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THE TWO BRYNYGWIN COTTAGES
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Ty Clyd
was the
stables
sleeps 5
3 bedrooms |
The Mews
was the
brewery
sleeps 2/3
1 bedroom
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Ty Clyd's entrance
is at the foot of the far stone steps which were the sole access
to what was then the hayloft and is now the two
upstair bedrooms with staircase up to them out of
the living room.
The Mews' entrance is
under the shade of the porch. Next door to each other, but
separated by thick Welsh stone walling, the two
cottages work equally well taken separately or
together. |
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 This next picture was taken from the same
spot as the one above, but looks in exactly the opposite
direction. So it shows what you
see from just outside the cottages' front doors - ferns
in abundance, and a colourful display of azaleas and
rhododendrons. At other times of the year there are
primroses, bluebells, wild garlic, wood sorrel, wood
anemone, rosebay willow-herb, and cherry and rowan
blossom or berries. To the left of the descending
driveway and of the level area at the bottom is the
house. The driveway leads off the picture to a choice of
either more driveway down left to the road at the bottom,
or of a right of way ahead on foot along what we call
'the country route' to the town which is just a mile
away. |
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the other (garden) side of the cottages, an 8'6" thick yew hedge separates
their gardens. It was grown from saplings gathered from
the main garden whose magnificent yew trees must pre-date
the house and were kept as the perfect background to all
the garden's other shrubs and trees. The picture, taken
from the
Mews' garden, looks up to Ty Clyd's round bedroom window. The other window is
that of the Loft
Bedroom, a twin-bedded room used from time to time
for extra sleeping capacity with whichever property. |
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Looking from the Loft Bedroom window (shown to the right in the picture
above) down the top of the cottage gardens' wall
past the house and over Dolgellau to the Aran
mountains 10 miles away near Bala. Ty Clyd's conservatory and
twin-bedded downstair bedroom, and the Mews' garden, all enjoy
this view of the distant Arans. |
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