Clydach House

Rendered limewashed elevations. Broad slate roof on deep eaves. Large brick gable chimney stacks; also stack to left lean-to in line with house chimney. Right stack slightly projects. Entrance front of five bays and three storeys, the upper storey added in early C19. Twelve-pane sash windows to lower storeys within plain painted architraves; six-pane upper sashes. Central entrance with elaborate heraldic tablet overhead with rounded top. Tablet contains arms of Lewis, with several quarterings including Cadogan Fychan, a Welsh prince who died in 1111. Underneath are the initials of Francis Lewis and ‘anno domini 1693’ Broad lofted lean-to to left with upper 15:15:15 pane casement. In front of lean-to is single storey wing with monopitch slate roof, the latter facing the road; door facing garden. Left end of house shows later brickwork to gable, evidence of the addition of the upper storey. C20 windows below to lean-to. Five-bay rear elevation has upper 6-pane sashes. First floor has rare surviving timber cross-windows of 1693 with leaded glazing; shorter upper panes. Ground floor has two similar windows to right, and taller central cross window lighting stair, set at higher level. Two 12-pane sashes to left. Lean-to to right has upper casement over gabled porch which has slate roof.

Not available for inspection, but known to have a fine open-well central stair of 1693 with twisted balusters.