Tyle-coch

Tyle-coch is a two-storey and attic house with a long history, constructed of stone and covered with a slate roof. The house has an L-shaped plan, comprising a main range and a parlour wing. The exterior walls are roughly finished rubble with traces of limewash. The south-facing front is long, originally featuring three windows, and formerly had a two-storey porch. Although many original window openings remain, they now contain modern windows and have damaged Tudor hoodmoulds. There are blocked windows to the left of the entrance and at the right end of the building; a replaced brick ridge stack is also present. The central doorway is a four-centred arch with dressed stone and hour-glass stops. The right-hand wing incorporates the gable end of the main range, having a three-light casement window on the ground and first floors, and a two-light mullioned attic window with a hoodmould. A square-headed doorway, now the main entrance, is located to the right. Additional features on this wing include a small first-floor window with a hollow-chamfered surround, a two-light casement window with voussoirs on the ground floor, and a modern window replacing a blocked door to the right. A later barn is attached to the house at the northeast corner. The rear elevation is notable for a recess in the masonry beneath the central chimney at the junction of the parlour wing and main range, along with a single rear window on each floor of the parlour wing. A lean-to with a corrugated iron roof is also present on the rear of the main range, along with a doorway at the right end. The west gable end, now reinforced with breeze blocks, has a loft door.

The original plan of the house was a lobby entry, although the current entrance is on the east side, opening onto a passage created at the junction of the main range and parlour wing. Ground floor ceilings are supported by mostly concealed chamfered joists and dressed stone fireplaces that have been blocked or altered; deep window splays are also present. A broad winding staircase, lit at the base by a splayed window, is situated at the end of the passage. On the first floor, the room above the former kitchen is stepped up, while a corridor provides access to the rooms above the hall and parlour. The main room, located above the parlour, has the most elaborate detailing, including four chamfered and stopped beams, and pegged and collared roof trusses arranged in three bays on each part. Doorways are characterised by dressed stone pointed arches with hour-glass stops, a regional design element not commonly found in such abundance in one building. A kitchen at the north end of the house has a separate external access and retains a fine sub-medieval ceiling with both diagonal and round stopped beams, as well as a former partition for a pantry.