Swn y Don

Swn y Don is the right-hand house of a pair of seafront properties, currently functioning as a hotel and house. The building features a painted stucco front, rising three storeys with an attic, and consists of four bays, with the windows in the two middle bays grouped closely together. It has a slate roof with brick end stacks and a modillion cornice with a frieze below and a parapet above. The corners are accentuated with long and short raised quoins. A cast-iron rainwater head, dated 1904, is located below the cornice.

The sash windows are of an unusual design, featuring plate glass with a double row of tiny panes in the upper part of the top sash, where the upper row panes are arch-headed. There are four dormers with sashes, timber bargeboards, and finials. On the upper two floors, the windows are segmental-headed with surrounds and keystones, with the middle two being narrower. On the first floor, the middle two windows are full-length French windows, while the outer ones are very wide tripartite sashes. The ground floor includes two timber canted bay windows with similar sashes and paired centre doors that have elliptical-arched heads. The doors are accessed via a broad flight of steps. The door to Swn y Don features five fielded panels and glazed sidelights, with moulded doorframes that have dentil cornices and a small pedimented panel above.

A fine two-storey timber veranda with a sloping roof extends up to the second-floor sills. There are matching timber area railings on either side of the entrance steps. The veranda has five bays on the first floor, with a wider centre bay, chamfered posts with capitals, and curved eaves brackets. The ground floor has two narrow bays corresponding to the two doorways, along with a very broad bay on each side, all featuring similar posts and curved brackets. The railings at both levels have turned balusters positioned between horizontal rails, just below the handrail and just above the floor level.

Inside, the inner lobbies are fitted with glazed screens and a patterned tile floor. The side walls of the lobby are adorned with decorative glazed tiles featuring a flower and vase pattern.