Set back and above the road behind front garden
with playing fields to rear. Built ca 1942, by Herbert North,
architect of Llanfairfechan. Said to have been built for Dr Alice
Paterson. Later owned by Emrys Evans, a former principal of the
University College; he built the adjoining annexe, probably designed
by P M Padmore, North's partner and son-in-law. Free arts
and crafts style, single storey and attic. Twin asymmetrically
gabled
front with pebbledash rendering. Green slate roofs, with swept
eaves carried to front on kneelers; central brick chimney stack.
Central broadly pointed arch, with brick hoodmould band, opens
onto porch more acutely pointed boarded and studded door is recessed
up steps flanked by 6-pane leaded windows - also to the return
walls of the porch. Cross frame windows to attic and 3-light windows
to ground floor, all with bell drip moulds. Similar windows to
side elevations and swept roof attic to right side. Kitchen projects
slightly at left rear and a low extension with hipped roof projects
beyond. Attached at right hand rear corner is the similarly gabled
single storey and basement annexe entered through a pointed arch
opening in the angle to the left (a right angle turn leads through
into the rear garden). 3-light transomed
and leaded window to the gable; brick chimney stack. Twin gabled
rear of house with cross frame upper windows and various additional
windows to centre.
The interior retains closely spaced ceiling beams. The Drawing Room at right has a pointed arch fireplace rising almost to the ceiling, flanked to the top by segmental headed niches and decorated below with blue tiles. The annexe contains a 1 bedroom flatlet.
Reference: Information from Mr I Allen and the present owner
