Tan-y-Cytiau

Tan-y-Cytiau is a house built in a simple Arts and Crafts style, featuring white rough-cast render and a graded green slate roof supported by wrought-iron brackets. The building has axial stacks positioned forward of the ridge-line, with one stack at the right-hand gable end, all topped with inclined slate pots. It is two storeys high with attics.

The garden front displays a nearly symmetrical six-window arrangement, with the doorway located towards the center. The entrance includes a recessed porch and door featuring an inset curved glazed panel. The lower windows are primarily tripartite small-paned sashes, with a single 12-pane sash to the immediate left of the doorway and one left-hand window that has been renewed without glazing bars. The first-floor windows are similar tripartite sashes, with 12 and 8-pane sashes in the center. There are three hipped tile-hung dormers with sash windows integrated into the roof. A single-storey outbuilding to the right also features a tripartite sash window.

The rear elevation, which serves as the entrance, has an original doorway set within an added lean-to porch on the right, accompanied by a single tripartite sash window to its right. To the left of the entrance, the windows vary, including tripartite and 8, 9, and 12-pane sashes. The first-floor windows generally match those on the ground floor, but there is a deep tripartite window providing light to the stairs above the entrance.

The house is designed to take advantage of its prominent position on the mountain slopes, with the main entrance and stair hall located at the rear, along with service accommodations that include a range of bathrooms on the first floor. This layout allows all principal rooms to enjoy the view. The original layout remains intact, and most rooms still feature original fireplaces and joinery, including panelled doors.