Tile Farm (Ysgubor Kemeys)

The farmhouse is of two storeys and attic with the later agricultural buildings attached in-line. Random rubble limestone (smooth rendered front now partially removed), with a distinct batter to the lower walls. The house has a slate roof with end stone chimneys with tall diagonal stacks; the left hand one is corbelled for the first floor, the right hand one heats the ground floor room. Two modern windows to the upper floor. On the ground floor there is a doorway (off-set to left) which has a very small window to its left, a modern window to its right, and then a second small square window. To the left of the house is an attached barn in stone and brick with a doorway, a modern window to the right, vent slit to left, and a tiled roof. To the left again there is a small stone unit with an old pantile roof, and then pigsties. To the right of the house is an attached stable, and at right angles to that, a bake-house. Further small attached block towards the road. The rear of house has a single window at the eaves, otherwise there is only the blocked window on the ground floor, see Interior. At the north east corner of the house are two small windows lighting the stair, the upper window has ovolo-moulded mullions, the lower window is partially blocked.

The single ground floor room in the main part of house had C20 wooden screening forming an interior porch, but this has mostly been removed (July 1999). Stop-chamfered beams (joists ceiled, but plaster now largely removed); large C17 fireplace with winding stair to left. Blocked 4-light window to rear; apparent blocked doorway in the north west corner. At first floor level, C19 partitions, again mostly now removed. In the attic there is an old oak roof with principal rafter trusses with 2 tiers of purlins. The barn contains the house kitchen and scullery which were constructed with brick partition walls, and these hide to some extent the base of the corbelled chimney stack for the first floor fireplace. The bake-house retains its C19 bake oven.