Cae Besi

Cae Besi is a medium-sized house built in a restrained Arts and Crafts style, featuring a main two-and-a-half storey section and a two-storey subsidiary wing set back to the left (north). The house is constructed from local slatestone and has a slate roof with projecting verges and stepped kneelers, along with a central chimney that has simple cornicing. The entrance faces east, towards Fford Uchaf, and is accessed by steps leading down from the road level. This entrance is located within a gabled projection that is off-centre to the right of the main block, with the longer left-hand roof pitch extending to form a covered porch. The subsidiary wing to the right also features a gabled projection at the front.

The main elevation faces west towards Ffordd Newydd. It includes a pair of four-part windows, each with six-pane sections, situated in a long, rectangular recessed bay on the first floor, with the outer lights canted. Above this bay is a large hipped-roofed dormer that contains a six-part window. On the ground floor, there is a three-part window in the center, a two-part window to the right, and a recessed entrance to the left. The south gable of the main block features a similar recessed canted bay off-centre to the left on the first floor, topped by a tripartite attic window that resembles a Diocletian window. The central section of this window is a part-glazed door that opens onto a cantilevered concrete balcony with low, simply-decorative cast iron railings. The ground floor also has a part-glazed door to the left of center and a segmental open arch to the right.

The lower wing is set back from the main block on the west side and includes a semi-circular, single-storey extrusion at the corner between the two, which has a conical roof. The upper floor features a further recessed canted bay with a cross-window to the right and a three-part window below.

The interior was not inspected at the time of the survey.