Plas yn Llan, Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant.
A prominent village home packed with character, charm and history, located just a short distance from one of the ‘Seven Wonders of Wales’, is new on the property market.
Available through the Oswestry office of leading regional estate agent Halls for £750,000, Plas yn Llan, Market Street, Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant offers so much potential and is just four miles from Pistyll Rhaeadr, tallest waterfall in Wales.
Originally the Sun Inn from 1704 to 1906, the property then became Sun Temperance Hotel and was used as a restaurant before becoming a private residence.
The stone-built property is packed with original features, including exposed timbers and beams, slate flagged floors, a kitchen with a barrel brick ceiling, once used to brew beer when it was a pub and former stables.
Owners Kate and Fergus Nicoll, who have lived at Plas yn Llan for 15 years, are now selling because they want to move closer to their two children and three grandchildren who live in Scotland.
“We shall be sad to leave because Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant is a really vibrant, functioning village with a butcher’s, two grocers, a newsagent and two pubs,” said Kate, former head gardener at Attingham Park, near Shrewsbury. “It’s a lovely community.
“That’s one of the reasons why we originally chose to live here. We were also looking for a place with plenty of space for our extended family but with not too big of a garden.
“However, being a gardener, I am always looking for a new project and we hope to find a new home in the Scottish borders.”
Unsurprisingly, the five bedroomed house, which is draped in stunning, white wisteria during the growing season, has perfectly maintained gardens, which will be open to the public as part of the National Garden Scheme (NGS) on May 17.
The gardens comprise a Mediterranean style, private courtyard garden and a back garden that’s essentially a large herbaceous border with meandering slate paths, packed with unusual flowering plants. There are no lawns to be mown, but a total of 16 trained fruit trees to bring a taste of Attingham Park into the garden.
The house comprises three reception rooms, conservatory and garden rooms, kitchen and pantry/utility on the ground floor. The first floor has a lounge area, three bedrooms, two of which are ensuite, WC and bathroom.
Two further bedrooms and an attic room are accessed from the second floor, which require upgrading. Kate says that the attic room could become a sixth bedroom but it remains untouched as she and Fergus “ran out of energy”.
The property also has two, one bedroom apartments, including a converted two storey, former coach house, which is filled with light and maximises the south facing aspect with 11 integrated solar panels
“Plas yn Llan has so much potential,” added Kate. “The new owner may decide to reopen a restaurant or use one apartment as a granny annexe and the other as an office, which I have occasionally done.”
A drive leads to the front of a garage, boiler and laundry room and parking for four cars. There is also ground floor wc, the walls of which are papered with local Ordnance Survey maps, ideal for planning a local walk in the idyllic surrounding countryside.
Kate explained that Plas yn Llan was previously owned by renowned gardener Frances Denby who was featured in The English Gardener 20 years ago when she, too, opened the garden for NGS.
“When we were converting the old stables into an annexe, we found scorched timbers which was evidence of a fire in 1920,” she added. “There are lots of local tales about Plas yn Llan, including one about a cow climbing the stairs, probably when it was a pub. Unsurprisingly, shortly afterwards, it was converted into a Temperance hotel!”
Viewing of the property is highly recommended by Halls who can be contacted on Tel: 01691 670320.
Originally the Sun Inn from 1704 to 1906, the property then became Sun Temperance Hotel and was used as a restaurant before becoming a private residence.
The stone-built property is packed with original features, including exposed timbers and beams, slate flagged floors, a kitchen with a barrel brick ceiling, once used to brew beer when it was a pub and former stables.
Owners Kate and Fergus Nicoll, who have lived at Plas yn Llan for 15 years, are now selling because they want to move closer to their two children and three grandchildren who live in Scotland.
“We shall be sad to leave because Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant is a really vibrant, functioning village with a butcher’s, two grocers, a newsagent and two pubs,” said Kate, former head gardener at Attingham Park, near Shrewsbury. “It’s a lovely community.
“That’s one of the reasons why we originally chose to live here. We were also looking for a place with plenty of space for our extended family but with not too big of a garden.
“However, being a gardener, I am always looking for a new project and we hope to find a new home in the Scottish borders.”
Unsurprisingly, the five bedroomed house, which is draped in stunning, white wisteria during the growing season, has perfectly maintained gardens, which will be open to the public as part of the National Garden Scheme (NGS) on May 17.
The gardens comprise a Mediterranean style, private courtyard garden and a back garden that’s essentially a large herbaceous border with meandering slate paths, packed with unusual flowering plants. There are no lawns to be mown, but a total of 16 trained fruit trees to bring a taste of Attingham Park into the garden.
The house comprises three reception rooms, conservatory and garden rooms, kitchen and pantry/utility on the ground floor. The first floor has a lounge area, three bedrooms, two of which are ensuite, WC and bathroom.
Two further bedrooms and an attic room are accessed from the second floor, which require upgrading. Kate says that the attic room could become a sixth bedroom but it remains untouched as she and Fergus “ran out of energy”.
The property also has two, one bedroom apartments, including a converted two storey, former coach house, which is filled with light and maximises the south facing aspect with 11 integrated solar panels
“Plas yn Llan has so much potential,” added Kate. “The new owner may decide to reopen a restaurant or use one apartment as a granny annexe and the other as an office, which I have occasionally done.”
A drive leads to the front of a garage, boiler and laundry room and parking for four cars. There is also ground floor wc, the walls of which are papered with local Ordnance Survey maps, ideal for planning a local walk in the idyllic surrounding countryside.
Kate explained that Plas yn Llan was previously owned by renowned gardener Frances Denby who was featured in The English Gardener 20 years ago when she, too, opened the garden for NGS.
“When we were converting the old stables into an annexe, we found scorched timbers which was evidence of a fire in 1920,” she added. “There are lots of local tales about Plas yn Llan, including one about a cow climbing the stairs, probably when it was a pub. Unsurprisingly, shortly afterwards, it was converted into a Temperance hotel!”
Viewing of the property is highly recommended by Halls who can be contacted on Tel: 01691 670320.
The courtyard garden.
One of the attractive, beamed reception rooms.
The kitchen with a barrel brick ceiling.
The Coach House apartment.
