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Wales Online
3 days ago
- Business
- Wales Online
You don't expect to see a retro 1960's home sat in a field in rural Wales
This genuine retro mid-century home can definitely claim to offer a potential buyer a unique property package - and not just its distinctive design and opportunity to recreate the best that mid-century design offered within an original setting. The bespoke, architect-designed house was built in the 1960s and can still boast original features, design and layout inside and externally but arguably the most surprising aspect of the house is that it nestles down into the landscape within its own two acre paddock. This might not seem surprising until you discover that the house is located near the centre of the popular coastal town of Cardigan rather than as a slice of a rural village. The extra land offers the chance to enjoy outdoor living with scope to even establish your own urban smallholding, yet the town centre is within walking distance. For more property stories sent to your inbox twice a week sign up to the property newsletter here READ MORE: Dream home with sea views and steps to a private cove guaranteed to take your breath away The extra land also gives a new owner the scope to extend the house or even build a second home on the site - both options are, of course, subject to gaining planning permission with no guarantee of achieving it. Inside, the house has a linear layout off a central hallway, with an open-plan lounge kitchen diner with doors to the garden terrace and three double bedrooms. There have been modern updates in the kitchen and bathrooms as well as the windows but the 1960s soul of the house remains. The house offers a blank canvas for a new owner to get creative and bring their own personal design to the property - and if it's a cool, retro vibe then this house is more than happy to host it in a genuine and original mid-century design that includes wooden ceilings and wall, painted brick walls, and large windows. The scene is set for the new owner to enjoy adding classic furniture pieces from iconic companies such as Ercol and Eames as well as updated, modern versions of the bold colours and patterns from the mid-century era. Cardigan, or Aberteifi in Welsh, is the second-largest town in Ceredigion and boasts a rich cultural heritage. It has evolved from an important 18th-century Atlantic seaport into a stylish hub of arts, complete with theatres and galleries. Situated on the curve of the River Teifi, Cardigan maintains a vibrant small-town atmosphere with boutique shops, an independent bakery, a renowned hotel, a mix of visually engaging period properties and buildings, and marked coastal paths that lead you along the stunning shoreline. The mid-century gem offering original features with the scope to create an outstanding retro or sleek contemporary home, with the added bonuses of town centre location and that incredible paddock is on the market for offers in the region of £480,000 with Cardigan Bay Properties, call 01239 562500 to find out more. For more property stories and home content join our Amazing Welsh Homes Facebook group here.
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- Yahoo
Transforming a Norfolk stable block into a modern countryside home
Gallery owner Stuart Shave worked with architect David Kohn to create his dream contemporary home in the Norfolk countryside. Built on the footprint of a 19th-century Norfolk stable block and keeping a couple of the original brick walls, they scooped out the rest of the building and restructured it using a mix of glass, steel, oak, and oak panelled front door blends seamlessly with the external fabric of the building. A slim, freestanding clothes rail is ideal to keep essential outdoor wear to new living-dining room is big enough to take Stuart's heavy 3.5-metre American table, without dwarfing the antique side benches and little wooden stools. The whitewashed walls and polished concrete floors continue throughout the house, and the wall of windows is designed so that half of them swing open like doors to the garden beyond.A variety of plants in terracotta pots abound throughout the house. On the main dining table, an assortment of bowls, foraged finds and greenery give the space a relaxed, natural vibeThe ceiling soars to an apex of six metres, incorporating a chimney and fireplace that gives the impression of an updated baronial hall. Low-level, mid-century furniture includes a daybed designed by Charlotte Perriand, a contemporary of Le Corbusier and Jean Prouvé.Stuart has an instinct for furniture shapes such as these triangular-armed Pierre Jeanneret chairs which came from Chandigarh in northern India.A sandblasted-glass door pulls across to form a glazed wall, closing off the master bedroom from the hallway.A quirky find in London's Columbia Road market, these old cinema chairs make the perfect spot to sit and mix of whitewashed brick and timber continues into the bathroom (where the deep concrete bath is particularly good for washing dogs). Touches of mellower wood include the vintage stool from a local reclamation yard and a classic Ercol chair.A section of white wall has a dual purpose – cleverly concealing a walk-in shower and supporting a deep washbasin and vanity natural colours and textures in the bedroom create a calm, peaceful space to unwind. • For hire details, email stuart@ Follow House Beautiful on TikTok, Instagram and Pinterest You Might Also Like 7 hallway mirrors to create the illusion of space 13 bedroom wallpaper ideas to transform plain walls 12 garden furniture sets perfect for outdoor entertaining
Telegraph
20-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
This pub with rooms in an underrated Scottish coastal town should be your next weekend break
I've never laughed out loud at a Wi-Fi password before, but 'westendgulls' made me roar. It also helped me take a guess that – as I looked at the smart Ercol steam-bent wooden chair at the desk in my room and the bright, chic colour scheme surrounding it –that the Southgate in the beautiful little Fife fishing town of Crail, was a dream project for a gay couple. And probably from London. Like recognises like. It's exactly the kind of thing I'd do with an old pub in a picturesque fishing town in Scotland with my husband if we wanted to leave the capital. And we, too, would go to town with a disco pun to access the internet. It turns out, on chatting with the owner in the bar, that I was right. Although he has roots here in Crail - his grandfather had a cottage here, which was the family's summer retreat - he and his husband took a knackered-out hotel at the top of the hill above the harbour and worked magic on it. There was, apparently, mild panic from the landlord of the only other pub in town, that his business would be impacted, but he was placated when he realised that The Shoregate wouldn't take away from his loyal clientele who come for fish and chips and their £9 Pensioners Special (a great deal, no denying). The excellent thing about Crail is that it hasn't been minced like Margate, and reinvented. It's not cool, which makes it cool. Tourists come for the coastal castle walk, Crail Pottery, and the proximity to the golf at St Andrews. The Shoregate has immediately attracted locals as well as weekenders, and on a Friday evening the bar is full of friends with bouncy puppies, and local gossip. It could be any pub in Fife, apart from the brass pelican and monkey lights, the bonkers playlist of Nineties bangers (Urban Cookie Collective and Betty Boo), and the feeling that a lot of money and time has been spent tarting the place up, with pristine wood and stained-glass windows. There's also a cocktail list that you are unlikely to find anywhere else along this coastline. The Peruvian Pear comes with pear liqueur and ABA pisco (they missed out on a good pun there), and Two Drunk Monks mixes Bulleit rye, green chartreuse and Benedictine. Upstairs (a sign warns you in the hallway that the building is much older than your knees, and the stairs are wonky), there are four bedrooms, each with polished-up original architectural detail (windows set into the stone walls, ceiling beams), nice Missoni-style graphic carpets, comfortable sofas, and a colour scheme with a shade of orange that I imagine was laboured over, swatch after swatch, before being chosen. Pristine modern bathrooms have locally sourced Arran bath products and a wild gorse room spray, which smells like delicious biscuits. On arrival: glittery pink macarons next to the tea- and coffee-making tray, along with locally distilled gin miniatures. There's no room service, but they say they will nip up with a bottle of champagne if you really want one. Everything at The Shoregate is done really well. It feels like the family business that it obviously is, and the owners and staff couldn't be more in love with the town. As I walked about the cobbled alleyways and along the harbour, I fantasised about having a little cottage here myself. I'd be visiting The Shoregate for lunch or dinner at least once a week. Food is accomplished, ingredients are locally sourced, and dishes served, of course, on Crail Pottery. Portions are a little absurd though: the sourdough (which was really ciabatta) came as a half loaf, sliced up. My terrine would have served two. Ditto the tapenade-crusted pollock. I imagine the charcoal roast chateaubriand for two would do four. My only real complaint was that much of what I had was a little too… fried. But then, this isn't the kind of place to come for a salad for dinner. The dining room is pleasingly austere but feels as upbeat and breezy as the rest of the building. Flashes of colour come from the overhead lampshades, in that aforementioned signature orange. The windows face directly down the hill towards the sea, and on a sunny morning, the whole room glows, and reminds you why people move to these little coastal towns if they weren't born here in the first place. It's a big dose of happy. Just as the eggs Benedict portions are. Again: The Shoregate delivers in quantity as well as quality. And the place has a ton of atmosphere. I was woken up at dawn by gulls, possibly flying from the west, who knows. I felt far away from my own bed, but also curiously at home. Doubles from £180, breakfast included. There are no accessible bedrooms due to the stairs.
