Location

Aberclydach House is situated at the end of a tree-lined drive, just on the outskirts of Aber village in the famous Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park. The stunning Talybont Reservoir, the largest stillwater reservoir that can be found within the centre of the Park (about 318 acres) is also nearby and provides a tranquil setting for walks and bike rides amongst the wildlife.

The pretty village of Talybont-on-Usk is only about a mile away with village shop and pubs while good road connections provide quick access to south Wales and into England. The large market town of Brecon is only about 8.5 miles away, Crickhowell about 10 miles and Abergavenny about 16 miles.

Description

The property is currently in use as a retreat centre. In the past it has been used as a hotel and conference centre. The house stands in generous landscaped grounds and gardens with trees, shrubs and numerous out-buildings. The rear of the property is very private, looking down across the garden and fields to the Caerfanell river (which joins the Usk at Talybont) and then up across to a tree lined hillside. There is parking for at least 25 cars, at the front, side and rear of the building.

Aberclydach is centrally heated with a biomass boiler, and has a commercial EPC rating of A. The original stone Victorian property was added to in the late 1990's with a very sympathetically designed addition to provide further accommodation for the resident retreat centre staff. Although essentially Aberclydach is one large house, connected internally on the first floor, it is currently used for two distinct and separate purposes: as a retreat centre in the 'Main House' and for the resident Community who support these activities in the 'Community House'. Apart from notes about the overall number of bedrooms /bathrooms this information will detail these two areas in turn.

Accommodation
Bedrooms overview
In total the house has 22 bedrooms over three floors. This could be 23 if including a second-floor box room. The bedrooms are situated as follows:
Ground floor: Two bedrooms (accessible for people with a disability).
First floor -14 bedrooms, 10 en suite: Seven in the Main House and three in the Community House.
Second floor - Six bedrooms: Four bedrooms in the Main House and two in the Community House.

The 10 bedrooms with en-suites have the following facilities: one has a bath and a walk-in shower, two have baths (with shower overhead) and the rest have walk in showers, as well as a WC and wash hand basin. In addition there is a bathroom, a walk-in shower room on the first floor (both with WC's and hand basins) on the Community House side on the first floor and two bathrooms on the ground floor (one of which is accessible) as well as a two WC's ,one close to the bar area in the Main House, the other in the Community House side on the first floor.

MAIN HOUSE
Entrance
The main door to Aberclydach House opens to a hallway with hanging space, shoe and boot rack, the doorway to the cellar and a fire door through to the ground floor main carpeted corridor.

Library
The carpeted library is through a doorway to the right, from the high-ceilinged hallway. There is wooden book shelving, a large sash window with window seat and it has shuttered French Window style double internal doors, through to a large and bright sitting room/conservatory.

Sitting room/Conservatory
This spacious and bright room, overlooking the front gardens, is half glazed on almost three sides, as well as having two velux windows. It connects through to the library via the internal French Window style doors. It has a wooden flooring. It is also accessed from the main ground floor hallway.

Lobby
This wooden floored hallway area is currently in use as a book shop, with shelving, generous cupboard space and a deep window ledge. It has a half glazed external doorway leading out to the south facing lawned and bordered garden, and outside sitting area.

Sitting room and Bar area
A half glazed bright L-shaped sitting area, with a wooden floor and four velux windows which overlooks both the front and rear gardens. It has a double door access to the rear garden area, with a patio. At the far end is a bar (currently in use as a storage area) with a doorway through to a large storeroom (with meters).

Downstairs WC
To the left beyond the bar, is a doorway to a small lobby area, and a second door through to a WC with wash hand basin. This ground floor WC has a frosted window for privacy.

Conference Room/Meeting Room
At the heart of the main house is a wooden floored room, formerly used as a conference room, and currently in use as a shrine room for meditation practice. This room has three fully glazed internal double doors, two with full length shutters. There is also a sash window with original shutters. A further door leads to the ground floor hallway.

Cellar
The cellar is accessed from the Main House entrance hallway. The cellar door opens on to a staircase to the cellar/ drying room, washing room, with sink and storage space and a hot water cylinder.

Main House Dining Room
This simply presented, wooden floored high ceilinged west facing dining room is situated next to the ground floor main house kitchen. It has a bay widow, and views across to the garden, fields and hills. It can seat 30 people in its current configuration.

Main house kitchen
Accessed by a two-way swing door, the main house kitchen has space and facilities to provide for bulk catering. The kitchen has a large (calor) gas oven with six hobs, a Cater Brew Hot Water Urn, and a commercial dishwasher. It has a large walk-in cold store with shelving, and a further walk-in store. It has two sinks and one hand wash basin. It is bright with three widows and an external half glazed door. Located at ground level between the Main House and Community House, and accessed from the outside are the following:

Office
Beyond the Main House kitchen walking in a westward direction is an office, accessed by a lockable external door and key coded internal door. There is a lobby area for storage and pigeonholes and inside ample room for two people to work, with necessary office equipment, shelving, filing cabinets etc. Through the office is access to a drying room, with a hot water tank and meters.

Ground Floor accessible bedrooms
The next external door leads into a carpeted hallway and then doorways to two accessible bedrooms and an accessible bathroom with walk in shower, WC etc.

Main House First Floor
Stairs, with window overlooking the garden to the spacious first floor landing, with access off to two bedrooms, a door and through to a further five bedrooms all with en-suites. This landing has a doorway and step down into the Community House.

Main House 2nd Floor
Staircase to four additional bedrooms.

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