9 Bedroom Manor House, Glanolmarch Mansion, Llechryd, Cardigan, SA43

The front door — substantial, original, flanked by stained glass vestibule lights — opens into an entrance hall of serious ambition. Pitch pine panelled ceiling. Oak parquet floor. A beautifully carved staircase rising to a galleried landing. The proportions are those of a house built to impress guests and accommodate generations. From the hall, the house flows in all directions — a formal drawing room to one side, the west drawing room to the other, the dining room ahead, and beyond, an inner hallway in distinctive red and black quarry tile that connects the main house to its service quarters. This is the geography of a house designed for a way of life, and it remains entirely legible today.

A sunny, dual-aspect family sitting room with wood burning stove, commanding views across the front lawns and the long side lawn with its specimen trees. Exposed wooden flooring, stone fireplace, pitch pine panelled ceiling. This is the room where the house relaxes — warm, comfortable and lived-in, but no less impressive for it.

The principal reception room faces front over the lawns and rhododendron garden, a room of considerable elegance. Stone open fireplace, pitch pine and plaster ceiling, deep bay window. Provision exists for an adjoining orangery through the generous 7'3" side window, subject to consents — an intervention that would transform an already fine room into an outstanding one.

With its exquisite original plasterwork cornice, open fireplace, bay window and views to the rhododendron garden, the dining room at Glanolmarch sets an appropriate scene for entertaining. The table that belongs here seats twelve without difficulty, as the photographs demonstrate.

A practical cloakroom and separate WC featuring a wash hand basin set within a vanity unit, complemented by half tiled walls, radiator and side aspect window providing natural light.

Well-appointed with three radiators, multiple power points and dedicated BT/Wi-Fi connection point, making it a practical space for study or home working.

The family kitchen is a working room of proper scale, with tiled floor, oil-fired Aga (which heats the hot water), LPG gas hob, electric double oven and oak effect units. A particular feature is the row of original servants' bells, picked out in black against the soft white walls — a charming piece of social history still in place. The service quarters beyond are outstanding in both their extent and their original condition. A back corridor with exposed stone walls and curved picture window leads to the utility room, a store room with disabled lift to the first floor, and a stunning cold larder with original slate flagstones and slate salting beds — a room of genuine rarity. Beyond, what was the original servants' kitchen retains its inglenook fireplace and bread oven, latterly converted to a bedsit with kitchenette and wood burning stove. The intact character of these spaces represents a genuinely unusual find.

Beyond the kitchen, a stunning cold larder with original slate flagstones and slated salting beds — a room of genuine rarity, offering excellent storage potential and character.

A useful basement cellar accessed from the rear of the mansion via a traditional timber door on the ground floor. Currently utilised as a practical storage area, the space features original slate flooring and offers excellent potential for the storage of wines, preserves, household items, and seasonal belongings, all whilst retaining character and charm in keeping with the age and heritage of the property.

The front staircase rises to one of the mansion's great set pieces: a galleried landing, approached via the original pitch pine stair with its carved newel posts and twisted balusters, past the large stained glass window — dated 1885 JWS — which floods the half-landing with coloured light. This landing is a room in its own right.

The principal bedroom suite enjoys dual-aspect views over surrounding pastureland and the long side lawn, with a modern en-suite shower room.

A stylish and contemporary en-suite shower room featuring a large walk-in shower with side glass panel, vanity unit with inset wash hand basin and mixer tap, illuminated mirror, WC and electric underfloor heating. Finished with fully tiled walls and flooring, heated towel rail and side aspect window.

Generous double bedroom with countryside views.

A further generous double bedroom with feature bay window overlooking both the front and the rhododendron garden.

The family shower room is fitted with a walk-in shower, WC and wash hand basin, complemented by a heated towel rail and side aspect window providing natural light.

The Billiard Room - currently housing a three-quarter-length billiard table and floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, would make an ideal fourth double bedroom or study.

A further double bedroom of generous proportions, complete with radiator and multiple power points.

A versatile double bedroom, featuring fitted wardrobe/airing cupboard, wash hand basin, electric shower, radiator and side aspect window.

A well-appointed and contemporary bathroom featuring a panelled bath alongside a corner tiled shower enclosure. The suite also incorporates a WC and wash hand basin with vanity storage beneath, complemented by electric underfloor heating, heated towel rail and stylish tiled flooring. Recessed ceiling spotlights and side aspect windows enhance the bright and airy feel of the space.

A generously proportioned double bedroom, currently incorporating the disabled lift to the ground floor store room, offering flexibility for a variety of uses.

A spacious double bedroom enjoying dual aspect windows overlooking the garden and rear courtyard, with the added benefit of a discreetly concealed kitchenette, enhancing the room’s versatility.

The second floor offers the property's most compelling development opportunity. To one side of the stairs, Bedroom 9 (latterly the Gun Room) with exposed beams. To the other, three attic rooms — one fully boarded with leaded rooflights, one with front-facing windows over open countryside, and Attic Room 3 — L-shaped, 36'2" x 28'4" at its widest, with 14' ceiling heights, exposed A-frame and dual-aspect windows. During the Second World War this room was the gymnasium when the house served as a school. Today, subject to consents, it represents outstanding potential for additional bedrooms, a self-contained apartment, or a substantial home office suite. The opportunity here is clear.