[1] Architect Clough Williams-Ellis bought the Aber Iâ estate in 1925 as the location for his project to build an eccentric, eclectic village, which he accomplished between 1925 and 1975.

[2] Williams-Ellis needed to fund his project, he achieved this by developing the Aber Iâ villa as a luxury hotel, using other buildings in his village as restaurants or cottages to rent.

In 1930 Williams-Ellis added a loggia ("Casino") as well as a recreation in concrete of a Breton boat, the Amis Reunis.

[1] An 18th-century staircase that had been incorporated in the original house was destroyed, as well as carved panels in the library, and the hotel bar which had been made from timbers from Britain's last active man-of-war ship, the HMS Arethusa.

[6] According to a review by The Telegraph, the hotel itself has 14 rooms ("traditional") with an additional 32 ("cosy but quirky") in the nearby village.