3 Bedroom Detached House, Llwynygroes, Tregaron, SY25

Fine and Country West Wales are delighted to bring the beautiful Grade II listed residence of Fedw Fawr onto the market.

This very characterful and attractive, three bedroom detached home offers painstakingly restored and characterful accommodation throughout.

The current owners over the last six years have embarked upon a restoration of this historic Ceredigion country home and the property boasts characterful and period accommodation throughout.

The property offers two large reception rooms with opened fireplaces, a large hall with an attractive staircase leading up to the first floor, a very well presented kitchen / breakfast room which is the heart of the house. Additionally, there is a large utility room, a downstairs, shower and WC. To the first floor there are two very large characterful bedrooms, a very quirky landing and a large four piece family bathroom.

Set in very attractive grounds approaching two acres, the property has excellent driveway parking, a large and very useful workshop, beautiful grounds to the rear offering amazing elevated views which have been planted with a wide variety of flora and fauna. Additionally, there is in the garden a shepherd's hut (which is included in the sale). Viewing highly recommended to appreciate the wonderful restoration of this fine home close to the towns of Lampeter and Tregaron.

Vendor Interview:

There’s something hauntingly attractive about a once grand house that’s fallen into complete disrepair. It invites exploration and wonder at how it might once have been and, of course, how it could be once more. It was as if it threw a gauntlet down at us and said “come on then, fix me”. We do have a track record with historic houses and felt we knew just what Fedw needed. Some love for starters, but also the removal of decades of decay and inappropriate repairs and starting again. We knew what we were getting into and have used traditional methods throughout - or at least modern equivalents.

It took a special kind of vision to see past the cold and lifeless dining room where once they had mixed cement on the floor to it becoming a warm beating heart to the house. This was a five year project and by working away on all fronts the completed whole came together more or less at the same time.

Nearly all the internal walls have been re plastered, rebuilt where necessary; timbers replaced, woodworm treated, electrically rewired, re-plumbed, sash windows repaired, whole new maple floor from the study into the kitchen. And of course the aga. Ah! the Aga! Life revolves around the Aga.

And now, we are so proud to have returned a once neglected and moribund pile of stones to an inviting, homely and happy space. It is a privilege to warm ourselves in front of the ancient hearth and wonder at all who might have done the same over the centuries.

The gardens and grounds were equally neglected. With just one tiny patch of lawn in any level of maintenance, the entire rest of the grounds were anything up to ten feet deep in brambles. Our priority here was to create a mosaic patchwork landscape both wild and tamed. It is now managed for open ground, wildflower meadow and lots of patches of overgrowth interspersed by an intensive native tree plantation. We are proud of the nature we have attracted there, with our top field regularly producing broods of warblers. And a spotted flycatcher regularly makes its nest behind the house. Bird life has featured around much of Fedw. Swift boxes attached to the front and various discrete nesting holes in and around the stonework. And the shed has nest options galore, including one multi-storey tit palace. Another natural delight at Fedw is the ancient yew tree in front of the house. It bears fruit on a massive scale and when word gets out the thrushes come in their hundreds and is a spectacle to behold.