Remote and unique sixteenth century Game Keepers Cottage called The Round Lodge at Llwynwywormwood close to Llandovery. Being the gamekeepers cottage for the former neighbouring estate and is set in the middle of the woods. This cottage is quite bohemian, "very green and ecologically friendly", it generates it's own electricity, has it's own well for water, but visitors have remarked that they found very little difference to a normal house. This unique and romantic cottage still retains a Victorian gas lighting system but now superceded by self-generated electricity. The interior is furnished with William Morris style fabrics and is comfy and warm. Remote yet still only one and half miles from the market town of Llandovery accessed along a forest track, this is not the place for very low cars.
Cottage accommodation
Sleeps 6, 4 bedrooms. Spacious kitchen, dining room, gas cooker fridge-freezer, microwave, living room with chairs and sofa, radio/CD player. The sitting room has underfloor heating ensuring the cottage is warmr and there is a large woodburning stove, and a heating boiler in the basement. The conservatory has seats and table with views for 15 miles.
Off the kitchen is a downstairs shower room with toilet, handbasin and a shower room.
Up steep carpeted stairs to
Bedroom 1: double bedroom
Bedroom 2: twin bedroom
Bedroom 3: single bedroom
Bedroom 4: single bedroom
Three have washbasins, the opening windows are low to the floor.
A Family Bathroom with a bath, whb and wc.
Useful information
Bedlinen and towels provided
Electricity is generated on site via P.V.Panels and a wind turbine, also a solar hot water system and there are traditional plugs for ordinary use i.e. charging mobile phones etc.
No TV as no reception
Grassed garden with a barbecue and outside seating,
Pets welcome - dog but keep it downstairs or in the conservatory, lots of dog walkers here.
Summer house useful for bike storage.
The rear garden wall has a steep drop into the lower field.
The next house is approximately 1/2 miles away, Llwynwywormwood owned by HRH Prince of Wales.
The feeling of this cottage is one of complete isolation, peace and tranquillity, yet only a short drive into the small market town of Llandovery. The area is rich in wild life with nesting Red Kite, Buzzards, Goshawks, Peregrine Falcons and Owls, they are all outside the door and it is possible to visit a "bird hide" to see the hawks feed. There is a Kite Feeding station not far away near the small hamlet of Llandeusant. From the cottage there are miles of walks through woodlands, valleys, past waterfalls and rivers and over over hills and moorland onto the Carmarthen Fans and the Western Edge of the National Park. There is The Usk Reservoir Walk also excellent for mountain biking.
Llandovery 1.5 miles
Learn more about Llandovery and Brecon here.
You can make your booking online or alternatively you can book by calling our office on 01874 676446.
If you would like to speak to someone who has visited this property please ask for:
Elizabeth, Emma and Carolyn
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