Rhyd-Ar-Wen (Former Farmhouse & attached Range)

This is a former farmhouse dating to 1777. A plaque above the front door states that the house was built by Thomas Davies in 1777. The front elevation is symmetrical, three bays wide, and constructed of rubble stone, originally whitewashed. It has a steeply pitched slate roof with narrow eaves exposing sawn timbers, suggesting evidence of an earlier thatched roof. Large, projecting rubble chimney stacks are present, one with steps, and both have stone detailing. The windows are late 19th-century four-pane hornless sashes with timber lintels and brick sills. The central front door is planked and has a timber lintel. The rear elevation is of rubble stone with a slightly battered base, and features modern casements with renewed brick cambered heads, a flat-roofed dormer, and a skylight.

Attached to the right is a single-storey rubble range, also whitewashed and of similar length. It has a steeply pitched slate roof with overhanging eaves and slated bargeboards. A straight joint is visible between the two buildings. A blocked doorway, which would have originally served as a cross-passage, has been replaced with a two-light six-pane casement window, and another inserted door has a planked, divided stable-type door and a timber lintel. A door is also present on the return elevation, with a concrete lintel, and two planked doors are located on the rear elevation, both with recent brick cambered heads. Four skylights are set into the rear roof.

Inside the farmhouse, a wide inglenook fireplace features a chamfered bressumer and a bricked bread oven. The ground floor rooms have chamfered beams, and the roof is a collarbeam construction with pegged joints. The roof of the attached byre incorporates four reused cruck beams, though the loft has been removed.