Craig-y-Don

Craig-y-Don is a small country house with roughcast and rendered elevations, dating from the late Victorian period. It features a slate roof with an eaves valence and cement rendered chimney stacks, including an octagonal stack on the left side. The house has skylights where dormers have been removed and mainly consists of 3-light windows with transoms and Tudor hoodmoulds.

A prominent feature of the building is the 3-storey, 2-bay crenellated tower located near the right end. This tower is accompanied by a deep porch that is ivy-clad, has splayed corners, features eagles on the parapet, and includes a 9-panel door. To the left of the entrance hall window, which has two transoms and small ogee heads, is a single-storey range that was originally part of an earlier Victorian house. This range served as a ballroom, as shown on the 1901 Ordnance Survey map, and has a half hipped roof with a Gothic belfry or clock turret. A splayed bay window is positioned at the angle to the right, while the front wall has been altered for garage use. There is a resited cast iron lamp post at this corner with Gothic detailing.

Behind the tower, there are three bays with modern ground floor glazing and the projecting gable end of a cross range, which features a finial and modern picture windows. The left side has three windows, each with a bracket cornice and French windows, while a flat-roofed modern extension has been added at the rear.

Although not inspected, an earlier listing notes that the interior retains significant late Victorian details on a moderately grand scale. The entrance hall features ¾ height panelling and leads to the right into the former ballroom, which has a panelled dado, segmental arched recesses, a foliage cornice, and a wood-carved chimney piece. To the left of the hall is the stairwell with a ribbed plaster ceiling, lit by windows with concave fronted cills. The staircase boasts a moulded swept-up handrail and barley twist balusters, continuing along the first-floor landing divided into bays by inversely tapered pillars and Tudor gothic arches. The back stairs have cast iron balusters, and there is a fine Gothic panelled door leading to what is now the kitchen.