Cefn-gwyn Farmhouse

Cefn-gwyn Farmhouse is a farmhouse of the 17th century, with earlier origins, constructed of red sandstone rubble, which has been whitewashed, and featuring a concrete double Roman tile roof with a red brick stack. The building is a three-room, cross-passage plan with two rear wings. It is two storeys high with four windows on the north front.

The north elevation displays two distinct builds and differing roof lines, although the junction between them is not clearly defined to the right of the entrance door. The left section, dated 1637, has two bays: the ground floor features a three-light casement window under an oak lintel, and above it a two-light casement with 3x3 panes. The second bay contains an oak-framed doorway leading to the cross-passage, with a 19th-century four-panel door, and above it a two-light casement with 3x3 panes. This section has a steeply pitched roof with a rebuilt red brick stack on the left gable. The third bay has a two-light casement on each floor; the fourth has a three-light casement below and a two-light casement above, with a wide area of blind walling to the right. This section has a lower roof pitch and ridge line. The gable ends are blind.

The south-facing rear elevation incorporates a small courtyard with wings projecting on either side. The left wing, housing the kitchen, has a modern doorway in its gable end, apparently leading directly to the rear of the fireplace, and is characterized by a large stone and brick stack above. The courtyard face of this wing has a narrow window, and above it a small gable with a two-light casement. A porch with a door leads into the kitchen. The rear wall of the main range has a two-light casement on the upper floor to the left, a window below, and a three-plank studded oak door within a chamfered frame, serving the rear of the cross-passage. The gable stair wing has a 20th-century two-light casement on the ground floor, a blocked window in the gable, and a raking buttress to the corner with a small two-light casement to the first and second floors. The rear wall of the parlour wing exhibits a modern two-light casement under a wider oak lintel below, and an earlier 17th-century four-light window with ovolo oak mullions above, with two lines of four pigeon holes to the right.

The interior, not inspected during the most recent survey, previously revealed a Tudor doorhead, stud and panel partition, beams with stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, and an angular Tudor fireplace in a bedroom. Historical records, including those by Fox and Raglan, show a plan indicating a post-and-panel partition between the cross-passage and parlour, with the doorway’s date inscribed as 1637. The joinery incorporates roll mouldings and flat-and-scroll stops. The rear wing includes a staircase in short, straight flights around a central core. Mortices for the original partition are still visible in the original part of the house. Newman records further details in the older part, including a mural stair, stone flooring below timber above, and a large fireplace with an oak lintel. An upper-floor post-and-panel partition also survives. Fox and Raglan note "Wern-hir" stops on the ceiling beams.