Downcross Farmhouse including front garden walls

Downcross Farmhouse is a two-storey house, likely dating from the 17th century, constructed of whitewashed stone rubble, probably local limestone. It has a Welsh slate gable roof with a red tile ridge, stone stacks with brick capping (yellow and red) – the largest stack being to the north-west of the cross-passage – and an external chimney breast to the south-east gable end. A blocked two-light mullioned window is also present on the south-east gable end.

The front elevation, viewed from the north end, features a series of windows. The first bay has a small ground floor window with a concrete lintel, followed by a window resembling a two-over-two pane sash but with the upper section opening outwards. A slightly larger window is partly above that, and then a modern two-light timber casement window at ground floor level, with top lights, is followed by a similar window with a sash window above it. A doorway leads to the cross-passage, fitted with a six-panel door, the top two panels glazed, and sheltered by a stone porch with a rounded head. A window is positioned above the doorway, matching the style of the others. The final bay has a ground floor window with a top light. All of the visible windows are late 20th century factory-made units.

A south-east rear wing is present, also built of whitewashed stone with a Welsh slate gable roof and a central stack. Its front wall features cambered headed two-light ground and first floor windows, a blocked ground floor opening with stone voussoirs and a boarded loft opening, a wide modern window, a doorway with stone voussoirs, and a loft opening. The rear elevation was not visible during inspection.

The front garden is enclosed by stone rubble walls with rounded stone coping. Stone gate piers support a 19th-century iron gate with circular uprights rising alternately above the middle and top rails, finishing with stud finials above the middle rail and corkscrew finials above the top rail.

An interior inspection was not possible at the time of resurvey. However, it is reported that the north-west wing contains a ground floor room with three chamfered beams with pyramid stops and run-out stops, scratch joists, and a fireplace against the cross-passage. A lesser beam is present on the south-east side of the cross-passage. These features, along with a steeply pointed arch doorway and a principal rafter roof with arched collars, have been confirmed by the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales.