Charlton Stores, 5 Denbigh Street, Tel: (01492) 642551 www.iwanmwilliams.co.uk Pleasantly situatedontheoutskirtsofpicturesque villageofBetwsyCoedcommanding acquire oneofthefinesthomesinareafollowing approximately 30yearsofownership. Improved andsympatheticallyrestoredbythepresent owners,thisisarareopportunityto A GradeIIListedfineperiodresidencesetinapproximately 5acresofbeautifulgrounds. a slightlyelevatedsettingenjoyingextensiveviewsover thevillagetoSnowdonia Guide price£495,000 Plas Muriau, Viewing highlyrecommended. Betws YCoed Mountain Range. Plas Muriau, Betws Y Coed, , LL24 OHD

Description A substantial country home set in approximately 5 acres of grounds and approached along a private tree-lined driveway to gravelled front circular hard-standing.

Built circa 1850 and lovingly restored by the present owners retaining original features throughout. The property benefits from wet and dry central heating. Affording: Entrance Porch, Reception Hallway, Living and Music Room, Dining Room, Breakfast Kitchen, Study/Butlers Pantry, Cloakroom, Pantry, Utility Room, Rear Entrance and Boiler Room. First Floor 4 Bedrooms, Bathroom and Shower Room. Range of outside stone built, outhouses/workshops with potential for development subject to planning. Viewing highly recommended.

Location Occupying a slightly elevated setting on the eastern side of the Living Room: 16'1" x 12'0" (4.9m x 3.67m) Attractive white marble village commanding extensive views towards the Snowdonia Mountain fireplace surround, cast iron inset and grate, marble hearth. Two double Range. panelled radiators. Mullion front windows. Picture rail. Historic decorative painted ceiling (refer to brief history). Square archway to: Betws y Coed is situated within the Snowdonia National Park, surrounded by woodlands and forest in an area of outstanding natural beauty where the tributaries of the , Llugwy and Lledr meet. Spectacular and Conwy Falls are nearby. The busy village, whilst retaining its rural charm, offers excellent restaurants and shopping facilities ranging from souvenirs, arts and crafts, speciality foods, walking and climbing equipment. The area appeals especially to walkers, climbers, naturalists, photographers, artists and anglers. The traditional market town of Llanrwst with its range of local shops lies approximately 4 miles north of Betws y Coed whilst the large shopping centres of Llandudno and Colwyn Bay are a further 12 miles north towards the coast.

Brief History Plas Muriau was built in 1850 for the Victorian gentleman artist, George Popkin. Popkin knew David Cox, and in a memoir Music Room: 11'10" x 11'10" (3.6m x 3.6m) Double panelled radiator, published in 1873 by Neil Solly, Popkin refers to having a sketching window to side and rear elevation. Recessed shelving. Window shutters. lesson from David Cox at the table, and this may very well been at Plas Side doorway leading to garden room and onto side terrace. Night Muriau. A few years later the property was taken on by William Drury storage heater, timber panelled walls and ceiling. Lowe of Derbyshire, who commissioned a Florentine artist, Pietro Romoli, to decorate the parlour ceiling in 1864. Plas Muriau is Dining Room: 12'1" x 16'2" (3.68m x 4.93m) Picture rail. Coving, two mentioned several times in the art historian Peter Lords book Clarence double panelled radiators, feature cast iron fireplace surround with slate Whaite and the Betws y Coed Artists Colony. hearth. Mullion window to front, window shutters, views across the Plas Muriau remained part of the Drury Lowe estate until early in the valley. Doorway leading to: 20th century and has changed hands only infrequently since then. It is still essentially a small, unspoilt Victorian Country house with a full range of original outbuildings. The accommodation affords: (approximate measurements only)

Enclosed Front Entrance Porch: With pitched gable roof and glazed windows, timber and glazed external front door, Minton style tiled and slate flooring, light connected. Timber and glazed door leading to:

Reception Hallway: Timber floor, radiator, balustrade staircase leading off to first floor level. Doorway leading to:

Breakfast Kitchen 13'8" x 12'2" (4.17m x 3.71m) Vaulted ceiling with skylight window, window to front elevation, shutters, double panelled radiator. Dresser style base unit and plate rack. Range of worktops with space and plumbing for dishwasher, space for fridge. Two bowl porcelain sink unit with drainer, mixer tap. Britannia cooking range with stainless steel canopy extractor above. Wall spotlighting. Doorway leading to:

Tel: (01492) 642551 www.iwanmwilliams.co.uk Rear Hallway: Outside door, skylight window. Electric meters. Timber woodland walk and stone kennels above. panelling to wainscot level. External rear door. Former stable with Dutch gable: Now used as a working pottery 3.5m x 3.5m (116 x 116) with a separate workshop behind .5m x 3m (116 x Rear Scullery: 12'5" x 8'2" (3.79m x 2.5m) Oil central heating boiler, 911). Mains electricity and external slate steps to loft above. porcelain Belfast style sink with timber drainer, hot and cold supply. Plumbing for automatic washing machine. Sash window to side Coach house/garage: Workshop and office at one end with new double- elevation. Drying area with high level shelving and coat hanging hooks. glazed doors, wall and floor insulation, mains electricity and telephone Rear Entrance & Boiler Room: 5.5m x 3.3m (181 x 11). Additional garage and storage sections. External steps to small loft above. Small Game Pantry: Shelving and slate cold shelf. Old potting-shed: Attractive stone-built, detached building with loft and window on to main courtyard. Boiler Room: Housing Baxi wood-fired secondary heating boiler and There are also two other stone-built wood stores, a polytunnel, outside timber store. Doorway to rear courtyard. water taps, slate-edged paths, and an enclosed vegetable terrace with raised beds. Rear Hallway: Radiator. Amtico flooring. Front paddock with separate access onto side road. Circular pond to front with gravelled driveway and hardstanding.

Small Study/former Butler's Pantry: 7'7" x 6'1" (2.3m x 1.85m) Corner Services: Mains water, electricity and drainage are connected to the wall cupboards, double panelled radiator, sash window. Walk-in pantry property. Oil and solid fuel central heating system. with range of shelving, cold shelf, slate flagged floor. Please note that none of the services, fittings, fixtures or appliances, heating/plumbing installations or electrical systems have been tested by To rear of staircase doorway leading to: the Estate Agent and no warranty is given to verify their working ability.

Basement Rooms: 6'0" x 7'10" and 19'2" x 6'0" (1.84m x 2.39m and Directions: Proceed along the A470 from Llanrwst towards Betws y 5.83m x 1.83m) Light and power connected, slate flagged flooring. Slate Coed for approximately 3.2 miles, take a left turning signposted Capel wine racks. Garmon on approaching the village of Betws y Coed, (i.e. Second turning to Capel Garmon from Llanrwst), and the access to Plas Muriau First Floor will be immediately on the left hand side. Landing: Skylight window, access to roof space.

Rear Shower Room: Low level W.C., pedestal wash hand basin, tiled shower with mains mixer shower, double panelled radiator, sash window to rear, extractor fan.

Bedroom No 1: 11'11" x 16'3" (3.63m x 4.95m) Night storage heater, picture rail, mullion window to front elevation with views across the valley towards Betws y Coed and the Snowdonia Mountain Range. Doorway to adjacent bathroom.

Bathroom: (With access from main landing). Timber panelled bath, low level W.C., pedestal wash hand basin, antique style mixer tap with shower adaptor, small window to front, wall tiling, extractor fan. Small convector heater situated below bath. Viewing: By appointment through the agents Iwan M Williams, Charlton Stores, 5 Denbigh Street, Llanrwst, LL26 0LL. Tel (01492) 642551. Bedroom No 2: 16'1" x 11'11" (4.9m x 3.62m) Timber panelled walls and ceiling. Wash basin, mirror and spotlighting. Shaver and light point. IMW/JAL - 17th March 2011/LL208 Double panelled radiator. Mullion style window overlooking front with views. This material is protected by the laws of copyright. The owner of the Bedroom No 3: 11'10" x 11'10" (3.6m x 3.6m) Feature fireplace with cast copyright is Iwan M Williams Estate Agents. The sales particulars iron inset and slate hearth. Night storage heater. Sash window to rear including photographic material form part of our database rights and elevation. Coved ceiling. copyright laws. No copying or distribution without authorisation or owner’s permission. Bedroom No 4: 11'10" x 12'1" (3.6m x 3.69m) Night storage heater. Wash basin. Recessed shelving/cupboard. Telephone point.

Outside: There are approximately 5 acres of grounds including a well stocked formal, part-walled garden, yew hedges and terraces, a wildlife orchard, several ponds and a stream, paddock, woodland which would be suitable for specialist rhododendron collection. For several years from the yearly 1990s until 2006 the garden was open to the public under the National Garden Scheme and was the regional winner of a Country Garden of the Year in 2006. Also included are a range of stone outbuildings:

Enclosed kitchen yard: Reached from rear doors, Original bakehouse with oven, outside store, wood store, W.C. and slate sink. Stone steps to

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