Period home for sale is former school with "majestic" countryside views

This “very attractive” period home for sale has “majestic” views over the countryside and has character features throughout. 

Hafod Lodge, in Cwmystwyth, is a former school which was built for the Duke of Newcastle in 1837-1839. 

The school was built on the site of a lodge, and remained a school until the 1850s, being big enough to teach 90 children. 

The property is in a Tudor style, with a two-storey teacher’s house centred between two former school wings. 

Entering the property, on the ground floor there is a reception and dining room with countryside views, a marble horseshoe style fireplace, a coved ceiling and wooden flooring. 

There are two further reception rooms, the first of which has two period cast iron radiators and a coved ceiling, and the second of which has a wooden fireplace. 

The kitchen and breakfast room has a full range AGA oven, as well as a stable door and views over the garden, while completing the ground floor is a utility room and a bathroom. 

Moving upstairs, the first floor has a bedroom with an en-suite bathroom, four further bedrooms, one of which could be used as a study, and a family bathroom. 

Outside, there is a well-planted garden, a detached summer house, a partly wooded wildlife area, and an outdoor entertaining area with an outside bar and an outdoor kitchen strip barbecue.

There is also a parking area and a single garage, plus a heavy cast iron entrance gate with walling.

The property is for sale with Fine & Country for a guide price of £645,000. 

The agent commented: “Fine and Country West Wales are delighted to bring the very attractive period Hafod Lodge onto the open market. 

“This grade two listed character detached home sits in a privileged position with majestic views over the West Wales countryside and enjoys characterful and quirky accommodation throughout.”