Victorian Gothic mansion re-built c.1865 by the Morrises, bankers of Carmarthen, incorporating Old Cwm which was an 'L' shaped plan house of the Davies family.
The architect is thought to be R K Penson. The tower has lost its wedge-shaped spire and the interior was re-done in 1920-1 by Trollope & Colls of London, including a new staircase and gallery for Lord Kylsant. Contemporary addditions were by E V Collier.

The original Cwm (Coomb) house, belonging to the Davies family, was purchased in 1806 by the Morrisses, bankers of Carmarthen who rebuilt it in Gothic style about 1865, incorporating the original L-shaped ground plan. The architect is not known but was probably R.K.Penson. The tower has lost its wedge-shaped spire but the high pyramidial roof of the octagonal billiard room has been restored. The interior was grandly re-done in 1920-21 by Trollope and Colls of London, including a new staircase and gallery for Lord Kylsant. Contemporary additions were by E. V. Collier. The house is now a Cheshire Home. (Notes for Vic.Soc. visit by Thomas Lloyd 10 May 1997)


Coomb House is a large 3-storey mansion built in 1864 for William Morris. Its design is mid Victorian 'Domestic Gothic', asymmetrical with entrance tower on one corner balanced against a gable at the other, and with very large outlying octagonal billiard-room. The house has elaborate interiors of 1920 such as the plasterwork walls and ceilings. Coomb was a children's home from 1940-55 and then from 1961 one of the group of residential homes set up by Group-Captain Leonard Cheshire.

Source: CADW listed building database.

RCAHMW, 10th January 2008.