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A very rare opportunity to buy a substantial part of an historic
Grade 2 Listed Manor House set in around 5 acres of superb grounds
part of which will be communal gardens for the four properties
onsite overlooking the beautiful River Teifi on one of its
loveliest stretches. Conditional Listed Building Consent Ref ; 22
0964 LB has recently been achieved May 23 see details attached, to
subdivide the House into four units, one of the four has now been
sold with two others currently available. This listing is to be
called Castle House and is the larger of the two available see the
other listing for the smaller property for £295,000 called Hammett
House . Castle House has 8 bedrooms with 6 ensuite bathrooms and is
on three floors which includes a 2 bed self contained flat on the
top floor. The first and second floors are in good condition whilst
the ground floor will need some remedial works to accommodate the
various alterations as required by the subdivision and the Listed
Building Consent. This property will have its own gardens as well
as right of access to the extensive landscaped communal gardens
surrounding the House. A Management Company has been set up called
Castell Malgwyn Management Company to handle the affairs of the
four properties involved. Enjoy owning and living in part of an
historic Country House situated a short drive to the coast and
located in a beautiful setting.
Ground Floor
General Information Castle House
As can be seen from the pictures on Castle House the majority of
the ground floor and none of the first floor need work at all,
however the second floor could use a refresh to bring it back up to
current standards.
Parts of the ground floor would need work done to make a nicer main
entrance for Castle House and to install a kitchen and to do
various other alterations as required by the planning consents.
As well as private gardens marked in green on the attached map the
new owners of Castle House would also enjoy full use of the large
communal Manor House gardens.
Castle House will have its own mains electric supply, mains water
and a communally shared private drainage arrangement.
In addition to the Listed Building Consent the standard Planning
Consents have also recently been obtained in circa June 2023.
History of the House
The present house was constructed c.1795 for Sir Benjamin
Hammet, a wealthy entrepreneur from Taunton, Somerset, who bought
the estate in 1791. It is built in three storeys of local Cilgerran
stone with a hipped slate roof, a five bay frontage and a two
storey wing. It replaced a previous house and was originally named
Castle Malgwyn.
Hammet, who founded and co owned the bank of Esdaile, Hammet & Co.
was elected MP for his home town of Taunton in 1782.
After Hammet's death in 1802 the estate passed to his son, John. On
John's early death in 1811 the house contents were sold. When Sir
Benjamin's wife Lady Louisa died in 1824 the estate was sold to
Abel Anthony Gower of Glandovan, who let the property. On Gower's
death in 1837 his nephew, Abel Lewes Gower, inherited and moved in,
investing a large amount of money on improving the property. When
he also died young in 1849 his widow remained in residence until
her own death in 1886, when it passed to Abel Lewes's brother,
Robert Frederick Gower, who had also inherited Glandovan from their
father. Castell Malgwyn passed down in the Gower family until it
was sold in 1948, and became a hotel in 1962.
The house was renamed Hammet House in 2012 in recognition of the
original owner.
Further extensive history of the house over several hundred years
can be found here at
http www.glen johnson.co.uk castellmalgwyn mansion hammett
house
Listed Building Conditions
C.1 Provides 5 years for the consent to be implemented work
started on site pursuant to this consent.
C.2 Details the approved plans and documents. Any departure from
the approved plans other than those authorised by the discharge of
the conditions below would require a separate Listed Building
Consent. Approved documents attached.
C.3 Scale drawings of the new timber work as listed will need to be
submitted to and approved by PCC BEFORE starting on site. ACTION
REQUIRED
C.4 Further scale drawings and details of the proposed extension
will need to be submitted to and approved by
PCC BEFORE starting on site. ACTION REQUIRED.
C.5 Details of the fire compartmentation of the walls and roofs
ceilings between each unit will need to be submitted to and
approved by PCC BEFORE starting on site. ACTION REQUIRED. This
requirement relates to Building Regulations compliance.
C. 6 Details of all services as listed in the condition within the
building will need to be submitted to and approved by PCC BEFORE
starting on site. ACTION REQUIRED. Some of these requirements
relate to Building Regulations compliance.
C.7 Details of any thermal element upgrades walls, floors and roofs
necessary to comply with Building Regulations will need to be
submitted to and approved by PCC BEFORE starting on site. ACTION
REQUIRED.
C.8 A photographic survey of the property needs to be submitted to
and approved by PCC BEFORE starting on site.
ACTION REQUIRED.
In addition to the above the following will need to be considered
and addressed before starting on site
• Building Regulations Approval
will be required before starting on site and implications of the
Building Regulations need to be considered as part of addressing
the information above.
Directions
From Newcastle Emlyn, proceed on the A484 to Llechryd. Take the
left turn over the river bridge and the entrance to Hammet @
Castell Malgwyn is immediately on the right hand side. Proceed down
the drive and past the entrance to the courtyard cottages on the
right. Proceed and then take the next right hand fork which goes
down beside Castell Malgwyn and continue down to the parking area
for Castle House & Hammet House.
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