Llys Gwalia

Llys Gwalia, located at Nos 1-6 Mawddwy Terrace in Minllyn, Dinas Mawddwy, is a terrace of six workers' cottages built in a mountain-Gothic style using selected local slate and featuring slate roofs. The design includes two bilaterally symmetrical cottages that create large gables at each end, which are set slightly forward to dominate the central cottages. Each cottage has a 4-paned half-glazed door with a plain overlight and 4-paned horned sash windows on both floors, all topped with triangular heads made of shale voussoirs. The upper floor windows in the central cottages are set within five large raised and gabled dormers. The eaves are deep, supported by extended purlins and a ridge with shaped ends. Stone stacks are located on the party walls, featuring necking strings and outsetting heads. The large gable ends showcase decorative timber framing in their upper halves. Inside, the partitions are reportedly made of slate slabs set on end, a notable innovation by Buckley and his architect, James Stephens. The cottages are double-fronted, with a part-glazed door that has a lower panel adorned with raised mouldings.