History

The building is located on the N-632 as it passes through Tornón (Villaviciosa). The house and the adjoining "porreo" (land reclaimed from the estuary by filling it with earth until it became firm enough for cultivation) belonged to Don Benito Cavanilles y Peón, married to Elvira Batalla Díaz, son of Antonio Cavanilles y Federici and María de la Concepción de Peón and Benaldo de Quirós.

The Cavanilles family, a wealthy local family, renovated the house around 1917, giving it its current eclectic style. It consists of two floors, with a portico on the lower floor and a wooden gallery on the upper. The tower combines lintel and arched spaces highly decorated with moldings and garlands. Don Benito later sold the house to Don Rafael Venta, an Indian from Mexico. Upon his death, his widow, Doña Magdalena, lived in the house until she decided to return to Mexico with her family. Ownership passed to Don Juan José Venta, and after his death, to his heirs, who transferred it to the development company.

Regarding its architectural features, it is a detached building, with two floors and an attic, and a tower body with another floor (at the attic level). Structurally, it is made up of three structural modules. The largest houses most of the residential program, the second forms the tower that adjoins the road, and the third, more open, would be the former gallery that opens at midday (now demolished).

The roof's gutters rest on beams, trusses, and gables that support the rafters. The floors of the first floor and attic are made of wood. The building was used as a single-family home on all floors.