Plas yn Dinas,to give it its proper name was built by Edmund Buckley in the 1850s who had visions of it being among the best mansions in North Wales, a dream he had no chance of realising. Having overstretched himself financially and gone bankrupt in 1876 he left to live in a modest abode in Aberhirnant by 1901 by which time the building was in use as a retreat for mentally handicapped gentlemen. From the collection of Gwyndaf Breese.