair of small arched attic windows with stucco keystones. Large, hornless 12-pane sash windows are set within stucco cornices on brackets to the main floors. A central door is found within a stucco gabled porch, featuring an open pediment, moulded arch with a keystone, and double half-glazed doors. Smaller windows are visible to the sides. The interior includes a patterned tile floor and a large, half-glazed inner door.

The west-facing gable has deep eaves and a pair of 8-pane sashes within a corniced bracketed detail to the attic. A ground-floor half-glazed door with an overlight is set within a brick and glass lean-to. A long, narrow ground-floor window is framed with brick voussoirs. To the right is a two-storey projection with slate coping and a shallow parapet, featuring a first-floor 4-pane sash with a rendered surround and a ground-floor recessed arch constructed of rubbed brick with terracotta imposts and keystone, inscribed “WP”. A small window is set within the arch.

The east-facing gable also has brackets supporting the verges, with a pair of 8-pane sashes to the attic, corniced on three brackets, two first-floor 12-pane sashes with cornices, and a ground-floor window and door within a brick and glass lean-to. A three-storey narrow section is attached to the right, with a continuous brickwork detail and a three-storey canted bay. The base of the bay has arched, narrow lights, the upper section has timber 2-pane sashes and a cornice, and there is a 12-pane sash above under the gable. A two-storey wing to the right incorporates a single 12-pane sash with rubbed brick voussoirs above and a more recent 20th-century window below.

The rear North wall has two gables, the one on the left set back, containing an 8-pane sash above and a lower wall constructed of rubble stone, partially obscured by a lean-to. The gable to the right is rendered and has renewed bargeboards. A tiny, horizontal sliding window is located on the first floor left, with a ground-floor door and window below. The west side of the rear wing is a two-storey, three-window range with uneven bay spacing. Narrow 12-pane sashes with rubbed brick heads and keystones—possibly dating to the early 19th century—are present on the first floor, though the use of brick at that date is unusual. Twelve-pane sashes are set below, with a cruder brick head to the ground floor left, a horned sash, and a larger sash to the ground floor right with a rubbed brick head and key. A central brick porch with a cambered arch and stucco keystone leads to a 20th-century door.