Is-y-coed Farmhouse

Is-y-coed Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating back to the 17th century, with later Victorian additions. The house is faced with rough-cast rendering, although limestone rubble is visible in the gable end. It has a Welsh slate roof and red brick chimneys. The building is a long, single-depth range facing south and with its back to the road. The front has five bays, with the oldest part of the house located at the left-hand end. This section features two casement windows with eight panes each, and elliptical heads, set within quoined brick surrounds. Above these are two smaller casement windows, each with six panes, set within small, bargeboarded gables. A chimney stack is located on the left gable, and a hearth-passage stack is positioned to the right. These features are of Victorian origin.

The entrance to the cross-passage is marked by a new timber porch, above which is a small casement window with three panes. A three-light timber casement window with four panes in each section is located beside the porch, with a matching smaller window above. This section represents a 17th-century extension, and incorporates a parlour chimney stack to the right. A Victorian single-bay extension completes the front, featuring a plain, part-glazed door and a matching casement window above, along with a further gable stack. A late 20th-century three-light window is inserted into the east gable at ground floor level. A garage is situated against the rear wall, with two modern windows and a tiny stone window that illuminates the original staircase.

Inside, the house retains original 17th-century features from the earliest phases of construction. The hall features an oak lintel fireplace and a stone firestair with a window at the turning. A large, chamfered beam with hollow-and-fillet stops and reed-moulded joists remains, although the beam that initially divided the hall from an inner room has been replaced, as it lacks mortices or stops. The original outer doorway is located to the right of the hearth and retains deep bar holes. The cross-passage is plain, aside from the original doorway, which has an inscribed lintel reading "E:W A:W 1730”. While the architrave surrounding this lintel has been replaced and likely functions as a marriage mark rather than indicating major improvements, it is associated with six-panel doors. A small stair with turned balusters has also been inserted into the passage. The parlour retains a firestair with stone treads, a corbelled roof, as well as oak door frames on both the upper and lower levels; the upper frame is three-centred, and the lower one four-centred, with chamfers and a fine oak plank door. Visible first-floor features are Victorian or later, and the roof was not inspected.