Coach House at Ty Gwyn

Coach house in Neo-Renaissance style. Red brick, brick chimney stacks with stone dressings, decorative and plain bargeboards, tile roofs and ridge tiles and scalloped hung tiles in gables. Square block around central open courtyard, 2 storey entrance range to SE, remainder single storey.

6 bay SE entrance elevation with central arched entrance bay with oriel window and gable above. 4-light canted oriel with slender cusped ogee lights, two to the front and one to each side. Apron extends from the arch keystone with projecting date plaque. Battlemented cornice. Entrance arch of rounded stonework, with cusped imposts and projecting keystone and plinth. 3 bays to left form a symmetrical composition with gabled outer bays with small pane casement windows to each floor, with projecting sills and flat aprons with scroll decoration. Smaller 4-pane flat- headed windows to centre. 2 bays to right with small casement windows with rounded heads; lower window to right larger modern window. Continuous string course immediately below the eaves course made up of individual floral decorative tiles with plain brick between each.

Return elevation to NE has 2 windows to upper floor of 2 storey entrance range gable and 1 round headed lower window, all later replacements. This steps down to single storey range with similar window then door to cottage, later glazed door with overlight. Service area from this point, with wide transom window to garage area then boarded door to outside wc. Gabled end to NW range, with 2 transom windows. SW range of similar layout, with blank 2 storey gable of entrance range gable. Door to left of central single storeyed part, with wide window to side and smaller higher window, both replacements. Two large rooflights. Transom window to gable of NW range. 7 bay to NW range, 3 windows to garage area, single window and door to storage room then 3 windows to laundry room.

Courtyard interior elevations: gabled entrance arch with partially blocked former loading door above, door to cottage to right. To SW square oriel with overhanging eaves, and dormer above - both later replacements. Large flat chimney stack (to laundry) in W corner, single window to NW range, NE partially open with overhanging canopy, 2 windows and door in E corner to cottage.

Service area walls lined with glazed brown brick with a blue brick dado course. Floor areas largely concrete, NE range with some parquet flooring incorporating vehicle maintenance pit. Boarded ceilings and boxes for roller shutters survive. NW range with 2 separated rooms accessed from steps up from N corner; storage room then laundry room retaining original drying cabinet, fittings and shelving. The drying cabinet is also lined with glazed brick as before and incorporates 2 floor length vertical cast iron drawers containing clothes airers either side of a central stove. Interior of cottages not inspected.