Llanfrechfa Grange

Small country house. Early C19 Elizabethan Style. Red brick with buff stone dressings; slate roofs. Two storeys and attics. Aligned N-S. South elevation of 3 bays with end gables with elaborate bargeboards; central bay has 2-light mullion and transom window to each floor; 2-storey splayed bay windows in outer bays; with cusped trellis balustrading. To L, (west), 2-storey entrance porch with "Tudorbethan" doorway, flanking buttresses, polygonal upper storey, trellis balustrade, elaborate bargeboards to gable behind; single bay to R (conservatory removed); to L, single storey bay window to library, also with trellis balustrade. To L, set back, 2-storey wing with single-storey extension, and 2-storey gabled block with 2-light upper level window, and on ground floor, datestone "1892". Projecting block with gable and chimney; altered windows and doorways to end. Rear return of S end has square 2-storey bay window (elaborate bargeboard to gable above); trellis balustrading, 2-light first floor window, altered doorway. To R of this, polygonal chapel (stuccoed) with coped steep gables and 2-light Decorated windows with hoodmoulds. Staircase window above and to rear of chapel. Two storey block with 2-light mullion and transom windows; to R, similar block, set back; advanced gabled bay with elaborate bargeboards, 2-light windows to attic and first floor; 3-light window to ground floor. Further single-window bay. Lower service range beyond. The former stable /coach house block at NW corner is not included.

Entrance hall (formerly 2 rooms) with ribbed ceiling; panelling; two Tudor style fireplaces, that to L with genuine carved panels (bought by Mitchells in Central Europe). Stair hall with wooden stair with twisted balusters, panelled ceiling; stair window of 3 lights with important figurative stained glass (see above). The former drawing room (R of stairs) has spectacular Jacobean style moulded plaster ceiling; walls with full-height pilasters; fireplace with apparently genuine C17 overmantel with arcading and caryatids. Room to L of stairs has ribbed ceiling. Library has C19 wooden shelving. Chapel to rear of staircase hall with Gothic doorway; stained glass (see above). Although changes have been made to rest of house for institutional use, some doors, doorways, cornices etc. remain.