‘Viewers Rest’, Penybanc Farm, Llangadog, , SA19 9DU

A Self-Catering 1 Bedroom Holiday Cottage peacefully situated in the beautiful Towy Valley on the fringe of the Beacons National Park.

FOR THOSE INTENT ON MOVING TO , PROPERTY BUYING ADVICE IS AVAILABLE.

The accommodation:- An Open-Plan Living Room/Kitchen, 1 Double Bedroom, Shower Room, Garden with far reaching panoramic countryside views. Ample secure parking.

▪ Sleeps 2 (One double bed). ▪ £75 per night, min 4 nights. ▪ Electricity & Heating included. ▪ Bed Linen & Towels provided. ▪ No Smoking or Vaping anywhere on site. ▪ No Pets, No Wi-Fi.

Peaceful & Relaxing ▪ Glorious Views ▪ Shops, Pubs & Eateries 2 miles.

Situated in a courtyard setting on a 21 acre equestrian smallholding on the outskirts of Bethlehem/Llangadog, this traditional stone barn conversion provides an attractive and comfortable holiday letting cottage, blending country style with modern, well equipped accommodation. The cottage has wood-framed double glazing with deep internal slate sills, oil-fired central heating, and a private (U.V.-treated and filtered), water supply.

Please be aware that the cottage is part of a working equestrian smallholding with a number of rescue horses and two rescue Great Dane dogs.

Penybanc Farm Holiday Cottage, Llangadog Page 1 of 4 The cottage is ideal for a quiet, relaxing break. The views are fabulous and far reaching, taking in the beautiful Towy Valley countryside, Garn Goch hill fort, and the rugged range. Brecon Beacons National Park is almost on the doorstep, ideal for enjoying the great outdoors of Wales. The region is rich in beauty, wildlife, legend and history, with romantic castles here and there and numerous places of interest to visit within easy travelling distance. The magnificent Welsh coast is about an hour’s drive away.

Llangadog village is 2 miles distant, with a general store/post office, butcher’s, pubs and eateries, doctor’s surgery, small railway station on the outskirts (scenic to country line), and easy access to the A40 trunk road. Fuller town amenities are provided by the old market towns of and , both about 7½ miles distant, whilst is 21 miles and Brecon 25 miles away. The can be accessed 17 miles south of the property.

THE COTTAGE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES:

ENTRANCE: A wooden front door with courtesy light opens into the Entrance Hall.

ENTRANCE HALL: With slate-effect tiled floor, exposed purlin, cloaks hanging area, an opening through to the Living Room/Kitchen, and doors off to the Double Bedroom and Shower Room.

LIVING ROOM/ 17’4” x 12’. Vaulted ceiling with exposed A-frames and purlins, and feature KITCHEN: spotlights. Wood-effect flooring. Triple aspect, with window to the front, window to the rear, and half glazed external door to the side. TV with Freeview is provided.

The kitchen area offers a range of light-oak wall and base units with granite- effect work surface over, electric oven with concealed extractor hood above, stainless steel sink unit, tiled splashbacks, Worcester combi oil-fired boiler serving the central heating and hot water system, refrigerator, microwave oven, and washing machine. Electric kettle and toaster, cutlery, crockery, and cooking utensils are all provided.

DOUBLE BEDROOM: 13’10” x 13’. Vaulted ceiling with exposed A-frame and purlins. Wood-effect flooring. Dual aspect, with two windows to the front and one to the side. Bed linen is provided.

SHOWER ROOM: 8’8” x 5’8”. White suite comprising pedestal wash hand basin and close coupled W.C., large, mirror-fronted medicine cabinet, large shower enclosure with fully tiled walls with power shower, hand grips, slate-effect tiled floor, extractor fan, wall-mounted chromium heated towel rail/radiator. Towels are provided.

EXTERNALLY:

The property is accessed via a council-maintained single country lane near the western perimeter of the Brecon Beacons National Park. There is a long rising driveway to a large gravelled forecourt with your own parking space.

There is a seating area at the rear overlooking the ornamental pond and a lawned garden where you can enjoy fabulous views of the Brecon Beacons.

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Roads: Access to the A4069 (Llangadog-Brynamman) road is 1 mile east – the road that crosses the Black Mountain area (originally a turnpike road built in the early 19th Century). The A40 trunk road can be joined 3 miles north-west beyond Llangadog, providing a route across south-west Wales and to . The M4 Motorway can be accessed 17 miles southwards at Pont Abraham.

Llangadog is 2 miles north of the property in the Towy river valley, an old drovers’ and market village providing good local amenities including a general convenience store/post office, butcher’s shop, pubs with restaurants, St. Cadog’s church, primary school, doctor’s surgery, and a small railway station on the outskirts, which is on the scenic Heart of Wales country line running over 121 miles from Swansea to Shrewsbury. Llangadog Common is outside the village, offering pleasant strolls by the little river Sawdde, which saunters through on its way to join the meandering Towy river. An old cattle and sheep droving route once shadowed the Sawdde River Valley from the Black Mountain to Llangadog, and the track now provides a fine country walk.

Bethlehem village is 1.8 miles south-westerly, whose small post office becomes unusually busy at Christmas-time for obtaining that certain special postmark. Bethlehem is also home to the remains of one of the largest Iron Age stone-built hill forts in Wales at Garn Goch, a hill behind the village rising to about 700 feet above sea level, providing excellent walking and wonderful views.

Brecon Beacons National Park extends from Llandeilo in the west to Hay-on-Wye in the east, covering some 520 square miles, and incorporates the Black Mountain massif to the west, the Fforest Fawr, the Central Brecon Beacons, and Black Mountains Range to the east. The scenery is spectacular with countryside that includes high mountain peaks, gorges, waterfalls, lakes, open hills and moorland, as well as wooded valleys and lowlands with soft rolling farmland and clear meandering rivers. The park can be explored on foot, horseback, bicycle or by car, and is a haven for wildlife. There are Castles at strategic points on the boundaries of the park – at Hay-on-Wye, Brecon, Trecastle, Tretower, and Carreg Cennen. The 14th Century Carreg Cennen Castle is particularly impressive, being dramatically set atop a limestone outcrop some 7 miles from the property southwards near the village of Trapp.

Llyn y Fan Fach lies about 9 miles east of the property, a beautiful volcanic lake with its own legend, set beneath the summit of Bannau Sir Gaer in the Black Mountain, and the source of the pretty river Sawdde. In medieval times, the ‘Lady of the Lake’ appeared from the water, married a Llanddeusant farmer and had three sons to whom she taught the art of herbal medicine before disappearing back to the lake with her white cattle. Her sons became the first of the famous ‘Physicians of ’ (real life country doctors who healed with traditional herbal remedies in the area until the 18th Century). The little village of Myddfai itself is 7½ miles north-easterly, with an old church.

Mynydd Myddfai and the Usk Reservoir are about 11 miles north-east on the way to Trecastle. The reservoir is peacefully situated in the remote upper valley of the , at 1,050 feet above sea level, covering around 280 acres – being a haven for wildlife, offering superb walks and views, and popular with fishermen. The Usk rises in the Carmarthen Fans a few miles from the reservoir, and is about 60 miles long. The river is famed for its beauty and abundant wildlife and is one of the main salmon and trout rivers in Wales.

Llandeilo is 7½ miles south-westerly, off the A40, a small town retaining an old world charm, with narrow streets, Georgian buildings, single-span bridge over the Towy, distinctive shops, galleries, pubs and restaurants, main post office, etc., and railway station (). Llandeilo dates back to the 13th Century and stands in an elevated situation on the banks of the River Towy. The town was once the medieval capital of Carmarthenshire, but the development of Llandeilo really grew in the 18th Century as a market town and banking centre for cattle drovers. It once had corn and woollen mills as well as a tanning industry, and it is still an agricultural centre nowadays.

Dinefwr Park is just outside Llandeilo, with a 17th Century manor house (Newton House), woodland, mill pond, fallow deer and white cattle, and the Castle Woods Nature Reserve, which offers a walk to the 12th Century , perched on a rocky crag commanding stunning views along the Towy Valley. This Welsh 12th Century castle was built by Lord Rhys (Rhys ap Gruffud) and was the stronghold of the Princes of , rulers of south-west Wales in medieval times. It was later possessed by King Edward I as a royal fortress. The river meadows are a haven for a variety of birds and other wildlife. Penybanc Farm Holiday Cottage, Llangadog Page 3 of 4

Llandovery is 7½ miles north-easterly in the upper Towy valley, surrounded by hills at the north-western edge of the National Park. There is a good selection of shops, a supermarket, main post office, banks, doctor’s and dentist’s surgeries, cafes, restaurants, pubs, swimming pool, etc. and a Heart of Wales railway station. The town has a mix of Georgian and Victorian architecture, Norman Castle remains, a Heritage Centre and a well known public school (Llandovery College). Llandovery means “The Church Amidst The Waters” – since the river Towy is on one side, the river Bran is on the other, and the Y Bawddwr meanders through the town centre. This was once a vital centre for cattle drovers en route to England, and the very first bank in Wales was established here to accommodate their money – “The Bank of the Black Ox”.

Crychan & Halfway Forest lies to the north-east of Llandovery (off the A483 road), an extensive area with forest roads and numerous riding and walking trails. The impressive Viaduct is about 6 miles north-east of Llandovery, a major feature of the landscape with 18 arches, carrying the Heart of Wales railway line. 10 miles or so north of Llandovery is the RSPB’s Dinas Nature Reserve in the higher reaches of the Towy Valley, with wonderful scenery, ancient oak woodland, pools, waterfalls, and chances to see a wide variety of birds as well as otters by the river. A couple of miles further north are the great Llyn Brianne Dam and Reservoir, beyond which are vast uplands with rolling moors, sparkling rivers, and few motoring roads.

The Dolaucothi-Ogofau Roman Gold Mines at Pumpsaint are about 12 miles northerly in the lovely Cothi valley. The National Botanic Garden of Wales is 14 south-west of the property, featuring the Great Glass House designed by Norman Foster. Dan-Yr-Ogof Show Caves (350 million years old) and children’s Dinosaur Park are about 19 miles south-easterly from the property. One of the UK’s top theme parks, Oakwood Leisure Park, is 44 miles south-west.

Carmarthen is 21 miles south-westerly, the ancient county town and commercial centre on the Towy just before the river begins its long estuary to the sea, combining an old world charm of quaint narrow streets and traditional shops with bustling markets and modern shopping amenities, as well as art galleries, a theatre/cinema, leisure centre, swimming pool, university college, heritage centre, and a general hospital and county museum on the outskirts. The town is served by good rail links through Swansea to Cardiff, and main roads radiate out to all regions. The ruins of a Roman Amphitheatre are a town attraction, and the remains of a Norman castle built circa 1094 overlook the town and the river.

Brecon is 25 miles easterly along the A40, a historic market town at the confluence of the Rivers Usk and Honddu at the foothills of the Brecon Beacons and a popular base for tourists. It is well known for its medieval cathedral and heritage centre, Norman castle remains (in the Castle Hotel grounds), Georgian architecture, narrow streets, the ancient Christ College boarding school, and its annual jazz festival. is 30 miles north-east, a market and spa town nestling on the banks of the River Wye amidst beautiful, unspoilt countryside, famously home to the Royal Welsh Showground where the celebrated Agricultural Show is held each July.

The Coast is about an hour’s drive. To the north-west, magnificent Cardigan Bay is famous for porpoises, dolphins, seals, sea birds, beautiful beaches, and cliff top walks, with popular resorts such as Aberaeron and New Quay as well as secluded coves. To the south on Carmarthen Bay, the Millennium Coastal Park offers beaches, dunes, salt marshes, fens, woodland and leisure facilities, and Cefn Sidan Beach provides a 7 mile expanse of peaceful sands and dunes. The timeless Peninsula is a little further, jutting out to sea between Llanelli and Swansea, with a stunning coastline and beautiful, unspoilt landscapes.

NOTES: The proprietors give notice that these particulars have been produced in good faith and are intended only for guidance and assistance. These particulars do not constitute a contract or any part of a contract.

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