Offers in Excess of £400,000 5 bedroom town house for sale Bryn Hyfryd Cader Road, Dolgellau

Tenure: Freehold

Situation

Bryn Hyfryd is located on the hillside just below Ffordd y Gader, within easy walking distance of the town centre. A gated tarmacadamed driveway leads to an ample forecourt providing parking and a turning space. A continuous veranda with cast iron fluted columns lead around three sides of the house from where the views across the Mawddach Estuary to the hills beyond can be enjoyed.Dolgellau is a busy market town and administrative centre for the Meirionnydd area. It is renowned for its distinctive vernacular architecture nestling in the foothills of the Cader Idris mountain range. It lies in the heart of the Snowdonia National Park, and the surrounding area is renowned for its natural and scenic beauty. The beautiful Mawddach Estuary is within a short
distance and the coast is only 10 miles to the West.The area is popular for a wide variety of outdoor leisure activities, including cycling along the Mawddach Trail and the Coed y Brenin centre,
walking and other outdoor activities.

General

Bryn Hyfryd is a particularly charming Georgian house reflecting the period detail and balanced architecture of the era. Constructed in the early 19th Century of substantial coursed stone elevations with a hipped slated roof, this is an impressive residence set in extensive grounds convenient to the town centre and its amenities.During the 19th Century the house was used for the circuit judges lodgings when the main reception rooms would have been utilised for many formal occasions and entertaining of the local dignitary. The house still maintains its sense of grandeur, while combining with comfortable family accommodation. A double front door opens to the impressive hallway with oak stairway and polished wood floors. All the reception rooms have high ceilings with moulded detail, attractive open fireplaces and are lit by broad sash windows with views over the valley. The dining room is particularly notable having a wide bowed bay window with panelled pine reveals and shutters, fireplace with regency style surround and broad arched recess. The attractive kitchen is fitted in a farmhouse style with Belfast sink and polished granite worktops and is conveniently situateddouble front door opens to the impressive hallway with oak stairway and polished wood floors. All the reception rooms have high ceilings with moulded detail, attractive open fireplaces and are lit by broad sash windows with views over the valley. The dining room is particularly notable having a wide bowed bay window with panelled pine reveals and shutters, fireplace with regency style surround and broad arched recess. The attractive kitchen is fitted in a farmhouse style with Belfast sink and polished granite worktops and is conveniently situated close to the dining room and cosy family sitting/breakfast room opposite.

The oak staircase with mahogany hand rail leads to a wide landing with a range of built-in linen cupboards off which lead the bedrooms and well fitted bathrooms and shower rooms. All the bedrooms have stunning far reaching views over the surrounding hills. The basement of the house has been converted to a games room, gym with sauna and whirlpool hot tub and store room.Bryn Hyfryd lends itself as a bed and breakfast and has the benefit of a disabled stairlift, with guests enjoying the many attractions in the area. However, the house is also a wonderful home ideal for comfortable family living and entertaining.

Outside

The house is approached down a tarmacadam driveway to a wide parking area to the front of the house and to the double garage.The garden is approached through a small courtyard to the side of the house from where the veranda enjoys a westerly aspect with steps down to the terraced garden contained within a boundary wall. This is mainly laid to lawn with a feature pool stocked with koi carp and an attractive seating area.