Amazing property at South Stack has original features and hidden private beach

An outstanding home in an amazing location has gone on the market for £2.4m. Named Henborth, it nestles between South Stack Mountain, the iconic South Stack lighthouse and the RSPB South Stack Cliffs coastal reserve.

Private coastal steps from the house descend to a private beach where swimming, lobster fishing and BBQ’ing are the order of the summer months. In the autumn, seals return to breed and their beautiful white coated seal pups can be seen nearby.

This four-bedroom, three-bathroom property has been renovated to a high contemporary standard with floor to ceiling windows helping you make the most of beautiful seascapes. Go in through the main, spacious entrance hall and there are some nods to the original features from the property’s past including an exposed stone wall.

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Moving across the hallway, there's a large living space with a snug-style living room with a recessed, inglenook-style fireplace and a wooden mantle from the original house. A large, Welsh, slate hearth sets off the fireplace.

The snug is open to a breakfast-style kitchen and boasts an imposing island topped with a black granite work surface with an overhanging bar, allowing for five, stool seats to one side. The kitchen has a large array of base, wall and drawer units also topped with black granite work surfaces.

Stepping down from the kitchen area into further reception space, which is currently divided into a dining area and a further large lounge, you are immediately met by the sheer volume of light from an array of picture windows. You could stand there for hours and savour the stunning Anglesey coastline.

From the dining area there are bifold doors opening out to a slate patio and infinity-style raised grass terrace which is positioned to take advantage of the property’s situation.

Moving back across the hall you will find the music or study room, a purpose-built space with high ceilings, fitted Velux windows. One wall consists of a 6m wide, three-panel sliding door which invites you to step out and down into the enclosed, slate-paved courtyard.

This has natural stone planters, specimen trees and an imposing Welsh Clawdd natural stone wall. From the music or study you can access a double garage via an oak, fire door.

Heading upstairs the gallery landing divides the property into two with one side featuring a double bedroom with fitted wardrobes. On the other is a double bedroom with a large picture window, a separate dressing room and en suite shower room.

Moving across a second oak and glaze gallery landing, which looks down into the open plan living area below, is a further, very large, double bedroom with views of Holyhead Mountain to the east and Abrahams Bosom Bay to the west.

Overall, the owner has future-proofed the house by routing broadband cables (700meg fibre) & wifi nodes, CCTV, security, room thermostats and audio-visual (Sonos/Sky/Spotify) throughout the entire property, with the control systems mounted in a single server cabinet located in a purpose-built plant room. All underfloor heating pipes for every room follow the same design, routing back in the same way.

As the owner says: "Living here we feel very spoilt. We’re surrounded by the natural beauty of the sea, mountain(s), cliff(s) and rolling fields, all of which create a new canvas with each day/night and with each season. We know that everything we could possibly want, or need, is just minutes away.

"We’re surrounded by an array of small bustling coastal towns such as Trearddur Bay and Rhosneigr with their lovely restaurants and harbour/fishing/sailing communities and Holyhead town and marina with its large supermarkets, restaurants and commercial facilities. Road, rail & ferry links are excellent so it’s easy to get just about anywhere....3hrs to London or Dublin city centres."

Henborth holds some wonderful memories for them. They loved "the look in my nine-year-old daughter’s eyes when we are rock pooling and she finds a new creature!" and "When swimming in the bay, I turned around to look back at the beach and a seal popped its head up about 1 metre away. We looked at each other for a few seconds, then we both went off in our different directions."

* Henborth, which is in Council Tax Band F, is on the market for £2,400,000. For more information ring Mark Gilbertson at Refined Properties Wales on 01766 800555 or LL Estates, Rhuddlan on 01745 770608.

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