Glan Afon

A handsome country house standing in a delightful mature garden setting close to the coast with private access to a spectacular beach at Abererch Sands.

Accommodation in Brief

Storm Porch
Reception Hall
Drawing Room
Dining Room
Sun Room
Sitting Room
Cloaks/WC
Kitchen with Breakfast Area
Utility Room
Master Bedroom with en-suite Bathroom
3 further Double Bedrooms
Bunk Room
2 further Bath/Shower Rooms
Separate WC

Outside

Traditional stone outbuildings
Cobbled courtyard
Formal lawned gardens
Table tennis table & gazebo
Mature woodland
In all about 2.65 acres (1.07 ha)
Private access on foot to Abererch Beach

Location

Glan Afon is situated just beyond Pwllheli on the scenic Llyn Peninsula within close proximity to an attractive coastline and the popular seaside resorts of Abersoch and Criccieth. The property is set well back from the road and approached via a long drive passing through mature woodland. Glan Afon occupies a tranquil position standing in a delightful mature garden setting and from which there is private access on foot across open fields to an expansive sandy beach at Abererch Sands.

Pwllheli is a fully serviced town with a comprehensive range of shops, supermarket, pubs and restaurants which are replicated in nearby Abersoch and Criccieth. On the recreational front there are numerous golf courses locally at Pwllheli, Abersoch, Nefyn and Porthmadog, walking in the foothills of Snowdon, access to numerous castles and historic houses and the popular Ffestiniog Mountain Railway. For the boating enthusiasts there is a comprehensive marina complex in Pwllheli and the nearby South Caernarfonshire Yacht Club at Abersoch which offers a range of water sports and sandy beaches.

Communications

From Pwllheli access is good road to Caernarfon which has recently been by-passed and beyond which is the A55 expressway. The A55 allows for ease of travel along the North Wales coast to Chester and the national motorway network serving the larger conurbations of Liverpool and Manchester whilst to the east of Porthmadog the A5 serves to provide access for those travelling from Birmingham and London.

Description

Glan Afon is a handsome Georgian country house which was originally commissioned by the nearby Broom Hall Estate as residence for the Estate Manager. Dating in part from circa 1820 with later additions. The house has a particularly attractive façade to the north & west fronts with rendered elevations incorporating distinctive sash windows beneath a slate roof. In recent years Glan Afon has operated as a successful holiday lettings destination and the generous 5 bedroom accommodation, capable of sleeping up to 14 people, has been ideal for large groups and family gatherings.

Internally Glan Afon retains the charm and character of the original house with well proportioned rooms and attractive detailing including feature fireplaces, wood boarded floors, moulded ceiling cornices, picture rails and deep door architraves. An open fronted storm porch leads into the reception hall with staircase, attractive fireplace, window seat and built-in bookshelves. Off the reception hall is the drawing room which is a particularly light room with triple aspect, Minster style fireplace, bay window and deep architraves & panelling to the windows. On the opposite side of the reception hall is the dining room which incorporates a sun room. The dining room has an open fireplace with tiled inlay and white painted surround, picture rail and exposed wood boarded floor which extends into the sun room. The sun room is fully glazed with window seats and French windows opening into the courtyard.

From the reception hall is an inner hall of which is a cosy sitting room which containing an open fireplace with cast iron grate, built in cupboards, and picture rail. Off the inner hall is a cloakroom with w.c. and oval handbasin on a marble style top and at the end of the inner hall access is gained to the breakfast kitchen. The working kitchen is contained within a recess containing built in cream painted base units under wooden work surfaces incorporating a ceramic sink, plumbing for dishwasher, plate & wine racks. Within the breakfast room which has a quarry tiled floor is an oil fired Rayburn beneath a decorative mantle together with a separatee set of built-in cupboards, a Rangemaster oven & hob, extractor hood and Smeg fridge & freezer. Beyond the breakfast room is the utility room with back door to the courtyard and enclosed back stairs. The utility room has a built-in sink with tiled work surface, plumbing for washing machine and beneath the stairs a slate cold slab.

From the reception hall the front staircase leads to the first floor landing. The master bedroom is a double room with cast iron fireplace and built in wardrobe. The en-suite bathroom contains a roll top bath with shower fitting, low flush w.c. pedestal handbasin, tiled shower with glazed screen, heated towel rail, spot lights, part panelled walls and wood boarded floor. Off the main landing is a bunk room with adjacent shower room which also serves bedroom 2. The shower room contains a tiled shower, low flush w.c. pedestal hand basin, heated towel rail and wood boarded floor. Bedroom 2is a very large family room capable of accommodating 2 double beds and 2 single beds. Bedroom 2 has a double aspect, cast iron fireplace, picture rail and bay window. Off the rear landing are 2 further double bedrooms both with cast iron fireplaces and bedroom 3 also has a hand basin. Both bedrooms are served by a family bathroom with roll top bath, pedestal handbasin, heated towel rail, half tiled walls, wood boarded floor and walk in airing cupboard housing a hot water cylinder. On the opposite side of the rear landing is a separate w.c.

Outside

Glan Afon is approached via a splayed stone entrance with gravel drive leading through woodland to a wide parking and turning circle against the north front with central circular bed edged with box hedging and containing lavender and agapanthus. To the side of the house on the west front is a sweeping lawn bordered with rhododendron, camellia and holly. Beyond the immediate garden is an attractive parcel of mature woodland with a path leading to a style which provides access into a neighbour’s fields with footbridge across the river leading to the beach beyond the railway line. The wood contains Scots Pine, Oak, Beech and Sycamore underplanted with rhododendron and Spring bulbs including snowdrops and blue bells.

To the rear of the house is an attractive cobbled courtyard accessed via solid double gates from the front drive. The courtyard is a sheltered sun trap with seating area around which is a useful range of traditional stone outbuildings housing the oil central heating boiler, outside WC, playroom and a series of domestic stores, garden sheds and garaging. From the courtyard a path leads into a part walled garden with table tennis table and wooden gazebo beyond which is a lawned side garden with white painted wicket fencing and a gate into a neighbour’s field providing an alternative route to the beach.

Behind the house is a lawned formal garden enclosed by clipped box hedging and gravel paths against a series of shrub borders containing azalea, hydrangea variegated holly and a selection of specimen trees. The whole extends to 2.65 acres (1.07 ha).



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