Manordeifi, Wales

A Victorian manor of rare distinction nine bedrooms, nine acres, 140 years of history Commissioned in 1885 by a wealthy man, designed by George Morgan of Carmarthen architect of courtyards and churches in the southwest of Wales Glanolmarch has stood in the Teifi valley for 140 years. Stone from Cilgerran cut by hand. Stone mullions. The stained glass dated to the year of completion. This is not a house that merely aspires to grandeurit was built for that. Situated in nearly four acres of mature gardens and outbuildings with a courtyard in the village of Llechryd, a few minutes from Cardigan and a short drive from the Pembrokeshire coast, Glanolmarch offers something increasingly rare: a Welsh country manor of genuine Victorian origin, offered to the market for the first time in more than sixty years, without a chain. Nine bedrooms. Three principal reception rooms. A billiard room. A slip-lane/landing? (Note: "un débarcadère en galères" seems unclear; adapted phrasing to: a boat dock? If uncertain, keep neutral: a boat dock.) It has a carriage house. Stable block. Walled garden. Victorian glasshouse. And a second floor with significant further potential. The tree-lined approach announces what lies beyond before the house itself is seen copper beech and stately trees framing the approach as the Victorian architects intended. The drive is an assertion in itself. As the manor reveals itself three levels of Cilgerran gray stone individually worked with Bath stone ornament, steeply pitched slate roofs, pointed gables and a Gothic arched entrance with a mature climbing plant the scale and quality of what has been built here become impossible to ignore. The exterior is distinguished by its consistency: this is a house designed and built in one campaign, and maintained by a single family for more than six decades. The result is a property in remarkable original condition, with all the integrity of its architecture preserved. Open Day at the magnificent Glanolmarch Manor Monday 25 May | 10:0015:00 Glanolmarchar Manor, Llechryd, Cardigan, SA43 Further information