Middle Gaer

Middle Gaer is a farmhouse of two storeys with a lower scullery and dairy attached to the south gable end, and a two-storey kitchen wing projecting forward to form an L-plan. The building dates to the late 18th or early 19th century and is constructed of colour-washed rubble walls with a slate roof. The main range has roughcast stacks positioned to the right and centre, with its base walls slightly battered inwards. The front elevation features four late 19th-century horned sash windows to the upper storey, and two similar windows to the lower storey, positioned either side of a boarded-up front door located to the right of centre, originally opening into a cross passage. A late 19th-century porch is situated in the angle between the main range and the kitchen wing. The right gable end has a corbelled stack at first-floor level. The rear elevation has two two-light casements in the upper storey, a similar window to the left in the lower storey, with a later inserted pantry window to its right. A later two-light casement is located to the right in the lower storey, set within an earlier opening. The scullery to the south has a late 19th-century horned sash window in the upper storey and a two-light casement below. A former cow house was attached to the south end of the scullery. The kitchen wing has a stone end stack and a late 19th-century horned sash window to the left of the porch, and a similar window positioned in its upper storey.

Built into the west-facing wall is a small figure, likely of Iron Age or Romano-British origin, carved from Old Red Sandstone. The figure measures approximately 40cm in height and depicts a simple torso with a flat base, a narrow neck, and a flat, oval head with pronounced oval eyes, nose, and mouth. The carving is largely in relief and was probably intended to stand on a flat surface. Its style suggests it represents a deity from the Late Iron Age or Roman period, and is a rare survival for Wales.

Uninspected but recorded by RCAHMW in 1994, the main room contains a post-and-panel partition. The scullery leads to a cider cellar which retains a shallow rubble shelf for cider barrels, while the dairy features salting slabs. A former attic stair next to the main chimney has been removed. The roof trusses have tenoned collars.