NANTCEIRO llanbadarn fawr, , , 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, 77 miles, 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 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 , continue on the A487 for approximately 14 miles, passing through the villages of and 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 Further amenities can be found in Aberystwyth which is home to the School. National Library of 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. The single storey property comprises a Sitting There is a range of outbuildings including a joinery workshop and rockery planted with heather. Situated above the house is a grass Room, Kitchen, Bathroom and two Bedrooms. woodstore which have been restored and provide a practical tennis court bordered with large, mature oak trees with wonderful views workspace. across the Rheidol River Valley. Y Cwch Gwenyn is a Long house in the grounds of Nantceiro which has the potential, with the correct planning permission and listed The Coach House and stables, situated at the main entrance along A kitchen garden with parterre and orchard is situated on the south building consent, to be converted into further accommodation. with ample parking, are currently being used as a garden store. west of the garden along with a potting shed and Y Cwch Gwenyn which is Grade II listed. The current owner applied for and was granted In 2002 the current owner was granted planning permission to erect planning permission on three occasions, to convert into a dwelling, this a general purpose agricultural building in the field connected to the has now lapsed. house, which is still valid. A rear parking area and driveway are situated to the West of the Gardens & Grounds property with access onto Fronfraith lane. The formal gardens extend westwards from Nantceiro. 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 lawn is a stone flagged sitting area with a Rose garden enclosed by an iron fence. floorplans N

Gross internal area (approx): House: 604 sq.m (6,500 sq.ft.) House Cellar & 2nd Floor: 296.5 sq.m (3,190 sq.ft.) Attached Barn: 122 sq.m (1,310 sq. ft.) Coach House: 85.35 sq.m (920 sq.ft.) Ground floor only

Ensuite Bathroom Bedroom 3 Bedroom 3 Study 5.47 x 3.68 Dressing (17' 11" x 12' 1") Room Drawing Room 3.65 x 3.08 (12' 0" x 10' 1") 3.68 x 3.10 6.71 x 5.24 (12' 1" x 10' 2") (22' " x 17' 2") Linen Cupboard

Ensuite Bathroom Cloakroom Laundry 3.04 x 2.48 Bedroom 5 (10' 0" x 8' 2") 3.16 x 3.04 Library Bedroom 2 (10' 4" x 10' 0") 6.36 x 4.99 6.40 x 5.02 (20' 11" x 16' 6") (21' 0" x 16' 6")

Landing Dining Room Kitchen Bedroom 4 5.03 x 4.24 3.82 x 3.57 4.23 x 3.80 5.10 x 3.80 Utility Room (16' 6" x 13' 11") Ensuite Bathroom (13' 10" x 12' 6") (16' 9" x 12' 6") (12' 7" x 11' 8") 3.69 x 3.0 Ensuite (12' 1" x 9' 10") Shower Room

Sitting Room Dressing Room 4.86 x 3.80 4.76 x 3.75 (15' 11" x 12' 6") (15' 7" x 12' 4") Lobby

Hall

Cobbled Yard Master Bedroom Ensuite Music Room Bathroom 6.37 x 4.99 6.37 x 5.05 (20' 11" x 16' 6") (20' 11" x 16' 7") Workshop 4.13 x 2.90 (13' 7" x 9' 6")

Barn 14.2 x 4.93 Ground Floor (46' 6" x 16' 2") First Floor Loose Box 4.17 x 2.93 (13' 8" x 9' 7")

Light Well

Loose Box Stables/Coach House Bedroom 7 10.79 x 5.49 Kitchen 3.84 x 3.10 (35' 6" x 18' 0") 5.65 x 3.68 (12' 7" x 10' 2") Bathroom (18' 7" x 12' 1") Home Cinema (incomplete) Office 6.19 x 4.33 5.70 x 4.22 (20' 4" x 14' 3") (18' 8" x 13' 10") Tank Room F ir 3.30 x 3.01 s t f (10' 10" x 9' 10") lo o Store r n o Storage t s h 3.52 x 3.40 o w (11' 6" x 11' 2") n Tank Store Room Bedroom 6 Room 5.08 x 3.91 5.15 x 3.92 Store Room Wine Cellar 5.48 x 4.34 (16' 8" x 12' 10") (16' 10" x 12' 11") 3.02 x 3.01 3.55 x 3.0 (18' 0" x 14' 3") (9' 11" x 9' 10") (11' 8" x 9' 10")

Bedroom 8/ Wardrobe Room

5.82 x 2.72 (19' 1" x 8' 11") Store Room 6.14 x 4.68 Stables/Coach House (20' 2" x 15' 4")

Second Floor

Cellars Land The fields extend to 15.9 acres and are suitable for livestock/agricultural use and may be accessed off the main N driveway. The Coach House

Services Nantceiro: Mains water & electricity. Oil central heating. Private drainage.

Frongog

Porthceiro: Mains water & electricity. Oil central heating. Private drainage. MP 93.5

Tyn Lôn: Mains water & electricity. Propane gas. Private drainage.

Tenure Freehold with vacant possession on completion.

Local Authority Frondeg

Ceredigion County Council 01545 570881 Issues Frongog Lodge 8.615ha 21.29ac Council Tax Grove Cottage Nantceiro: Band G

Nantceiro Porthceiro: Band E

Lodge Tyn Lôn: Band D

Method of sale FB The property is to be offered for sale by private treaty. Y Cwch Gwenyn

Porthceiro Fixtures and fittings Drain Bryn Derw All fixtures, fittings and garden statuary are specifically excluded unless otherwise mentioned within these sales particulars. NOTE - Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Map with the permission of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. © Crown copyright licence number 100024244 Savills (UK) Limited NOTE - Published for the purposes of identification only and Wayleaves, easements and rights of way Drain although believed to be correct its accuracy is not guaranteed.

Grovener Park MCL: 19351/NANTCEIRO3 Date: 22/04/2014 The property will be sold subject to and with the benefit of all wayleaves, easements and rights of way whether NOT TO SCALE The Cartographic & Design Team, Wessex House, Wimborne, Dorset. BH21 1PB mentioned within these particulars or not. Tel: (01202) 856800

Viewing Strictly by appointment with Savills or Jim Raw-Rees & Co Tyn Lôn Savills West Midlands Jim Raw-Rees & Co Energy Efficiency Rating Plans Hall Court, Telford 1 Chalybeate Street For identification purpose only. Not to scale. TF3 4NF Aberystwith, Ceredigion [email protected] SY23 1HS Measurements 01952 239500 [email protected] Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate 01970 617179

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