The Old Rectory Llanbedr D.C. Ruthin North Wales

Vale of Clwyd, North Wales The Old Rectory Llanbedr D.C. Nr Ruthin Ruthin 2½ miles • Denbigh 8 miles • Mold 9 miles • A55 Expressway 13 miles • Chester 21 miles • Liverpool 31 miles (approximate mileages)

A stunning Grade II * listed Georgian Old Rectory in a tranquil setting in the Vale with elegant and spacious family sized accommodation retaining many beautiful original features Reception & Staircase Halls; Panelled Sitting Room; Study; Dining Room; Cloakroom; Kitchen; Cellar/Basement; 6 Bedrooms; 2 Bathrooms; Kitchenette: Dovecote; Coach House outbuildings; Lawned gardens with stream and pond. About 3 acres (1.2 ha) Freehold for Sale

25 Nicholas Street • Chester • CH1 2NZ • Telephone: 01244 328361 • Fax: 01244 310351 E-Mail: [email protected] • Internet: www.jackson-stops.co.uk

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HISTORICAL- The Old Rectory in Llanbedr, Dyffryn Clwyd was built in about 1692 and is an with their stone surrounds and hob grates. The doors, including their furniture, are also of extremely rare example of early Georgian architecture listed Grade II*. Described as an the 17th century. The windows are leaded in oak frames. The oak staircase has six flights of elegant and compact Stuart country house, it is of red brick construction (English garden-wall stairs with approximately 100 spindles, all hand turned and similar in design but each one bond) with distinctive hipped slate roof. It is the earliest brick built building in the area, for different. By the 19th century the house served as the rectory for the old church of St Peter, at the time no bricks were made in North Wales. However Denbigh was at the time a port which was superseded in 1863 by the Victorian St Peter’s Church. Minton floor tiles from trading with Holland and the Dutch vessels on their return carried used bricks from Holland the old church were re-laid in the hall of the rectory. Similar tiles are exhibited in the British as ballast, these were used to build The Rectory. The interior is centrally planned with a Museum in London. The house ceased to be a rectory in 1970. Since then three sets of raised ground floor and three panelled rooms. There are a number of exposed timbers in the private owners have lovingly restored The Old Rectory to modern standards of comfort. house, possibly reclaimed from shipwrecks. Most of the floor boards are 17th century oak, The cellars have been tanked, the roof insulated and central heating installed. However it irregular cut and nailed with hand wrought square-cut nails. The fireplaces too are original still retains most of its original surfaces, fittings and patina.

ACCOMMODATION

GROUND FLOOR

Curved stone steps lead up to the front door and

Reception Hall (NW) with Minton tiled floor, exposed ceiling timbers.

Inner Staircase Hall with oak staircase, with beneath Cloakroom with low flush w.c. and hand basin and door and steps down to

Cellar Basement with two rooms with red and black tiled floor and two radiators. Panelled Sitting Room (NW&SW) with window shutters panelled in oak, plaster moulded ceiling, stone and slate fireplace with stone mantle and solid fuel stove, walk-in cupboard with shelving, wig cupboard.

Dining Room (SE) with oak floor, French doors to garden, painted panelled walls with cupboards, stone fireplace with multi-fuel stove, wiring for picture and wall lights.

Study (SE&NE) with stone fireplace with open tiled hearth, window bench seat, built-in book shelving and wiring for wall bracket lights.

Kitchen (NW&NE) with quarry tiled floor, range of pine dresser units with work surfaces, cupboards, drawers and shelving, spotlights, wall shelving, single drainer stainless steel sink unit with mixer taps, separate basin, integrated equipment including dishwasher, two refrigerators and washing machine, Bosch induction hob, Bosch double oven and grill, concealed lighting, stable door to larder and door to outside.

FIRST FLOOR

The oak turned staircase leads up to the first floor landing with wiring for wall lights and

Master Suite comprising :

Bedroom 1 (NW) with oak floor, built-in triple wardrobe, cupboards and drawers, Georgian hob grate in stone hearth, airing cupboard with cylinder and slatted shelving, a door to

En-Suite Bathroom 1 with ceramic tiled floor and walls, w.c. corner and twin hand basins, bidet, panelled bath with shower, shelving, extractor fan, wall cupboards, 3 shaver sockets and door to landing.

Dressing Room (NW) with extensive built-in wardrobes with automatic lighting and cupboards.

Bedroom 2 (SW) with walk-in cupboard with shelving, stone and slate fireplace with Georgian hob grate, painted panelled walls. Bedroom 6 (NW)

Kitchenette (NE) with unit comprising stainless steel sink unit with mixer tap and twin electric hobs, washing machine, built-in cupboard and loft access.

THE DOVECOTE

This separate building is constructed in brick and slate with a recently restored glazed cupola and weather vain and comprises a ground floor room (14’ x 10’) with quarry tiled floor and spiral staircase to first floor room (13’ x 11’10”). There is an adjacent lean-to brick and slated garden and log store.

Bedroom 3 (SE) with built-in book shelving with cupboards beneath, walk-in wardrobe and stone fireplace with Georgian hob grate.

The staircase continues to the

TOP FLOOR LANDING

Bathroom 2 with panelled bath, tiled shower cubicle with electric shower, low flush w.c. and pedestal hand basin.

Bedroom 4 (SW) with Georgian hob grate

Bedroom 5 (SW) OUTSIDE Adjacent garden store with staircase to loft overall, garage DIRECTIONS (16’ x 15’ max) with double timber doors, garden The approach is off a quiet country lane through remote implement store (16’ x 12’) with double timber doors. To reach the property from Mold take the Ruthin road A494 controlled wrought iron gates to a gravelled drive which Fitness room (22’10” x 15’) with flagged floor, timber and for 7 miles and proceed down the Bwlch pass to Llanbedr swings past the Dovecote to a turning and parking area on glazed sauna. turning right opposite the Griffin public house, signposted the north west front. Llandyrnog. Proceed along the lane for about a few hundred NOTE yards and the entrance to The Old Rectory will be seen on COACH HOUSE STABLES the left hand side after the de-restriction sign. Plans were drawn up for the conversion of this range of The drive leads past the house beneath a magnificent copper buildings to a dwelling house and a letter is on file from the beech tree and leads round to the coach house range of Council approving the plans, subject to load bearing outbuildings constructed in brick with slate roofs, calculations. Authorisation was given too for the work to comprising as follows: boiler room and oil store housing commence. The coach house stables are therefore ripe for Worcester oil fired boiler and 5000 litre oil storage tank with development to provide an additional dwelling or holiday remote sensor gauge to the house. accommodation as required by a purchaser, subject to final planning permission. THE GARDENS AND GROUNDS

These extend to about 3 acres and are mainly grassed and screened from the lane by a spinney. To the north east there is a partly walled lawned area with a flagged terrace, pergola and logia. The stream runs through the wooded area and flanks an extensive grassed area to the south east. There are privet hedges, mature trees including silver birch and conifer with a wrought iron gate through to the coach house area. The remaining grounds are grassed flanking the stream with a pond and gate with a 300 metre track which also belongs (see plan).

OUTGOINGS Important Notice

Local Authority Jackson-Stops & Staff, their clients and any joint agents give Denbighshire County Council notice that:- Tel: 01824 706 485 These sales particulars have been prepared with great care and every endeavour has been made to ensure their accuracy. Council Tax They are designed to be interesting and informative within Band H. £2193.21 payable 2007/08 the strict confines of the Act. Any mechanical or electrical device listed has not been tested and cannot be guaranteed. SERVICES Similarly services have not been tested and cannot be guaranteed. Charges may be payable for service connections. Mains electricity and water. Private tank drainage. Viewing and further details Off peak electric water heating. from sole agents: Oil fired central heating with sophisticated control system whereby the whole house can be heated at an annual consumption of approximately 5000 litres (averaged over the last 10 years.) Telephone (subject to BT regs) 3 lines and broadband. Redcare burglar alarm system. Security lighting. CCTV camera. Radio and electronically operated gates. 25 Nicholas Street Chester CH1 2NZ Telephone: 01244 328361 Fax: 01244 310351

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