The sale comprised the large house named 'Ceris' plus 7 acres as part of the Treborth Hall Estate. The sale took place at the British Hotel, Bangor on 18 August 1953.
Now one of the longest established care homes in Wales. The original manor house was the dream home of a Victorian industrialist and has many of the original features. Since then it has been extended considerably.
In 1867 Treborth Isaf was purchased by Richard Davies MP who later purchased Britannia
Park, built the bridge across the Railway and the Lodge at the entrance. The Park area was
again part of the estate after just over 20 years.
In the 1890s the house Ceris was built by Richard Davies for his son John Robert Davies.
The house was built close to the suspension bridge and the Strait. The owners closed the
footpath which runs along the edge of the Strait depriving the fishermen of Ynys Gorad
Goch of access to the railway station via the Pilot’s Steps just west of the end of the paved
footpath. The fishermen then had to obtain access via the north bank of the Strait through
Coed Môr wood. To ensure privacy J R Davies purchased the island in 1915. Ynys Gorad
Goch was famous for its fish teas at one time.
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