An outstanding Victorian country house in the beautiful Vale of Clwyd with southerly views across its parkland. Additional property and land available.
The house is believed to have been built in 1880 on the Victorian romantic gothic style reflected in many of its wonderful features including the stone elevations, high pitch roofs and tall chimneys, a turret with a spire, stone mullion windows, exposed timber work and a wealth of stained glass which is said to include quotations taken from Byron and Keats. The house was built to take full advantage of its position with the principal reception rooms all having southerly views over the park. The present owner has carried out an extensive modernisation program which has included rewiring, the refurbishment of all the windows and stonework, a new kitchen and bathrooms, two new boilers, the creation of Japanese garden, rebuilding of the walled garden and other buildings. The house now offers comfortable family accommodation on a grand scale.
The owner of Plas-yn-Cwm is flexible about how much land is purchased with the main house, and indeed what else a purchaser would like to add. Currently the main house, workshop and music room, stables and stable field, immediate gardens (Japanese garden, vegetable garden, walled garden, orchard, ponds and landscaped areas), are for sale and extend to about 8 1/2 acres, and are offered at a price of £1.45 million. The guide price for the barn is £425,000 and the balance of the land and buildings (68 acres in various lots, the gate lodge and the gardener's cottage are available by separate negotiation).
Plas yn Cwm enjoys a wonderful location in the picturesque Vale of Clwyd with views to the hills.
Conveniently situated for access to the A55, the property is within daily commuting distance of centres such as Chester and Liverpool and the motorway network.
The Cathedral City of St Asaph is to the west and has a good range of day to day facilities.
The property has an impressive approach through double wrought iron gates, beside which is the lodge (tenanted). A winding tree lined drive with a paddock to one side, a pond and wooded area, leads up to the house dividing around a central island with a spur off to the barn. The immediate south facing garden is laid to lawn with a ha ha at one end giving uninterrupted views over the park. A rose border runs along the south side of the house. An adjoining lawn is partly enclosed by one wall of the walled garden and a single storey brick building incorporating a workshop and a party room with a cloak room, open fronted loggia and barbeque area and a decked sitting area. Behind this building is a small vegetable garden with raised beds and a paved path leading to an arch door into the reconstructed walled garden. A brick pier gazebo runs through the centre in the middle of which is a raised pond and pathways around the outside, borders and climbing plants. There are electric and water at strategic points. At the centre of the southern wall are a pair of lovely wrought iron gates flanked by pillars and steps to a recently planted orchard which has a further gate into the park. In one corner is the ‘garden house’. On the ground floor is a garden store, separate WC and sitting room with three rooms and a bathroom above (please note this property does not have a residential planning consent). There is a parking area immediately outside the garden house. The property also has a right of way over a back drive which continues to the back of the property and the walled garden and the garden house. A four bay general purpose building with block and slatted walls incorporates four loose boxes with room for more and a kitchen and tack room in one corner. Double doors lead out into a post a rail paddock. There are further paddocks adjoining.
property reference: SPCS_CHS090339
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