Cwm-cidy Farm

Cwm-cidy Farm consists of a complex of former farm buildings arranged around two yards facing the farmhouse. The older rickyard is on the left, containing the former barn, engine-house, and stables, while the stockyard is on the right. The buildings have been converted into three houses: No. 1 occupies the left (stable) wing of the rickyard and part of the barn, No. 2 occupies part of the barn and the central cart shed wing, and No. 3 occupies the rear and right-hand ranges of the stockyard.

The buildings are constructed of squared dressed limestone laid in regular courses, with openings featuring stone voussoir heads and hipped Welsh slate roofs. Four stone chimneys have been added to the separate ranges.

The south-east elevation of the barn has four wide bays with modern hardwood windows and doors, largely in unaltered openings. It begins with a large, elliptically headed entrance at ground floor level, followed by two glazed vents with a window above, then a doorway at the top of an external stone staircase, and finally two more windows. The rear elevation, not visible at resurvey, is said to have included a cartshed with four segmental headed arched entrances. Adjoining the eastern end of the rear elevation is a polygonal engine house, built around 1858. Originally, it likely had six round-headed openings; one was blocked when inspected in 1975, and another was enlarged. A lower wing to the north-west of the western yard (No. 2) provides a supporting presence. Its front wall has a doorway flanked by windows on the north side, while the southern portion, originally an animal shed, features five semi-elliptical headed openings, possibly intended as an implement shed.

The south-west range (No. 1), also lower, has a front wall featuring a doorway, two windows, a second doorway, and another window, all with modern hardwood joinery. North-east and north-west wings were added around 1858 in a similar style and using matching materials. The front wall of the north-east range (No. 3) has four semi-elliptical headed arches towards the northern end and three openings with stone voussoirs towards the southern end, now fitted with modern harwood joinery. The rear elevation of this range is blank. The range to its left has five French casements and a small window, while the rear of that range was not visible at resurvey. The rear wall of No. 2 on the left has a single small window.

The interiors are unlikely to retain significant original features, apart from the roof trusses. The main range to the right retains its king-post truss roof structure.