The Old Storehouse

Relax in the heart of the Brecon Beacons

The Old Storehouse is a family house, a comfortable and unfussy place to stay. There is an open range in the kitchen and a woodburning stove in the sitting room, large sofas, lots of books but no television, and the surrounding countryside.

It has been converted from a working building into a tranquil place, in a beautiful and accessible part of Wales. The Brecon and Monmouthshire canal it was built to serve 200 hundred years ago still runs at the foot of the lawn; the views while lying in the bath stretch over fields and hills to Pen-y-fan, the highest point of the Brecon Beacons.

Buzzards, herons and the occasional red kite fly overhead and swans and ducks rest on the lawn. There is constant small bird activity in the garden and hedges; bats and sparrows nest in the roof, joined by swifts during the summer.

For those able to spend more than a brief night here, I hope that you will feel comfortable in making the transition from guest to someone who will use the house as a second home - the back door rather than the front, equally welcome in the kitchen as well as the sitting room, conservatory or garden.

Children and dogs are both welcome provided that neither chases the swans or ducks, but there are lots of very real hazards for small people and parental vigilance is always necessary.

Peter Evans

Updated 26 July 2008