Handsome Country House with income potential on the Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire border.



Description

Llwynybrain Mansion is an impressive Country House with original parts thought to date c.17th century with later additions in the following centuries. It is not Listed. The property offers generous living accommodation and has been a perfect family home. The house blends character features with a distinct “homely” feel giving it a welcoming and appealing touch. Over the years the owners have improved the house with a delightful dining room extension, new double glazed sash windows and doors and harnessed green energy with a biomass (wood pellet) boiler system. The original Coach House has also been converted to provide offices but could be adapted into other uses e.g. holiday/annexe accommodation (stp – subject to planning).

Accommodation Main House
Ground Floor & Cellar
An attractive stone vestibule leads to double French doors that open out into the welcoming reception hall with polished wood floor. On the left is the first dining room, again with polished wood floor and enjoying double aspect views of the garden. Adjacent is the cosy living room with beamed ceiling, far reaching views through double French doors leading to the side garden, and the warm focal point of a wood burning stove. On the right of the reception hall is the drawing room with a fireplace and views across the front garden. Adjacent is the generous second dining room enjoying plenty of natural light through the ceiling windows and double French doors that open out into the garden. A useful larder is located off this room. Double French doors open from the dining room into the warm kitchen with fitted units, island, integrated appliances and a smart cream coloured, oil fired, Aga range with a character stone arch surround. Doors lead off the kitchen to a useful boot room and separate utility room with shower room with WC. Steps lead down from the end of the reception hall to a useful cellar area with tool store with door to outside and an adjacent reception room that is currently used as a pleasant office with two windows and door to the garden.

First Floor
Stairs rise to the first floor accommodation that includes five bedrooms (one with an en suite bathroom). Two bedrooms overlook the side gardens while the remaining overlook the front garden. The floor is completed by a family bathroom with shower over the bath and separate WC.

Second Floor
Stairs continue to the second floor where there is a cosy sixth bedroom enjoying the use of an en suite shower room.

Externally
Office/meeting room/studio/gym
To the rear of the house is a large stone barn that has been converted to provide a dedicated office/meeting room area with a vaulted ceiling and A-frames that could also be used as a studio/gymnasium etc. Adjacent is the plant room for the biomass boiler system that serves the house and the large office building across the courtyard.

The Coach House Office Building
The current owners converted the original Coach House into a smart office building/business centre for their business. The building provides excellent office areas on ground and mezzanine areas under an imposing vaulted ceiling with A-frames. There is room for 10-12 desks and the building has good broadband, wifi and information and communication technology. The building also provides kitchen facilities, shower room and WCs. The building has planning permission for office use but has the potential for adapting to residential use (e.g. annexe, three bedroom holiday cottage) stp – subject to planning. Currently the owners use the building for their own business and obtain an income from two businesses on a rolling six month lease. There is the opportunity for purchasers to continue with this arrangement and have a rental income. We have been informed by the owners that there is planning permission in place to substantially enlarge the business centre (expires approx. 2026). Detailed plans are available to view.

Gardens & Grounds
The property enjoys an elevated position with far reaching views across the valley to the Preseli Hills in the north. A smart entrance drive leads to the rear of the house and courtyard with parking area for 10-12 cars. There is also a separate gated entrance to the stable area with more parking space. Landscaped gardens and grounds surround the house with lawned areas, patio seating areas, mature hedges, trees, a small arboretum, orchard (apples and pears), bushes, shrubs and flower borders. A small, fenced in, pond is within the orchard. In all, the property extends to about 2.6 acres (stms – subject to measured survey).

Additional details below Local Information.

Location

Llwynybrain Mansion enjoys an elevated position in the hamlet of Llwynybrain with far reaching views, only about a mile south of the town of Whitland, with primary and secondary schools and national rail service (connections to south Wales, London and Manchester) and the A40 providing quick access to neighbouring towns and the coast, about 8 miles away.

The popular shopping town of Narberth is about 7.5 miles to the west while the larger administrative town of Haverfordwest is about 18 miles to the west. Carmarthen town and the A48 M4 link road are about 15 miles to the east with easy access to South Wales and England.

The beautiful coastline fronting both Carmarthen Bay including well known villages and towns is within easy reach to the south and include Laugharne in Carmarthenshire and Amroth, Saundersfoot and Tenby in the famous Pembrokeshire Coast National Park - Britain’s only coastal National Park.

Square Footage: 4,048 sq ft


Acreage: 2.6 Acres

Additional Info

Manège & stables
The current owners have also invested in excellent equestrian facilities with an impressive competition size manège (approximately 60m x 20m) with lights and drainage that is also perfect for multi-recreational use. Excellent drainage features in the manège. If required, this area could easily be converted into a large lawned area. Further exciting ideas include a possible tennis court or an outdoor or indoor swimming pool (stp). A wooden stable block with two loose boxes provides useful shelter. There are a number of other useful small outbuildings used for storage, polytunnel and a poultry run.

General Remarks and Stipulations

Services, Council Tax Band & EPC
Mains electricity and water. Private drainage. Biomass heating system (wood pellet) for house, office barn and meeting room. Feed-in tariff income in the region of £7,000 - £8,000 per annum that is index linked for the next 10 years from 2023. Cost neutral. Two Electric vehicle charging points, one adjacent to meeting room and the other in front of the business centre. House Council Tax Band G. Offices 100% business rate relief.
House EPC = F. Business Centre = B.

Value Added Tax
Should the sale of the property or any right attached to it be deemed a chargeable supply for VAT purposes, such tax will be payable by the purchaser in addition to the sale price. The office building (Landsker Business Centre) is subject to VAT.

Fittings & contents
Unless specifically described in these particulars, all fittings and contents are excluded from the sale though may be available by separate negotiation. Further information is available from the vendor’s agents.

Wayleaves, Easements and Rights of Way
The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights, including rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water, and electricity supplies and any other rights and obligations, easements and proposed way leaves for masts, pylons, stays, cables, drains and water, gas and other pipes, whether referred to in the Conditions of Sale or not. Please check with the Highways Department at the local County Council for the exact location of public footpaths/ bridleways.

Plans, Areas and Schedules
Any available plans are for identification and reference purposes only. The purchaser(s) shall be deemed to have satisfied himself as to the description of the property. Any error or miss-statement shall not annul a sale or entitle any party to compensation in respect thereof.

Viewing
Strictly by appointment with Savills.