Llanerchydol Hall is a substantial country house in wonderful countryside in Powys. The property was originally built in the gothic revival style by a wealthy tea trader in 1776 but has been subsequently updated over the years. At one point the house was divided into two, but has undergone major restoration and refurbishment and is considered in very good order throughout as a single property.
The main part of the house is what was known as the East Wing, and has the formal entertaining rooms and bedroom suites which have high moulded ceilings, stunning marble fireplaces and polished floors, all centered around an impressive hallway.
A bay orangery connects the two parts of the property. The West Wing is more informal and has lots of charcter, including an old bakery and an observatory as well as the fantastic Victorian kitchen. There is a staff apartment to the rear of the house.
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Accommodation in total comprises:
East Wing Reception hall, double drawing room, formal dining room, kitchen, study, orangery, seven bedrooms and three bathrooms, plus two shower rooms.
West Wing Hall, great kitchen, two reception rooms, pantry, study, six bedrooms, two bathrooms, dressing rooms, observatory, old bakery and the estate office.
The apartment has two bedrooms and a sitting room and kitchen.
Outside are the cobbled courtyard, the coach house and the stables. To the rear the woodland houses a gun room, a games room, an ice house and the old hunt kennels.
The parkland was landscaped beautifully by John Repton with a Japanese garden and very bold planting; the rest of the 61 acres of parkland is currently let.
Llanerchydol has breathtaking views out over the Montgomeryshire/Shropshire borderlands yet is less than a mile from the market town of Welshpool, while the railway station is just two miles.
The guide price is £1,950,000. For further information please contact Savills on 01952 239 500 or visit www.savills.co.uk.
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