Bedwellty House

Two storey stuccoed elevations, scribed to imitate ashlar. Slate hipped roofs; deep eaves with paired brackets. House plan consists of main block with two deep rear wings. Rendered band at first floor sill level. Rendered chimney stacks: two to ridge of garden (S) side; two to ridge of E side; also two to W side ridge. S front is of three bays with deep centre bow. Twelve-pane sash windows. Bow has three sashes to each storey, taller to ground floor with six-over-nine glazing. Entrance front faces E. Long eight-bay elevation with twelve-paned sashes. Parapet-roofed porches in third bays from left and right. Left porch has panelled doors above flight of steps with curved flanking walls. Right porch has large sixteen-pane sash facing E with door to N and narrow eight-pane sash to S. Red granite plaque to right corner erected 1918 to commemorate Alderman Henry Bowen, who was instrumental in obtaining the house and the park for public use. W elevation of five bays, twelve-pane sashes; single storey matching addition with low-pitched roof and two similar sashes facing S. N (rear) elevation has ends of wings (deeper to left) with altered stair window in recessed centre. Left wing has twelve-pane sash to first floor; similar sashes to its W side. Recessed centre has tripartite sash to ground floor and former stair window above, altered to form fire escape with metal stair. Elevation of right wing has hipped projection to left with two sashes above door: to right is tripartite 4:12:4-pane sash. Similar tripartite sash below, with twelve-pane sash to right. Single storey service range to right with corrugated roof. Central door with twelve-pane sash to left and altered window to right.

Largely of 1901. Wide staircase with pylonic timber newels. Half-glazed doors off main hall with Art Noveau leaded glass. Bow-fronted room to S has early C19 ceiling: cornice with acanthus leaves, and repeated flowers to frieze. Square central compartment with floral frieze and centre rose. Council chamber forms SW room with Jacobean style plaster ceiling: acanthus cornice and lozenge-shaped central frame. Early C19 panelled dado. Rear wall with arched recess. 1901 oak seating arranged in cramped semi-circle facing dais. Long ground floor NE room has panelled window reveals.