Shown on the 1839 Tithe Map, this substantial smallholder's cottage was probably built in the early nineteenth century. The section to the right of the ridge stack possibly originally functioned as a kitchen but may have been a separate unit of accommodation. The lean-to cowhouse to the right gable end and the lean-to set back from the left gable end are later nineteenth century additions. It has a single-storey two-room plan with small catslide outshut to the rear on the left and is built from coursed rubblestone and is mainly limewashed with a grouted slate roof. The main cottage has 4-paned sash window to either side of an offset boarded door under a shallow gabled porch with a basket arch and a substantial integral end stack to the left. The cowhouse has a boarded door to the front and the left lean-to has a narrow painted brick chimney to the north-east corner with small windows to the rear outshuts.

It is included as a substantial and particularly well-preserved early nineteenth century smallholder's cottage, retaining its traditional character and detailing, extending even to the limewashing applied only to the principal house part. It forms a distinctive component in the landscape of settlement/encroachment associated with the dual economy of subsistence agriculture and slate quarrying.

Source:- Cadw listed buildings, NJR 111/02/2011