Property Details: - Type: Detached house - Bedrooms: 4 - Bathrooms: 3
Agent: The Greenroom - Swansea Phone: 01792 925269
Panoramic views, established gardens and a quietly exceptional rural lifestyle.<br/><br/>A beautifully remodelled former barn and dairy conversion, set high above the Towy Valley with remarkable views, generous land, and a rare sense of calm. This is a home shaped by landscape, light and a slower, more rewarding way of living.<br/><br/><b>The Property</b> - Ysgubor Y Barcud is a striking and thoughtfully converted country home, offering approximately 2,963 sqft of versatile, high-quality accommodation arranged around an attractive inner courtyard. Formerly a farm building and dairy, the conversion blends architectural character with modern comfort, including underfloor heating throughout.<br/><br/>The main living spaces are both generous and atmospheric. A superb open-plan kitchen and living area sits beneath a vaulted, cathedral-style ceiling with exposed timbers and a central circular fireplace, creating a warm and sociable heart to the house. The adjoining timber-framed garden room, with doors opening onto a terrace, draws the eye outward to uninterrupted countryside views stretching towards the Black Mountain range and the Brecon Beacons.<br/><br/>A further sitting room within the former dairy conversion features another vaulted ceiling, exposed beams and a wood-burning stove, with bi-fold doors opening directly onto the garden terrace—an ideal space for quieter evenings or entertaining against the backdrop of the hills. A galleried reception room overlooks the main living space and works beautifully as a home office, studio or winter snug.<br/><br/>The property offers four generous double bedrooms, all with en-suite facilities. The principal suite is particularly impressive, with a luxurious bathroom including a jacuzzi bath, large shower and twin basins. Throughout, the accommodation feels both well-considered and adaptable, suited equally to family living, multi-generational use or a lifestyle-led move to the country.<br/><br/>Externally, the grounds extend to approximately 7.04 acres, incorporating formal gardens, paddocks and a wildlife pond. The gardens are a genuine highlight, carefully planted with a wide variety of specialist plants and established productive areas. There are raised vegetable beds including asparagus and strawberries, a fruit cage with mature soft fruit bushes, and a charming lean-to orangery-style greenhouse housing established apple trees and a fig. A timber-clad outbuilding, currently used as a gym, offers further flexibility as a home office or studio. Carport, Dutch barn and ample parking complete the setting.<br/><br/>Tenure: Freehold<br/><br/>Services: Mains electricity, shared borehole water supply, non-mains drainage, oil-fired central heating<br/><br/>Council Tax: Band G – annual charge £3,270 <br/><br/>EPC Rating: F<br/><br/><b>The Location</b> - Set in an elevated position above the Towy Valley, Ysgubor Y Barcud enjoys a south and east-facing aspect with far-reaching, ever-changing views. From the gardens, there are panoramic vistas across rolling Carmarthenshire countryside towards Llyn Fan Fach, with Pen y Fan visible in the distance on clear days.<br/><br/>Despite its peaceful setting, the property remains well connected. The nearest pub lies approximately 1 mile down the hill, offering a welcome sense of local life, while the attractive market town of Llandeilo is around 7 miles (12 minutes) away. Llandeilo provides a good range of independent shops, cafés, restaurants, a supermarket, and both primary and secondary schooling.<br/><br/>The surrounding area is rich in natural beauty and heritage. The lakes and ruins of Talley Abbey are just a few miles away, while the Black Mountain range and wider Brecon Beacons National Park offer outstanding walking, cycling and riding opportunities directly from the doorstep.<br/><br/>For commuters, the M4 motorway is approximately 20 miles away, providing access across South Wales and onwards to the Severn Bridge, making this a rare combination of rural seclusion and practical connectivity.<br/><br/>
