NANTCEIRO Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Sy23 3Hw
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NANTCEIRO llanbadarn fawr, aberystwyth, ceredigion, sy23 3hw JIM RAW REES Co A GRADE II LISTED WELSH VICTORIAN COUNTRY HOUSE WITH VIEWS OVER THE RHEIDOL RIVER VALLEY nantceiro, llanbadarn fawr, aberystwyth, ceredigion, sy23 3hw Vestibule u Entrance Hall u Drawing Room u Music Room u Library u Sitting Room u Kitchen u Breakfast Room u Study u Cloakroom u Laundry Room u Utility Room Tanked cellars comprising: Partially converted Cinema Room u Office u WC u Wine Cellar u Store room First floor: Principal Master Suite u A further 6 Bedrooms (4 En suite) Second floor comprising: Kitchen u Store Rooms u Family Bathroom Two separate Cottages (currently let out on SHT). A Former Longhouse (Y Cwch Gwenyn) Joinery workshop & former potting shed/woodstore Garden Stores and further Store Rooms Coach House & Barn with stables Formal Gardens & grounds extending to about 6 acres Grass tennis court Land extending to about 15.9 acres Aberystwyth 2.6 miles, Cardigan 31 miles, Carmarthan 50 miles, Swansea 77 miles, Cardiff 108 miles, Birmingham 121 miles, Manchester 129 miles (All mileages are approximate) Directions From the East or The Midlands: Continue on the A490 through Newtown, and continue on the A489 passing through the village of Llandinam and bypassing Llanidloes on the A470. Continue over two roundabouts and at the next roundabout take the second exit onto the A44 signposted Aberystwyth, passing through the village of Llangurig. Continue on the A44 for approximately 20 miles, passing through Ponterwyd and Capel Bangor and then the hamlet of Blaengeuffordd. At the roundabout take the first exit, continue for approximately 1 mile on the A44, with the River Rheidol on your left hand side and look out for a Tower house (Tyn Lon) immediately alongside the road on your right hand side. The entrance to Nantceiro can be found approximately 400 yards further on your right hand side. From the South: From Aberaeron, continue on the A487 for approximately 14 miles, passing through the villages of Llanfarian and Rhydyfelin before reaching Southgate. At the first roundabout take the second exit, continue down the hill, at the next roundabout take the fourth exit cross over two railway crossings and at the next roundabout take the second exit and immediately at the next roundabout take the second exit onto the A44. Pass Glanyrafon Industrial Estate on your right and the entrance for Nantceiro can be found on your left, a short distance after the next left hand junction. Situation The area is noted for its wonderful countryside and for walking and Accessed via a private driveway which sweeps below the house sightseeing particularly along the coastal path. The scenery of the through an array of mature trees, Nantceiro is approximately 1.3 miles Rheidol Valley can be enjoyed via a narrow gauge railway, which runs from the village of Llanbadarn Fawr. The village is approximately 2 from Aberystwyth to Devils Bridge. miles from the University and seaside town of Aberystwyth and has a 12th century church, a butchers shop, veterinary surgery, petrol station Llanbadarn Fawr has a primary school and Aberystwyth has both & local store. On the outskirts of the village is a retail park comprising primary and secondary schools to suit both Welsh and English a range of shops, supermarket and hotel. speakers, including Penglais School, and Penweddig School. Schools in the private sector include Christ College, Brecon and Shrewsbury Further amenities can be found in Aberystwyth which is home to the School. National Library of Wales and the Arts Centre. The town has a wide selection of restaurants and shops including delicatessens, book Aberystwyth Railway Station runs a regular rail service to Birmingham shops, boutiques and supermarkets along with a hospital. and from there links to London Euston. Regional airports include Cardiff, Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, and Manchester. 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 The Library is a mirror image of the Music Room with three sets of floor fitted with under floor heating. The room enjoys natural light from a new features, many of them using reclaimed materials appropriate to to ceiling French windows leading out onto the gardens and terrace. lightwell, accessed via double oak French windows. Beyond the office the building, including heated slate floors in the Kitchen and Breakfast is the partially converted cinema room including internet connection To the right of the main staircase a door provides access into the Room, polished granite floor in the cloakroom, the parquet and wood and connecting cables for a television aerial and a Sky satellite dish. northern wing, the Kitchen and elegant Drawing Room with splay bay block floor and Coalbrookdale fire surround in the Drawing Room, There is a further wine cellar/storage room and WC. window and views over the formal gardens and terrace. along with the elegant staircase from the master suite to the fourth floor The Study, Laundry Room and Utility Room are situated in the northern in the southern wing, which has been made using reclaimed pitch pine. The modern Kitchen is situated in the centre of the house and is fitted wing of the property. with white German units made by Poggenpohl with granite worktops, Accommodation integrated Miele appliances, a four oven AGA and central island. The There is access from the northern wing onto the terrace on one side Double plate glass storm doors open into the impressive Vestibule Dining Room/Breakfast Room is situated off the Kitchen and is fitted and the cobbled courtyard on the other and from these areas to the with slate floor and the Entrance Hall with oak flooring. Three original with handmade pitch pine sideboard with a sink fitted with a macerator, gardens and stables. archways lead off to an inner hallway and the formal reception rooms, a Bosch under-counter refrigerator and a Bosch dishwasher. The all of which are mainly south facing. The Music Room has three floor to kitchen and Dining Room/Breakfast Room are both heated with The first and second floors can be accessed both from the main ceiling French windows offering plenty of light. Double panelled doors underfloor heating. staircase or via a staircase in the northern part of the house. Both provide access into the Sitting Room which is currently used by the staircases connect the first floor by a central corridor. current owners as a family room. The cellars are accessed via a modern wrought iron staircase, with pitch pine treads, which descend into the office which has slate floor The main staircase splits at second half landing level. To the right, up northern wing. The guest bedroom on the right, off the landing, has The Cottages a short flight of stairs, there is a large landing and off it are two large an ensuite bathroom. From the second half landing there is access to There are two cottages within the grounds of Nantceiro. Both are let bedroom suites, to the left the principal suite and to the right a guest the first floor of the northern wing. On this floor there are three further on Shorthold Tenancy agreements. suite. The principal suite comprises a vestibule which has a vaulted ensuite bedrooms, two of them double bedrooms (one of which also ceiling and swing doors fitted with bevelled glass, a large bedroom, a has an adjoining dressing room) and another a single bedroom with an Tyn Lôn, is a tower house and has a Sitting Room, Kitchen, Bathroom bathroom, a dressing room, and, on the fourth floor, a wardrobe room ensuite shower room. and a Double Bedroom plus cellar rooms accessed externally. 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 Y Cwch Gwenyn Store 5.99 x 2.44 Workshop (19' 8" x 8' 0") 10.96 x 2.97 Wood Store (36' 0" x 9' 9") 10.80 x 4.15 (35' 6" x 13' 7") Workshop N Store 5.51 x 4.26 (18' 1" x 14' 0") Bedroom Kitchen 2.69 x 2.27 3.01 x 2.91 3.01 x 2.52 3.32 x 2.37 Porthceiro Cottage (8' 10" x 7' 5") (9' 10" x 9' 6") (9' 10" x 8' 3") Porthceiro (10' 11" x 7' 9") Bathroom Living Room 6.08 x 3.62 Store 5.07 x 4.38 (19' 11" x 11' 11") Bedroom 3.31 x 2.92 (16' 8" x 14' 5") (10' 10" x 9' 7") Tyn Lôn FLOORPLANS Kitchen 3.70 x 3.67 3.95 x 2.49 Living Room 3.68 x 2.72 3.70 x 3.65 Bedroom (12' 1" x 12' 0") Tyn Lôn: 48 sq.m (520 sq.ft.) excludes LGF (13' 0" x 8' 2") 3.66 x 3.64 (12' 1" x 8' 11") (12' 1" x 12' 0") Porthceiro: 66.3 sq.m (715 sq.ft.) (12' 0" x 11' 11") Y Cwch Gwenyn: 83 sq.m (895 sq.ft.) Outbuildings: 78 sq.m (840 sq.ft.) First Floor Ground Floor Tyn Lôn Lower Ground Floor (not habitable) Y Cwch Gwenyn Workshops and wood store Porthceiro is the gate lodge to Nantceiro, is Grade II Listed and was Outbuildings There are steps up to a further lawn area with deep borders and extended in the 1970’s.