Grade Ii Listed Victorian Country House with Views Over the Rheidol River Valley
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GRADE II LISTED VICTORIAN COUNTRY HOUSE WITH VIEWS OVER THE RHEIDOL RIVER VALLEY NANTCEIRO, LLANBADARN FAWR, ABERYSTWYTH, CERIDIGION, SY23 3HW SUPERB WELSH GRADE II LISTED VICTORIAN COUNTRY HOUSE NANTCEIRO, LLANBADARN FAWR ABERYSTWYTH, CEREDIGION Beautiful accommodation space Coach House & stables Further useful outbuildings Landscaped grounds & gardens Option to purchase 2 cottages Outbuilding & extra pastureland. By separate negotiation Situation Accessed via a private driveway which sweeps below the house through an array of mature trees, Nantceiro is approximately 1.3 miles from the village of Llanbadarn Fawr. The village is approximately 2 miles from the University and seaside town of Aberystwyth and has a 12th century church, a butchers shop, veterinary surgery, petrol station & local store. On the outskirts of the village is a retail park comprising a range of shops, supermarket and hotel. Further amenities can be found in Aberystwyth which is home to the National Library of Wales and the Arts Centre. The town has a wide selection of restaurants and shops including delicatessens, book shops, boutiques and supermarkets along with a hospital. The area is noted for its wonderful countryside and for walking and sightseeing particularly along the coastal path. The scenery of the Rheidol Valley can be enjoyed via a narrow gauge railway, which runs from Aberystwyth to Devils Bridge. Llanbadarn Fawr has a primary school and Aberystwyth has both primary and secondary schools to suit both Welsh and English speakers, including Penglais School, and Penweddig School. Schools in the private sector include Christ College, Brecon and Shrewsbury School. Aberystwyth Railway Station runs a regular rail service to Birmingham and from there links to London Euston. Regional airports include Cardiff, Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, and Manchester. Aberystwyth 2.6 miles, Cardigan 31 miles, Carmarthen 50 miles, Swansea 77 miles, Cardiff 108 miles, Birmingham 121 miles, Manchester 129 miles (All mileages are approximate). Description Nantceiro is an impressive, Grade II, Welsh Victorian country house dating back to 1847 with later additions in 1878. Nestled within its own grounds and surrounded by mature trees, the property benefits from wonderful views over the Rheidol River Valley. The house has been in the ownership of the current owner for 43 years. Over the past 20 years extensive restoration works have been carried out, particularly to the northern part of the house. The southern part is largely as it was when originally built. Subject to listed building consent (if required) there is still scope for further restoration, in particular the completion of the cinema room and conversion of the third floor accommodation. As a result of the restoration work, Nantceiro offers an elegant amalgam of period and modern, providing well-proportioned rooms and retaining many of the original features including, original sash windows with shutters, ceiling cornicing, original fireplaces with decorative inserts and wood panelling. In addition there are some new features, many of them using reclaimed materials appropriate to the building, including heated slate floors in the Kitchen and Breakfast Room, polished granite floor in the cloakroom, the parquet and wood block floor and Coalbrookdale fire surround in the Drawing Room, along with the elegant staircase from the master suite to the fourth floor in the southern wing, which has been made using reclaimed pitch pine. Nantceiro is for sale as a whole or in 5 Lots. Lot 1. Main house, Coach House, stables, work shop and gardens. Guide price £850,000 Lot 2. Pastureland to the east. About 15 acres (stms – subject to measured survey). Guide price £120,000. Lot 3. Ty'n Lon 1 bedroom cottage Guide price £125,000. Lot 4. Porthceiro 2 bedroom cottage. Guide price £140,000. Lot 5. Y Cwch Gwenyn (old longhouse with potential to convert (stp – subject to planning) Guide price £100,000. Whole property including all 5 Lots. Guide price £1.2m. Please note, Lots 2-5 will not be sold off before Lot 1. Lot 1: Nantceiro Main House Accommodation Ground Floor Double plate glass storm doors open into the impressive Vestibule with slate floor and the Entrance Hall with oak flooring. Three original archways lead off to an inner hallway and the formal reception rooms, all of which are mainly south facing. The Music Room has three floor to ceiling French windows offering plenty of light. Double panelled doors provide access into the Sitting Room which is currently used by the current owners as a family room. The Library is a mirror image of the Music Room with three sets of floor to ceiling French windows leading out onto the gardens and terrace. To the right of the main staircase a door provides access into the northern wing, the Kitchen and elegant Drawing Room with splay bay window and views over the formal gardens and terrace. The modern Kitchen is situated in the centre of the house and is fitted with white German units made by Poggenpohl with granite worktops, integrated Miele appliances, a four oven AGA and central island. The Dining Room/Breakfast Room is situated off the Kitchen and is fitted with handmade pitch pine sideboard with a sink fitted with a macerator, a Bosch under-counter refrigerator and a Bosch dishwasher. The kitchen and Dining Room/Breakfast Room are both heated with underfloor heating. The cellars are accessed via a modern wrought iron staircase, with pitch pine treads, which descends into the office which has a slate floor fitted with under floor heating. The room enjoys natural light from a lightwell, accessed via double oak French windows. Beyond the office is the partially converted cinema room including internet connection and connecting cables for a television aerial and a Sky satellite dish. There is a further wine cellar/storage room and WC. The Study, Laundry Room and Utility Room are situated in the northern wing of the property. There is access from the northern wing onto the terrace on one side and the cobbled courtyard on the other and from these areas to the gardens and stables. First & Second Floors The first and second floors can be accessed both from the main staircase and via a staircase in the northern part of the house. Both staircases connect the first floor by a central corridor. The main staircase splits at second half landing level. To the right, up a short flight of stairs, there is a large landing and off it are two large bedroom suites, to the left the principal suite and to the right a guest suite. The principal suite comprises a vestibule which has a vaulted ceiling and swing doors fitted with bevelled glass, a large bedroom, a bathroom, a dressing room, and, on the fourth floor, a wardrobe room and storage rooms which are accessed from the bedroom suite by a new pitch pine staircase. Access from the storage rooms is available via a lockable and alarmed door to the attic accommodation in the northern wing. The guest bedroom on the right, off the landing, has an ensuite bathroom. From the second half landing there is access to the first floor of the northern wing. On this floor there are three further ensuite bedrooms, two of them double bedrooms (one of which also has an adjoining dressing room) and another a single bedroom with an ensuite shower room. ExternallyGeneral Remarks and Stipulations OutbuildingsServices ThereLot 1. is Nantceiro: a range of Mains outbuildings water & including electricity. a joineryOil central workshop heating. and Private woodstore drainage. which have been restored and provide a practical workspace. Lot 3. Tyn Lôn: Mains water & electricity. Electric night storage heating. Private drainage. The Coach House and stables, situated at the main entrance along with ample parking, are currentlyLot 4. Porthc beingeiro: used Mains as a watergarden & store.electricity. Oil central heating. Private drainage. GardensTenure & Grounds TheFreehold formal with gardens vacant extend possession westwards on completion. from Nantcei ro. Immediately to the west there is a large terrace and beyond it a large lawn intersected by a stone path. To the left of the main lawnLocal is Authoritya stone flagged sitting area with a Rose garden enclosed by an iron fence. ThereCeredigion are steps County up to Council a further 01545 lawn 570881 area with deep borders and rockery planted with heather. Situated above the house is a grass tennis court bordered with large, mature Council Tax trees with wonderful views across the Rheidol River Valley. Nantceiro: Band G Lot 2: Pastureland Porthceiro: Band C The fields to the east extend to about 15 acres (stms) and are suitable for livestock/agriculturalTyn Lôn: Band C use and may be accessed off the main driveway. LotMethod 3: Ty’n of Lonsale cottage Ty’nThe Lon, property is a toweris to be house offered and for is salelet on by a privateShorthold treaty Tenancy as whole agreement. or in 5 Lots. It has Lot a 1 Sitting will not Room,be sold Kitchen, before BathroomLots 2-5. and a Double Bedroom plus cellar rooms accessed externally. LotFixtures : Porthceiro and fittings cottage PorthceiroUnless specifically is the gate described lodge to Nantceiro,in these particulars, is Grade IIall Listed fixtures and & wasfittings extended garden instatuary the 1970’s.and machinery The single ar estorey excluded property from comprises the sale though a Sitting may Room, be available Kitchen, by Bathroom separate and two Bedrooms.negotiation. Further information is available from the vendors agents. LoWayleaves,t 5: Y Cwch Easements Gwenyn and Rights of Way Y Cwch Gwenyn is a Long house in the grounds of Nantceiro which has the potential to be The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights, including rights of way, convertedwhether public (stp). Theor private, current light, owner support, applied drainage, for and waswater, granted and electricity planning suppliespermission and on any three occasions to convert into a dwelling.