Maes Criau Farm consists of a late-18th century house and early-19th century farm range, situated across the slope of the hill, in a long east-west range. They are stone-built, with slate-roofs and internal timber partitions defining the former threshing-bay and the cattle tethering layout.
The late-18th century, end-chimney house with central-entry and stair is situated at the lower end to the east, at a slight angle from the farm buildings range. The rooms are divided by lathe & plaster partitions to provide a kitchen with inglenook and a parlour to front with pantry behind separated by the entrance passage and plain stair.
It was formerly detached, but has been extended westwards to provide a larger heated parlour. The building was not entered as considered dangerous and has not been lived in since a new house was built nearby in the mid-late 20th century.
The adjoining range consists of a late-18th century cart-house a single-bay stable and a 3-bay barn. The range continues as an early-C19th, 3-door, lofted cow-house with rear lean-to. The second edition map shows a circular horse-gin, behind the barn, but during the early 20th century a waterwheel was added to the gable-end of the cow-house lean-to. There are remains of axle and wheel drives from the waterwheel to power former machinery for threshing in the barn.
The cart-house has a timber lintel to its blocked opening and a spine ceiling-beam supporting a joist floor to loft
The stable had a loft originally and a beam in the end wall retains pegs for holding harness gear.
The 3-bay barn has ventilation slit to walls of each bay and opposed large and small doorways set to the side of the threshing-bay. The raking-strut roof-trusses have 2 pairs of trenched side purlins and a diagonally set ridge-piece. The trusses have partitions under, dividing the bays by a central stud and side studs with down-braces to the sill-plate. Each partition has a low rail with boards and low doorways at each end for sheep handling.
The 3-door lofted cow-house is added to the range, has a central feed-passage and paired tethering for 6 cattle to each side. An integral lean-to provides a 2-unit calf-house, one with manger and hay-rack The cow-house has a similar raking-strut truss partition as the barn with rail and boarded partition, which forms one side of the feed-passage. The other side has been removed, but would have had a similar rail partition without the truss.
A smaller lower stone range lying parallel to the south is much altered, but included a loose-box with pig-sties at the west end.
These buildings are now only used for storage, as modern buildings nearby house the present needs.

Visited Geoff Ward,19/04/2006