Dolorgan LL47 6YD.

A small 27 acre country estate.

11 January 2014: I have only just started building this site, so for the present here is my email (anybody sending spam will be permanently blocked at server level) HughHarris@gn.apc.org

use this reference: - Enquiry Dolorgan.

Current price is offers over £400,000

but that can change with the passage of time. Agents generally think we will be in a rising market this year, but I am quite keen to sell asap, so that might go in your favour.

Click for photos Try looking at Facebook/hugh.harris.144/photos/albums, where there is one album with Dolorgan photos. In the meantime I am working on making a photo album, but you can also see a bit through Google Earth and Streetview - and, of course, just do a search for the postcode. There are only two houses with this postcode and virtually all of the online references are to this estate.

This little estate

of 27 acres (27 acres is about the size of a small village) has been in my family since 1960 and in my possession since 1973. It is now becoming a bit tatty owing to my age but of course can easily be brought back to it's former good order. Both the buildings and the land are quite well known amongst country enthusiasts, as is Pont Dolorgan (Dolorgan Bridge).

Many people have enjoyed holidays here, my mother farmed it for a while, then bred horses, and during my childhood 8 acres of it were a market garden - a very good one. Those 8 acres could easily be restored to that use, but currently they are being grazed in the winter and producing sileage the rest of the time. They are bordered by a small river which is ideal for children to play in, with a few salmon. There is about 1/2 a mile of river frontage and some woods. Childrens camps have been very good here.

And of course there is ample space for other activities.I was thinking of starting another Alternative Technology (or Intermediate Technology) place but age is getting the better of me and so most of my ideas will go untried unless somebody else wants to try them.

The buildings

There are two barns, one of which is in a pretty sorry state but could easily be repaired and brought into use either as extra living acommodation or as a workshop/garage. It is about 620 sq. ft. (62 sq. Mtr.). The other barn is complete and waterproof and extending to about 1,600 sq. feet (160 sq metres). Some bats live in a section of this big barn (about 100 sq. ft./10 sq. metres) but do not have occupancy of all of it. They have their own 'room'. That's a lot of space.

The house is of unknown date, but apparently mediaeval, with lots of beams, eccentric little windows, a woodburner (plenty of wood from woodland maintenance), central heating, mains water, and everything out of date except the boiler

The National Park tell me they would allow an extension to the house of the same footprint as the house itself (1,000sq. ft./100 sq. Metres), and last time I asked they said they would allow the use of one barn as an annexe to the house - making a total potential domestic floor area of about 3,000 sq.ft./300 sq. metres plus the upstairs, plus the other bits (about another 300 sq. ft./30 sq. metres)

Attached to the end of the house is a building we used to call the dairy. It is big enough to make a tiny house or a granny flat.

And so if you were thinking of holiday lets there could be quite a few on the one site.

There are two entrances for vehicles, and the area immediately surrounding the house makes a very big garden or parking for dozens of vehicles.

There are about 2500 sq. ft, (250 sq. mtrs) of south-facing roofs, which, if used for solar panels, should provide sufficient electricity for the whole place. There is plenty of room to put up wind generators, and of course if you wanted (and had planning permission) you could erect thousands of square feet of solar panels.

The surrounding country

Quiet is the first word that comes to mind. Dolorgan is in a flat valley in which you might be able to land a small aeroplane. There is a private track right along from one end to the other (about half a mile away from the house). Perfect walking/riding country. Hills and mountains in all directions, a mile to the sea, half a mile to the village, 3 miles to Harlech (for kids, the castle is a good one). The house and barns are all close together next to an almost unused country lane in an area with a great many public footpaths.There is a small river along one boundary which people used to fish. The land being a half-mile long strip, it also makes a pleasant short ride or walk to the far end. There is a pub in the village.

Ffestiniog Railway, Porthmadog, Portmeirion are all nearby and there is a kind of country club called Maes y Neuadd half a mile away - plus an almost endless range of hotels.

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