Margam Cottage

Margam Cottage is a two-storey, three-window building likely dating from the 18th century. It faces south with a symmetrical front and is constructed of roughcast render over a rubble stone rear. The roof is slate-covered, hipped at the left end where a short rear wing is located. A projecting brick stack is present at the right end, and a ridge stack serves the rear wing. A panelled front door is sheltered by a hipped porch with a swept lead covering, supported by narrow piers. Flanking the door are paired four-pane sash windows with flat heads and stone sills. The upper storey features six-over-six-pane sash windows, with a smaller central window. Two skylights are set into the roof. A half-lit conservatory adjoins the west side of the rear wing, under a hipped slate roof. This has half-lit double doors flanked by continuous glazing with large panes, the top row having segmental heads, and a small, horizontally-hung window in the upper storey. The rear of the main house is of rubble stone. A single-storey lean-to runs along the back, with two 20th-century 2-light casement windows; one appears to have replaced a door, with another blocked doorway to the right. A small light is set into the east end of the lean-to. The east side of the rear wing has a catslide roof meeting the lean-to at a right angle. Dormers with shallow rakes are present on both the rear roof pitch of the main range and the catslide section.

A later range connects the rear wing of the main house to a former outbuilding. The rear (north) end of this range has a half-hipped roof and a lower ridge line. The west side is two-storeys with three windows, and a canopy shelters the recessed lower-storey windows. The east wall has a large raked dormer and three full-height glazed openings at ground level.

The former outbuilding is constructed of rubble stone with a shallow hipped, slate-covered roof. It is single-storey with a loft, accessed by a planked door in the centre of the east side, approached by concrete steps with a brick facing wall. To the right is an old cart-shed opening, now infilled with a planked door and window. To the left is a two-light, multi-pane wooden casement under a segmental brick head. Two loft windows rise to the eaves on the north wall, both two-light casements. A ledge above and a row of brick-lined nesting boxes for doves extend across the upper level of the north wall and around the east wall. A large raked buttress is at the east end of the north wall. The west side has two windows with segmental heads to the ground floor and three loft windows, mirroring the east side. A butt joint with quoins is visible on the right, and the two ground floor windows appear to have originally been doorways, possibly related to stables.

The interior of the main house has been modernised, featuring a central hall with a staircase to the rear and around to the left. The outbuilding has an open-plan layout with a 19th-century roof structure of wide span, pegged with nails. Flagstones are present on the lower storey.