Hen Dyffryn Gwyn

Hen Dyffryn Gwyn is a typical old Welsh farmhouse. It is the original Dyffryn Gwyn and only described as Hen Dyffryn Gwyn since the 1960s or probably 1970 when a chalet bungalow was built for the present day farmer. Dyffryn Gwyn farm was tenanted until 1960, regarded as the largest farm in Cwm Maethlon until then, when much of the mountain and some field were sold. In a list of Crown Lands in 1633 it is listed as the Place (Plas) in Dyffryn Gwyn. It is listed as a place of patronage for bards in the late Middle Ages - 'Beirdd yr Uchelwyr'. This house dates back to 1640 as is marked on the front of the house. It is thought to have originally been built with a three-room plan. In the late…

The house is built of dressed stone blocks on boulder footings with large quoins. The roof would have originally been thatched but is now slated. There are chimney stacks at both ends, the one on the left being flush with the end wall and original. The main door is right of centre and is surmounted by a small arch. There are three windows on the ground floor and three half-dormer windows in the roof. There is a stone inscribed "HP 1640" above the left, mullioned window. The entrance hall has a straight staircase and wooden partitioning on either side separating it from the parlour on the right and the kitchen on the left. In the parlour, the fireplace has been blocked up but there is a…