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Garreg Lwyd Cottage is a cosy, four star, Grade-II listed, c1825 stone built artisan cottage in a quiet cul-de-sac inside the walls of the 13th century walled town of Conwy. Use the cottage as your base as you explore the medieval town of Conwy, a Unesco world heritage site with magnificent walls and castle, and the surrounding area the, including the Snowdonia National Park and the beautiful beaches and other attractions on the coast.
Garreg Lwyd Cottage is a modernised, fully equipped self catering holiday cottage. There is a double bedroom and a twin bedroom suitable for two couples or a small family. The price includes bed linen, towels, tablecloth, tea towels, etc and electricity for heating, cooking and lighting. There are no extras.
FACILITIES
The fully equipped, all-electric, no smoking, no dogs cottage comprises:
• Sitting/Dining Room Free-Sat TV/Radio, CD-DVD, three seat settee, two easy
chairs, dining table and four chairs etc.
• Kitchen full cooker, microwave, fridge/freezer, washer/dryer, dining and
cooking crockery, cutlery utensils etc. for six persons.
• Rear Utility Porch for boots, raincoats, clothes line, fuel logs, mini
charcoal BBQ etc.
• Rear Patio, outdoor dining table and chairs, parasol, reclining chair, potted
plants and creepers etc
• Double Bedroom at rear with comfortable 4’6” bed.
• Twin Bedroom at front with two 3’ beds.
• Dressing Room, clothes storage wardrobes and drawers, Small dressing table
with mirror, hairdryer, iron and board.
• Bathroom instant shower over bath, wc, whb, immersion heater, heated towel
rail, fan heater etc
• Heating electric storage, convector or fan heater in all rooms, multi-fuel
stove in Sitting Room. Rear windows double glazed.
• Parking at the front door -unreserved
The Grade-II listed cottage is situated in the heart of old Conwy town, behind the famous Plas Mawr Elizabethan Town house, in a quiet cul-de-sac of about a dozen similar houses and bounded by the ancient town walls.
The slate roofed cottage was stone built about 1825 with walls nearly two feet thick and has a cosy olde worlde atmosphere in keeping with the area. It is furnished in cottage style but modernised for comfort. Heating, lighting and cooking etc are by electricity but there is also a multi-fuel stove in the Sitting/Dining room. The rear windows are double glazed but the front retains the old Georgian style.
The sunny private rear patio has many pot plants and creepers on the old wall, a small bbq, table and chairs for eating out.
On street parking at the cottage front door is reserved by a parking cone.
The quaint walled town of Conway is steeped in history and is a
Unesco Heritage Site bounded by river, sea and mountains, of exceptional natural
beauty.
Conwy town in county Conwy, North Wales sits on the Conwy River near the estuary
into the Irish Sea and is bounded to the south by The Snowdonia National Park.
The town is dominated by its thirteenth century castle and walls built in 1283
by King Edward-I during his battles with the Welsh. A statue of Wales’s
celebrated warrior Llewellyn stands in the town square.
The area offers numerous natural, man-made, historical and
recreational opportunities and is well served by modern high quality facilities.
Be it exploring the quant little towns castle, walls, medieval buildings, quay
etc. or enjoying the natural beauty of the mountains, lakes, beaches by car,
bicycle, boat, or on foot. The area is served by an excellent transport system
of trains and buses and an interesting network of roads, and cycle or walking
paths.
People come to Conwy to enjoy:-
• Conwy Castle & Town Walls c1283
• Plas Mawr Britain’s best preserved Elizabethan town house c1577.
• Abber Conwy 14th century merchants house.
• Conwy Quay: lively working and leisure quay, Mussel Museum, scenic boat trips,
sea angling. Smallest House in Britain,
• Telford’s 1826 Suspension Bridge, Stephenson’s railway,
• Riverside Walk to Conwy Morfa; marina, The Ballons estuary walk, WW2 Mulbury
Harbour prototype site memorial plaque,
• Sandy beaches, at Conwy Morfa (1.5 mile), Penmaenmawr (3 miles), Llandudno (3
miles).
• Bodlondeb Park, childrens playground, tennis, cricket and soccer pitches.
• Folk Evening every Monday at British Legion Club
• Royal Cambrian Academy Art Gallery in Crown Lane
• Restaurants, cafes, pubs, shops, fine old building etc
• Caernarvonshire Golf Club at Conwy Morfa
• Horse Riding at Pinewood Stables.
• Pensychnant Nature Conservation Centre near Sychnant Pass
• RSPB Nature Reserve walks and Café
• Bodnant Garden. World famous garden
• Venue Cymru Llandudno theatre/convention centre.
• Multiplex Cinema Llandudno Junction
• Snowdonia National Park; mountains, lakes, beaches, scenic drives, walks,
climbs, narrow gauge train rides.
Tel 077 249 00 367
www.stayconway.com
Conwy, Wales self catering holiday cottages