Llanfrechfa Grange

Llanfrechfa Grange is a small country house dating from the early 19th century, built in an Elizabethan style. The house is constructed of red brick with buff stone dressings and has slate roofs. It is two storeys and attics high, aligned north-south.

The south elevation has three bays with gabled ends featuring elaborate bargeboards. The central bay contains two-light mullion and transom windows on both floors. Two-storey splayed bay windows with cusped trellis balustrading are positioned in the outer bays. To the west is a two-storey entrance porch with a "Tudorbethan" doorway, flanked by buttresses, and a polygonal upper storey with a trellis balustrade and elaborate bargeboards to the gable behind. A single bay is present to the right (where a conservatory has been removed), and a single-storey bay window with trellis balustrading extends from the library to the left. Further to the left, a set-back two-storey wing is present, alongside a single-storey extension and a two-storey gabled block featuring a 2-light upper-level window and a datestone reading "1892" on the ground floor. A projecting block with a gable and chimney is also visible, along with altered windows and doorways at the end.

The rear return of the south end features a square two-storey bay window with an elaborate bargeboard above and trellis balustrading. A two-light first-floor window and an altered doorway are also present. To the right of this is a stuccoed polygonal chapel with coped steep gables and two-light Decorated windows with hoodmoulds. A staircase window is positioned above and to the rear of the chapel. A two-storey block with two-light mullion and transom windows stands alongside, with a similar block set back to the right. An advanced gabled bay features elaborate bargeboards, two-light windows to the attic and first floor, and a three-light window to the ground floor. A further single window bay is also present, followed by a lower service range. The former stable/coach house block at the northwest corner is not included within the listing.

Inside, the entrance hall, formerly comprising two rooms, features a ribbed ceiling and panelling, with two Tudor-style fireplaces; the fireplace on the left includes genuine carved panels acquired from Central Europe. The stair hall contains a wooden staircase with twisted balusters and a panelled ceiling, and a three-light stair window with figurative stained glass. The former drawing room to the right of the stairs boasts a spectacular Jacobean-style moulded plaster ceiling, walls with full-height pilasters, and a fireplace with a seemingly genuine 17th-century overmantel featuring arcading and caryatids. A room to the left of the stairs has a ribbed ceiling. The library has 19th-century wooden shelving. The chapel, located to the rear of the staircase hall, has a Gothic doorway and stained glass. While alterations have been made to the rest of the house for institutional use, some original features, such as doors, doorways, and cornices, remain.