Treberfydd

The house was built for Robert Raikes (1818–1901), grandson of Robert Raikes (1765–1837), a Hull-based banker. Robert Raikes was a prominent member of the Oxford-based Christian Tractarian movement, and moved his family to Wales in order to promote his beliefs and assist in the development of the area. The house was designed by John Loughborough Pearson, a young architect who was just beginning to experiment with the revived Gothic style of architecture. Pearson had already done some work for Raikes in the Hull area, including a chapel for his grandmother. Pearson was also asked by Raikes to modernise the church at Llangasty and build a school – both of which are at the end of the lane…

The architectural historian Mark Girouard notes the influence of Augustus Pugin on Treberfydd's design. Robert Scourfield and Richard Haslam, in their 2013 revision of the Powys Pevsner Buildings of Wales series, follow Girouard, and consider that the house is "better than the massing of [Pugin's] Scarisbrick Hall or Alton". The house was built of stone dug out of the fields in front of the house, and is decorated with gargoyles, gables and stained glass windows. It contains a collection of furniture, numerous carved stone fireplaces and Minton floor tiles, all of which were designed by the architect. Treberfydd is surrounded by 11 acre of landscaped gardens. The house is Grade I listed,…