This two-storey gabled house, measuring 13 metres east to west and 5.9 metres north to south, reveals a complex building history through its architectural irregularities. The notably thick eastern gable wall, measuring about one metre compared to half a metre for the other walls, along with evidence of a blocked first-floor fireplace and a ledge at the upper level, strongly suggests this was originally part of an earlier, larger house that extended eastward. The southern entrance front features three bays with irregular fenestration, where modern windows have replaced what the current owner describes as original “rounded” windows; a door opening at the western end has recently been inserted where another of these distinctive rounded windows once stood.

The house’s evolution can be traced through various architectural clues and historical records. A two-storey square projection with a pyramidal roof extends from the western end of the north elevation, whilst plaster repair marks indicate where another northern extension was recently removed. Inside, many of the original door openings feature segmental arches, most now blocked, and a blocked segmental-arched doorway at first-floor level on the western gable, combined with repair marks, suggests the building once extended further west and north. The 1842 Ordnance Survey map shows square projections at either end of the south elevation that no longer survive, providing documentary evidence of the building’s changing footprint over time.

The site’s history stretches back to at least the 1690s when it was associated with Dean Rowland Davis, though the castle likely takes its name from James Davis, who was proprietor in the early 19th century. By 1820, the house was described as ‘castellated’, suggesting some attempt at giving it a more fortress-like appearance, and by 1881 it had found new purpose as a Constabulary Barracks. The farmyard, located about 10 metres north of the house’s eastern end, contains remnants of substantial rubble stone walls, including one with a distinctive semicircular eastern end measuring 8.5 metres in length. A two-storey stone farm building with an arched entrance, which bore a datestone of 1810, stood on the western side of the farmyard until its recent demolition, marking yet another loss to the site’s built heritage.