Lower Celliau

C16 house with C17 block attached at right angles. Rubble stone; slate roof and brick flue. SW front of C16 house is one-and-a-half storey with big off-centre gable. In gable-head is 3-light diamond mullion (former 6-light window) with dripstone and shallow sill and internal shutters. Ground floor, off-centre right, C17 entrance doorway has ornate shaped head with scrolled sides and two stepped and rounded pendants in centre; surround with double-roll moulding; plank and batten door with ornamental strap hinges. To left of doorway is a C20 4-light window, and a 2+2+2 pane casement. To right of doorway is 4+4+4 casement in chamfered wooden frame and angled dripstone. N gable has four dove nesting holes in upper gable; below is horizontal 2-light opening with internal shutters. Early C17 block is two storey. Thinly coursed rubble stone. N front has C17 angled dripstones with dropped and returned ends. On first floor is small 4-pane window in chamfered wooden frame (left) and a blocked window opening (right); and on ground floor, a 4-light sunk chamfer mullion with 2+2+2+2 panes. S garden front is rendered, first floor has C20 4+4 pane casement, and ground floor a segmental arched window with C20 2+2 casement in C17 chamfered frame. To right is S gable of C16 house, upper gable has C20 3-light window in old opening, and ground floor a 3-light diamond mullion (angle beaded) with 2+2+2 panes (former 6-light mullion). Set-back between the two houses is a fine early C17 entrance doorway with stepped head, and chamfered frame with scroll stops.

Exceptionally well-preserved interior. Principal ground-floor room of C16 house has massive chamfered ceiling beam with truncated broach stops. Broad fireplace opening has chamfered timber lintel, carved in face is small triangular headed recess. To right, stone fireplace stair rises to first floor, which is partitioned into three rooms. In the middle bay the roof timbers smoke blackened over the former open hall, and two cruck trusses survive: lower blades measure 45cm at their broadest. Both trusses have yokes and one cruck spur is visible; two tiers of purlins. Linking the C16 house to the block is a single storey porch which has three doorways with stepped door-heads and C17 plank and batten doors with strap hinges. Gable entry to block. Ground floor has chamfered ceiling beams with scroll stops. C17 plank door with strap hinges to fireplace stair. On first floor are two similar stair doors and an C18 partition. Oak baulk winding stair to attic. Attic of four bays with open trusses. To left of gable stack is a fine unglazed C17 4-light diamond mullion with roll at angles, to right of stack is a similar 3-light window; both openings are blocked externally.