(Bethesda'), 45 Quarrier's Village

Robert A Bryden, 1881. Single and 2-storey, large T-plan villa and former post office with Gothic detailing occupying raised ground to left of main entrance to village. Squared and snecked grey sandstone ashlar with polished dressing. Bull-faced rubble base course; broken string course; overhanging dentilled timber eaves. E (principal) elevation: single storey former post office to far left; 5-bay 2-storey main house advanced to right). Post office with canted bay returning at S elevation adjoining wide recessed porch area with lean-to roof and cast-iron columns. Square-plan entrance tower in re-entrant angle left with round-arched doorway to left return, hoodmoulded pointed arched bipartite 1st floor windows, deep eaves course with pointed arched carved detailing, pyramidal cap-roof with cast-iron finial. Advanced full-height wide 3-light canted bay to centre; further 3 bays to far right (moulded plaque above centre window), 2 breaking eaves dormers. Flat-arched blind opening to N elevation; steeply pointed gabled breaking eaves dormer with pointed-arch hood moulded window; door with pointed-arched pediment and carved tympanum to NW re-entrant angle.

Predominantly plate glass in timber sash and case windows, some 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Piended roofs; grey Scottish slate (diamond pattern slating to tower); terracotta ridge tiles and finials; ornamental clay cans; cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: some etched glass remaining in windows and doors; timber panelled ceiling to main entrance vestibule.