Overview
- No records identify who built Ty Hyll or when it was constructed, a mystery highlighted by Visit Wales and renewed in today’s coverage.
- The Snowdonia Society stewards the property, whose grounds host beehives and a honeybee centre run by volunteers.
- The cottage now operates as a family-run tearoom open daily from 10:30 to 16:30, serving homemade cakes, scones, teas and coffees.
- Documented residents include shepherd John Roberts in 1900 and the Riley family from 1928 to 1961, with Edward Riley adding an upper floor and ground-floor extensions while working at the Towers.
- The society acquired the house in 1988, later restoring it after neglect and using it as offices until 2010, and visitors now praise the tearoom experience in recent TripAdvisor reviews, even noting a friendly robin nicknamed Bob.