Babel, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire

Description

Tucked away in a peaceful valley setting, this appealing 14-acre smallholding offers the perfect blend of rural charm, practical space, and lifestyle opportunity. Just 3 miles from the A40 between Brecon and Llandovery, the property is well-connected yet wonderfully secluded. At its heart is a well-maintained period cottage featuring three bedrooms and two comfortable reception rooms, full of character and warmth. Adjoining the cottage is a traditional range of stone barns, offering scope for future use, alongside a modern portal frame building—ideal for storage, workshop space, or agricultural needs. The land is a mix of gently sloping pasture and a generous expanse of deciduous woodland, complete with a natural stream—perfect for those seeking a smallholding, hobby farm, or simply the peace and privacy of country life. Practical features include solar PV panels to help reduce energy costs and a spring-fed water supply, adding to the property’s sustainability and appeal

Location

Situated in a tranquil valley within the rural community of Babel, this property enjoys a peaceful setting amidst rolling farmland and forestry. The surrounding landscape is dominated by agriculture and woodland, offering a true escape into the countryside while remaining well-connected to the nearby A40 trunk road. The nearest market town is Llandovery, where you’ll find a range of amenities, including a supermarket, independent shops, a primary school, and the renowned Llandovery College. For a wider selection of facilities, the historic market town of Brecon is also within easy reach, offering additional schools, healthcare services, and leisure opportunities. With the stunning Brecon Beacons National Park nearby, this location is ideal for those seeking a rural lifestyle with access to essential amenities and outdoor pursuits.

Farmhouse - Walk Inside

The traditional storm porch provides a fitting entrance to this lovely home, leading into a lovely reception room with attractive wooden flooring complemented by an attractive stone firebreast and stairs leading to the first floor. The lovely flooring extends into the sitting room, a cosy room with an impressive stone inglenook fireplace with large opening incorporating a wood burning stove and a hidden bread oven adding to its charm. This room also features recessed original storage cupboards. The kitchen/breakfast room is the heart of the home, this full width room features a good range of fitted kitchen units with integrated oven, hob, fridge and dishwasher; at the opposite end a stone fireplace with a wood burning stove. Beyond the kitchen is the utility room, a great area to drop wet clothes and dirty wellies, enjoying a belfast sink and storage for the wood pellets that heat the Biomass wood pellet boiler that provides heating and hot water to the house. Completing (truncated)

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The first floor landing provides access to three good bedrooms and a family bathroom that features a panel bath with electric shower over, WC and wash hand basin.

Outbuildings

Attached to the house is a lovely 'L' shaped range of stone barns which include the former parlour with remaining cow cubicles and alongside a stone hay barn and cart shed with loft over. The cubicle shed measures approx 14.5m x 4.3 and the barn including the cart shed about 9m x 4.6m. Opposite the house is an open fronted steel framed storage barn 17m x 5.9m and behind the stone barns a large portal framed animal/ storage shed about 17m x 20m.

Walk Outside

Set within approximately 14 acres, the grounds of this charming smallholding offer a wonderful mix of gently rolling pasture and mature deciduous woodland. The land is divided into three enclosures—ideal for equestrian use or grazing livestock—while the western boundary is beautifully defined by a meandering stream running through the woodland, creating a tranquil and wildlife-rich haven. This natural landscape not only enhances the property’s appeal but also provides the perfect backdrop for country living, with space, beauty, and practicality in abundance.

Services

Mains electricity which is supplemented with an array of PV solar panels producing electricity and benefitting from a FIT payment; Spring water supply rising on Efail Fach land; Non mains drainage. Heating is via a Biomass wood pellet boiler which also heats domestic hot water, the hot water is also supplemented by roof mounted solar panels. Underfloor heating to the ground floor.

Plans, Areas and Schedules

These are based on Ordnance Survey and are for reference only. The purchaser shal be deemed to have satisfied themselves as to the description of the property. Any error or misstatement shall not annul a sale or entitle any party to compensation in respect thereof.

Notes

There is a spring on the land that supplies 3 nearby properties.

Tenure

The property is offered with freehold tenure. There are currently Farm Business Tenancies on the land that terminate in NOV 2025.