The school was thereby enabled to provide a basic training for many Welsh language speakers who wished to enter the ordained ministry — being one of the few establishments licensed for the purpose by the Bishop of St. David's.

This arrangement continued until the 1820s, when the existing school was finally superseded by a newly established college, which has since been transformed into the current University of Wales, Lampeter.

After lying almost derelict for some years, the building was more recently restored as a centre for the local community.

[2] The village also contains the slight remains of what was thought to be a simple motte and bailey castle founded by Gilbert de Clare in the 12th century.

The grade II listed chapel of St. John the Baptist in its present form dates from 1897.