Location: Raised up behind the main road and overlooking Arthog and the Mawddach estury in its own wooded and landscaped park; accessed via a short drive off a lane running parallel behind the main road.
Small Victorian country house in eclectic Gothic style built by Mr David Davies in the 1860s who bought the estate and also founded the Ty'n-y-coed quarry. He is mentioned as a JP in Slater's Register of 1871.
flanking bays and to further bay on S face. Large central fleche with honeycomb slate cladding to lower section and ribbed leading to upper; triple-arched wooden slatted openings to each face.
Decorative iron weather vane. 4 tall stacks with moulded capping; flat cast iron downpipes with square decorative hoppers. Stepped-down to N face, a single-storey projection with half-hipped roof to N and angled side to NE. Rear with slightly advanced gabled wing to R and plain entrance with shouldered arch to L; fenestration as before.
The house stands behind a long raised and balustraded terrace with stone balustrade and terracotta cushion-capitalled columns as balusters.
The interior was not accessible at the time of inspection (November 1994) but is said to retain fine chimneypieces.
Listed as a good mid-Victorian small-scale country house, its exterior entirely unaltered.