Bryngwin: Country House, Cottage or Self-Catering accommodation in the foothills of Cadair Idris, Snowdonia

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TY CLYD HOLIDAY COTTAGE

3 Bedrooms: sleeps 5

Through the living room into the conservatory and the small secure garden which in turn leads into the 5 acre garden, there for all to use and enjoy. The twin-bedded room is off the conservatory to the left.

Ty Clyd is Welsh for Cosy House, and with two large storage heaters in its modest-sized living room, oil-filled electric radiators and fan heaters in each of the three bedrooms (a double, a twin and a single), and an 8.5 kW fully independent electric shower as well as a bath, the cottage lives up to its name.

The fitted kitchen only just fitted! It has a NEFF oven and hob and a sumptuous fridge with 3 star freezer compartment. As pleasing as the new kitchen's transforming use of limited space was the revelation of the window's original oak lintels.
	The view at the sink, looking more to the left than the previous picture would allow, might even have people queuing to do the wash-up! The sunlit slopes across the valley are those of 'Brynygwin's mountain' (Y Garn) whose top is just obscured in this picture by branches of a wild cherry tree as remarkable for its size as for its blossom in spring.

The double bedroom with its revealed oak beams and its 4' circular butterfly window was part of the hayloft whose only access then was by the outside stone steps. Two diagonally opposed segments of the window really do open! Here the camera is pointed to the Scots pines that are such a feature of the house's garden.

Looking the other way through the round window over the barn roof you can see high up across the valley the New Precipice Walk which is the goal of several of Brynygwin's printed walks and is considered by many to be one of the highlights of their visit for its stunning views over the Mawddach estuary. The track carried trucks laden with ore mined from the hillside for zinc and lead and the legendary gold. The activity would certainly have been observed from Brynygwin in the 1880s!

The twin-bedded ground-floor bedroom is linked to the living-room by the conservatory. It is spacious, cool and light, having two windows on opposite walls. The parquet floor, the window lintel of arching yew, the oak ceiling beam and the natural finish of the bedroom furniture combine with the lightness of the decor to give a suitably relaxing feel. The enlargement of the cottage by the addition of this room in 1968 completed the cottage's stable connection. The living-room, kitchen and bathroom were the horses' living quarters, the top bedrooms were the hayloft, and this was the harness room.

This is the view from the garden-side of the bedroom looking over the 8' 6" wide yew hedge to the 10-mile distant Aran mountains near Bala to the east. Two oil-filled electric radiators and a powerful fan-heater are a match for the coldest of weathers, and the room is plenty big enough for the use of a third (fold-away) bed should this be needed.

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