Tynewydd Farm House

Tynewydd Farm House is a large, three-unit house dating from the 17th century, with later additions, facing south. It has a two-and-a-half-story design, featuring a storeyed porch on the front and a lean-to extension at the rear. The eastern unit has a gabled front, acting as a cross-wing. The house is constructed with a limewashed finish over random rubble sandstone, topped with a recent slate roof. Four rendered stacks are present on the longitudinal gable, each with shallow sandstone collars.

The south range is dominated by a large, gabled porch, within which a dressed stone sundial is dated 1652. The upper storey incorporates a later casement window set under a segmental arch, accompanied by a square hood mould. The doorway is similarly sheltered by a segmental arch. Later casement windows flank the porch, extending to eaves height, with later horned sashes positioned beneath segmental arches on the ground floor. The east unit mirrors this design with similar windows to its ground and first floors. Later additions form the window sills on the front range.

The rear elevation includes an original lean-to service room built onto the east side. A gabled dormer, featuring a single-pane window, has been inserted into the main roof range. Below this is the lean-to, constructed of random rubble with dressed stone jambs and sills. The central range incorporates a gabled stairwell, featuring two openings covered by timber lintels. A loft stair light has a single vertical iron bar within a timber frame, while the lower light consists of four iron bars in a wooden frame with a central mullion. To the west of the stairwell, the north range showcases a 2-pane casement window extending to the wallplate. On the ground floor are an inserted casement window under a segmental arch and a doorway also under a segmental arch, leading to a stable door with tongue and groove planking.

The original three-unit plan form comprises a central hall, with a kitchen to the west and a parlour to the east. Lean-to service rooms were built against the hall and parlour. The opposed entrances to the kitchen indicate a chimney-backing-on-the-entry plan. The porch floor is laid with flagstones.

Internal features, recorded by RCAHM and still present, include a joist-beamed ceiling with ogee stops in the kitchen, and beam-and-joist ceilings with run-out stops in the hall and parlour. Two parallel rollers, fixed between ceiling beams over the hall fireplace, formed part of a corn drying rack, originally supporting sacking laden with corn. A drying kiln was later inserted on the first floor within a cupboard situated alongside the kitchen chimney. The stair doorway features ovolo mouldings, and the pillar stair has timber treads. Internal doors are fitted with decorative iron hinges bearing fleur-de-lys motifs. The principals have curved feet set well down into the walls.