1. Comprised a two and a half storey entrance front of seven bays with a pedimented central bay; two single storey adjoining wings of three bays and further adjoining 3-bay links of one and a half storeys. The house was begun in 1777 by Joseph Turner, but the wings and the interior are by John Woolfe. The house was sold shortly before the First World War broke out, to Countess Dundonald of Gwrych Castle. During the First World War the house was commissioned and used to imprison captured German army officers. The house was demolished c1920.
(Source: Edward Hubbard, Buildings of Wales: Clwyd, 1986, p.241)
J Hill 21/07/2004
2. There is an icehouse associated with the demolished mansion. Built of local slate into a bank, it is a tunnel shaped vault, 6.5m long by 3.6m wide, with an earth covered roof and south facing entrance. Location is uncertain.
Source: Sylvia P. Beaman and Susan Roaf, The Ice Houses of Britain, p.523. Surveyed by Clwyd Parish Arch. Survey, 1981; E. William, p.2.
