Or a luxury New Labour open prison for terrorists.
Only fair.
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Originally posted by _V_It's the left hand wing of the building, so about 1/3 of the total in the picture.
5 ground floor rooms.
8 first floor rooms
8 Bedrooms.
And I guess you don't get any land, just access rights.
It is possible to get grants for building maintenance and such like, provided you agree to open the grounds and maybe even some interior rooms to the public for a certain number of days a year.
Even so, apart from the remote location, it would be a great place to live, especially if you had a large family.
I wonder why some enterprising person or consortium doesn't buy the whole lot and turn it into a boarding school. It sounds ideal for that.
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It's the left hand wing of the building, so about 1/3 of the total in the picture.
5 ground floor rooms.
8 first floor rooms
8 Bedrooms.
And I guess you don't get any land, just access rights.
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Originally posted by tim123Either someone can't count, or it's not all of it.
The ground plan shows 20 ground floor rooms and states 28,000 ft2 (sic).
tim
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Either someone can't count, or it's not all of it.
The ground plan shows 20 ground floor rooms and states 28,000 ft2 (sic).
tim
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Aberystwyth: 8 miles, Tregaron: 11 miles, Swansea: 100 miles
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What a pity - and I hoped that nice house is the first with sensible price
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Originally posted by AtWGrade II and "restoration" implies legally required work to do some very expensive restoration work? Okay, how much can that cost - another £500k?
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Originally posted by AtWGrade II and "restoration" implies legally required work to do some very expensive restoration work? Okay, how much can that cost - another £500k?
Grade II* means you cant do anything to the property without aproval from English Heritage and even then it has to be fully in keeping with the original fabric of the building. No central heating, no double glazing, no unapproved roof repairs - even if the rain is pissing in. You cant paint, decorate or do anyting to the place with it being approved first and everything costs 20 times normal prices because it has to be done by hand as a restoration work.
Carrying out unauthorised works to a Listed Building is a criminal offence (under Section 9 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990) and as such subsequent penalties can be heavy.
From the desription it sounds like there is a massive amount of work that needs doing just to keep it habitable.
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Grade II and "restoration" implies legally required work to do some very expensive restoration work? Okay, how much can that cost - another £500k?
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Originally posted by Emperor DalekNone, would be my reading of it. A bottomless money pit only for the likes of Threaded. The Grade II* listing spells trouble as well.
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Yes, now I've read it a couple of times, looks like a barge pole don't touch with a property.
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Originally posted by EqualOpportunitiesquite how much land you actually 'get' is a mystery to me...
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# Grade II* listed mansion house
# Potential for restoration
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