Glan-y-Mawddach

Glan-y-Mawddach is a two-storey villa built in an irregular plan form, dating from the 20th century. The exterior is faced with dressed, coursed stone, and features a hipped, shallow-pitched slate roof with oversailing eaves. Large rendered chimneys are present, topped with plain capping and chimney pots.

The main entrance is on the two-bay north side, featuring a stone classical architrave with a moulded cornice and a recessed multi-panel glazed door dating from the 20th century. To the left is a tall, two-light window with a three-tier sash glazing and a matching architrave. Two elegant, near-flush twelve-pane sash windows are positioned on the first floor. To the right of the entrance is a recessed bay with single sash windows, also with twelve panes, on both floors.

The long east side, which faces the estuary, is divided into three sections, with the central one slightly projecting. The left section has two fifteen-pane sashes, with a further twelve-pane sash above, all featuring projecting slate sills. A two-storey canted bay is located in the central section, featuring plain sash glazing and a moulded string course separating the ground and first floors. The right-hand section has two twelve-pane sashes on the first floor, with a large, rectangular projecting bay below, containing tripartite sash glazing.

The rear (west) side has a triple-gabled form with plain bargeboards and sash windows consistent with the rest of the building. A storeyed service wing is attached to the south, and has two part-glazed panelled doors on its east face, and twelve-pane sashes above. It faces a small service court, with a further single-storey service range adjoining to the south, also slightly projecting. This range has sixteen-, nine- and four-pane windows, as well as three boarded doors.

Adjoining the house to the southeast and backing onto the service court to the west, is a single-storey stone loggia/conservatory. This has five round-headed arched openings with flat dividing pilasters and plain abaci, fitted with glazed French windows and radiating glazed fans. Above is a glazed atrium-type roof.

A long, raised terrace with a balustraded parapet overlooks the estuary, adjoining the house at its east side and terminating at the loggia to the south. A high rubble retaining wall supports the terrace, built partly on rock and buttressed at the south end where the terrace meets the loggia. The wall returns southwards and connects to a steep flight of cement steps leading from the upper service court down to the garage/coach yard. A polished slate dedication plaque with a Latin inscription, the initials AK and JK, and the date 1910, is set into the centre of the retaining wall. The balustrade features piers of cement and Ruabon brick, with turned terracotta balusters and cement coping. Eight classical terracotta urns surmount the balustrade, while five urns of reconstituted stone stand on similar pedestals to flank the paved terrace to the west. A further urn on a pedestal stands in the centre of a yew topiary arc at the north end, and three further ceramic urns sit on a raised plinth along the east side of the house.