Attached Cottage to SW of Arthog Hall

This is an attached cottage located to the southwest of Arthog Hall. The building dates to the 18th century and possesses group value from its contribution to the setting of Arthog Hall.

The architecture is characterized by rubble walls, a slate roof, and a symmetrical facade with five bays. A broad central bay is flanked by D-shaped bowed projections. The windows are 12-pane sash windows with shallow Gothick heads featuring voussoirs and labels. A central first-floor window is a two-light casement with marginal and diamond-pattern glazing bars. A later canopy is supported by iron clustered columns, originally sheltering a porch and balcony. The main range features three transverse hipped roofs, concealed by a high crenellated parapet. Additional features include a cylindrical chimney with a square cap and base, and square end chimneys with moulded capping.

To the right, a cross-range connects to the continuation of the rear range, with a stepped, two-storey service range extending southwest at a splayed angle. This service range is partially whitewashed on the ground floor and includes a boarded door at the angle with the main block, an open entrance, modern windows, a large cart entrance with a concrete lintel, and a section that steps down to a single storey with windows and two boarded doors, the rightmost deeply recessed, and a new slate roof. A section of stone-capped rubble wall with a round-arched entrance is attached to the northwest.

The rear of the main range is predominantly two storeys with overhanging eaves and mostly small-pane sash windows. Steps lead to central recessed doors and later doorways to the right and at the extreme ends, serving cottages named Cader and Diffwys. The Cader entrance is contained within a lean-to bay, while the Diffwys entrance retains its original curved slate steps.

Attached to the rear of the service range is a two-storey, two-window cottage with a plain end stack to the left and stone eaves cornices. A round-arched entrance features a projecting key, imposts, slate voussoirs, a boarded stable door with a five-pane semi-circular fan, and four-pane casement windows with round-arched heads and fans, except for a plain fan on the ground floor window which was formerly an entrance. Cusped bargeboards are present on the southwest gable end. A modern porch is incorporated into the longer rear roof pitch.

The interior suffered fire damage but previously featured a full-height galleried hall.