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<A name="Contact"></A><H1>Trevaccoon Country House Bed & Breakfast</H1>
<H2>And self catering cottage</H2><H3>Contact:</H3>
<ADDRESS>Trevaccoon,<BR>Llanrhian,<BR>St. Davids,<BR>Pembrokeshire.<BR>SA62 6DP<BR></ADDRESS>
<BR>Phone/Fax: 01348 831438<BR>
E-Mail: <A href="mailto:flynn@trevaccoon.co.uk">flynn@trevaccoon.co.uk</a>
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<P><B>TREVACCOON</B> is a Grade II Listed Georgian Mansion overlooking the Irish Sea on the beautiful and unspoiled North Pembrokeshire coast of West Wales.
<P>Trevaccoon borders the Pembrokeshire National Park with its spectacular Coastal Path and unspoiled, sandy beaches. It is a paradise for walkers, birdwatchers and nature lovers at any time of the year. The bird sanctuary islands of Ramsey, Skomer, Skokholm and Grassholm are within easy reach.</P>
<P>More than 300 species of birds have been logged in this area, including rare seabirds like puffins and fulmars, and birds of prey such as buzzards, harriers, peregrine falcons and some of the last remaining pairs of choughs in the UK.</P>
<P>The influence of the Gulf Stream produces a mild Atlantic micro-climate in this part of Pembrokeshire, making it attractive for walking holidays at any time of the year. Many walkers prefer to come out of season, when it is both cooler and less crowded. The Coastal Path runs for 186 miles through beautiful Pembrokeshire scenery. You can choose the length and severity of your walk on any day. Packed lunches and transport to and from your start and finish points can be arranged.</P>
<P>Trevaccoon is set in three and a half acres of lawns and woodland, in a stunning location, with panoramic views over countryside and sea from Strumble Head just six miles north, to St David’s Head an equal distance south.</P>
<P>The property is steeped in local history, (see History) and was acquired by the Flynn family early in 1998. After almost two years of loving restoration, inside and out, using expert local craftsmen, we reopened the Mansion as a Country House Guest House offering bed and breakfast accommodation towards the end of 1999.</P>
<H2>Accommodation</H2>
<P>Trevaccoon has five double bedrooms, each with their own bathroom en suite and wonderful sea views. The bedrooms are named after local beaches and bays. The décor in the bedrooms, and throughout the house, has been carefully chosen to echo the wonderful west coast light and its reflection on sea and countryside.</P>
<P><B></b>Traeth Llyfn and Whitesands</b>, on the first floor, are very spacious rooms with King Size double beds and light and airy bathrooms. The bathrooms in all the rooms have small, old stained glass windows set into the walls. Both rooms have lovely views over the sea.</P>
<P>These two rooms also have day bed/sofas, which can accommodate a child if needed.</P>
<P><b>Abereiddy</b> is a lovely twin bedded room with a view over Porthgain and Abereiddy Bay. All the bathrooms are simply but tastefully fitted with white units, steel enamel baths and bath/shower mixers.</P>
<P><b>Strumble</b>, also on the first floor, is a smaller double room with a view (as you might expect) north towards Strumble Head and its lighthouse. Strumble has its own small bathroom with a Mira shower.</P>
<P><b>Porthgain</b> is the only bedroom on the ground floor. Because of its position and the ease of access to dining room, drawing room, car park, etc., we have taken care to make this room particularly attractive and convenient for the elderly or less able. The doors into the room and bathroom are wide enough to take a standard wheelchair. The custom made twin beds are an easy height from the ground, as are all switches and sockets. The bathroom has a sliding door, with a walk in (or wheel in) shower and optional shower seat.</P>
<P>All the bedrooms have remote controlled colour television sets and well-stocked trays with tea and coffee making facilities. You will also find white towelling dressing gowns, for your comfort whilst staying at Trevaccoon.</P>
<P>The dining room on the ground floor is spacious and light with views over the lawns to the sea. It has a log-burning stove, which is lit for extra comfort on colder mornings in autumn and winter, although the whole house has the benefit of an extremely efficient new central heating system.</P>
<P>As breakfast is the only meal we offer, we like to make it both a satisfying and enjoyable experience. We serve fresh fruit and local produce according to the season, and can cater for all dietary needs and tastes. If the appetite is up to it, we suggest a full cooked “Welsh” breakfast, which is guaranteed to set you up for a day of walking or exploring.</P>
<P>Breakfast times are flexible to cater both for early risers and those who like to linger a little longer in their beds.</P>
<P>The drawing room, also on the ground floor, is grand and extremely comfortable. It is furnished with a huge 5 seater sofa and snug reading chairs, with reading lights and ceramic table lamps made by Caroline Flynn. There is an open log-burning fire.</P>
<P>As all the bedrooms have their own colour television sets, the drawing room is a quiet room, a place to snuggle up with a good book in front of a roaring fire on a wet morning or a winter evening. A place to write a letter, or play chess, scrabble or cards.</P>
<P>The large sash windows give wonderful light, and the room is decorated in peaceful heritage colours.</P>
<P>There is a guest’s kitchenette opposite the drawing room with a kettle and small fridge. It is a convenient place to make a cup of tea for yourself or a visitor if you are using the drawing room.</P>
<P>Where possible we have tried to restore and give new life to the original features of this grand old Mansion. Wide, pitch pine floorboards have been stripped back and waxed. Large sash windows (also pitch pine ) have been stripped, carefully restored and brought back to working order. Many panes of original Georgian glass have survived. The ornate cornicing and Georgian shutters have been lovingly restored. The huge arched window on the first floor landing, and its fluted surround, have been brought back to life. The unique vaulted ceilings, upstairs and down, and their detail, have been restored and decorated to look their best. Curtains, furnishings, rugs, carpets and décor, have been carefully blended to produce an ambience of light and space, while complementing the period and style of the mansion.</P>
<P>Trevaccoon has been completely re-roofed with new slate, and specialist craftsmen have replaced lead detail on valleys and ridges to conservation standards. Original timber details below the eaves have also been replaced.</P>
<P>On the seaward side of the house is a large lawn area where you can play a mean game of “Trevaccoon croquet”, or simply sit and enjoy the view with a cold drink or a cup of tea. On the other side, to the east, is a wooded area which is a delight to walk through, especially in spring when it explodes with wildflowers. The woodland walk goes round a unique walled garden which we hope will be part of our next planned rescue mission.</P>
<P>Trevaccoon is a “no smoking” house, and does not accommodate pets. However, we have one self catering cottage (see cottage) which can take a maximum of two well behaved dogs by prior arrangement.</P>
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<H2>Trevaccoon Country House and Bed & Breakfast</H2>
</TH><TR><TD colspan="3">Prices are per person per night inclusive of bed and breakfast.
</TD></TR><TR><TD><B>Whitesands and Traeth Llyfn</B></TD><TD>£35</TD><TD>Two or more nights -- £30</TD></TR><TR><TD><B>Abereiddy and Porthgain</B></TD><TD>£27.50</TD><TD>Two or more nights -- £25</TD></TR><TR><TD><B>Strumble</B></TD><TD>£25</TD><TD>Two or more nights -- £22.50</TD></TR></TABLE>
<B>Booking Conditions</B>
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Please contact <a href="#Contact">Eric and Caroline Flynn</a>
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<P>We will be glad to answer any questions you may have, and to send you further details and a booking form for either the Mansion, or the self- catering cottage.</P>
<H2>The Cottage at Trevaccoon.</H2>
<P>The cottage is an annexe to the Mansion, and enjoys the benefits of the lawns and grounds. It has been newly renovated and furnished to a very high standard. It has views over the sea to Strumble Head, a classical frontage, slate forecourt, double sash hardwood windows and ample parking.</P>
<P>The cottage has two bedrooms on the first floor, one with a king sized double bed, and the other with a 3’ single and a pair of bunk beds. There is a child gate at the top of the pine staircase.</P>
<P>The ground floor consists of an open plan kitchen/dining/living room and a separate bathroom. The kitchen area is tiled, and the rest of the cottage is fitted with natural fibre sea grass carpet and rugs.</P>
<P>All units and appliances in the kitchen are new, and include a microwave, washer/dryer, oven and hob, fridge toaster, kettle etc., and ample storage. An iron, ironing board and vacuum cleaner are also provided.</P>
<P>The living room has a large sofa bed which can open up to provide an extra bed. There is a colour TV and video, radio/tape, and a “feature” electric fire. The dining table comfortably seats six.</P>
<P>The bathroom is well equipped with an instant mira “sports” shower, heated towel rail, fan heater and shaver point.</P>
<P>All heating and water heating is electric and instant. Charges are according to use by meter reading at the end of your stay.</P>
<P>We provide all duvets, pillows and bed linen, but guests are asked to bring their own bath, beach and hand towels.</P>
<P>A cot and high chair are available on request.</P>
<P>Well behaved dogs (max. 2) are welcome by prior arrangement at a charge of £10 each. This is a dairy and sheep farming area, and dogs should always be in control when you are walking.</P>
<P>Bookings for the cottage are normally Saturday to Saturday, but shorter breaks can be catered for particularly out of season.</P>
<H2>Cottage prices for 2000.</H2>
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<TR><TD colspan="3">Prices range according to season.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD><B>Parts of Dec. & Jan<B></TD><TD>from £150 pw</TD></TR>
<TR><TD><B>August</B></TD><TD>£390 pw</TD></TR>
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<P>Prices range according to season from a low of £150 pw (parts of Dec. & Jan) to £390 pw (August).</P>
<H2>Caroline Flynn and Pottery</H2>
<P>Caroline Flynn is a distinguished potter whose work has been exhibited and sold in South Africa, Germany and the United Kingdom for the last 25 years.
Caroline trained as a potter and teacher in South Africa, and as well as producing her own work, has always been a successful teacher of both adults and children.
Caroline’s work can be bought either from her studio at Trevaccoon, or from Jane Baigent Antiques, Stockbridge.</P>
<H3>Courses<H3>
<P>Caroline will teach beginners on an occasional basis, but will be running full residential courses out of the main holiday seasons.</P>
<P>We will also be developing courses in other arts and crafts: painting, silver and jewellry, cookery etc., and would welcome suggestions for other residential courses.</P>
<H2>Some history of Trevaccoon</H2>
<P>In the 17th and early 18th Centuries, Trevaccoon was no more than a simple Pembrokeshire farm. During this time the house was occupied by the Perkin, Harding And Probert families, usually as a result of the marriage of an inheriting eldest daughter. In 1756, Elizabeth, the daughter of William and Grace Probert of Trevaccoon, married John Harries of Cryglas. He was already a wealthy landowner, and when Elizabeth inherited Trevaccoon and its farms in 1762 on the death of her brother, the Harries of Trevaccoon dynasty began. It was to last until 1919.</P>
<P>John Harries died in 1797, and was buried in Llanrhian churchyard near his wife Elizabeth. His eldest son, also John, had died of “consumption” on board a ship returning from Lisbon in 1781. The estate passed to Samuel Harries, the second son (baptized St Davids 17th Aug. 1759).</P>
<P>Samuel Harries matriculated at Jesus College Oxford in 1776 (aged 16), took his BA in 1780, and his MA in 1783. Intending originally to take Holy Orders, he joined the army instead, and was affectionately known ever after as “The Major”. On the death of his brother, he returned to lead the somewhat eccentric and full blooded life of a country gentleman in his native county of Pembrokeshire.</P>
<P>By the time he inherited Trevaccoon, Samuel Harries was already a landowner of considerable substance, not least through his own marriage to Mary Williams of Popehill, a grand-daughter and co-heiress of the huge estate of William Warren of Trewern, Nevern.</P>
<P>Before moving his family into Trevaccoon, Samuel had the old farmhouse renovated and enlarged, and commissioned the building of the large Georgian Mansion facing St George’s Channel. He built the coach house and dairy, and was responsible for the magnificent walled garden which supplied the house with plentiful fresh fruit and vegetables. It is our hope to restore the garden after its unfortunate more recent history. The monogram SH can still be found over various doors and gates on the property.</P>
<P>Samuel Harries seems to have been “larger than life”, and Trevaccoon as it is today owes much to his expansive character.</P>
<P>He was passionately fond of sport, and built large kennels where he kept greyhounds and a pack of foxhounds. At Trevaccoon, he kept what became known as “a liberal establishment”, entertaining a broad spectrum of friends and visitors, including “Mrs Jordan, a celebrated actress of the day” who had relatives near St Davids. Samuel Harries was the first local resident to have horse drawn carriages.</P>
<P>He owned local quarries, and traded in local stone and other materials. At least one of his ships was lost off St David’s Head in a terrible storm. He was made a Freeman of Haverfordwest in 1785, and was a Magistrate for co. Pembroke for over 50 years.</P>
<P>Such a flamboyant character was bound to make political enemies, and “The Major” was involved in various legal battles. He was however revered locally as a generous and fair man, and at his funeral in February 1839 (he was 80 when he died), “the attendance was very large, and the procession extended the whole way from Trevaccoon to Llanrhian church”.</P>
<P>After Samuel, successive generations added further land and property to the Trevaccoon Estate. On the death of George Harries (Samuel’s grandson) in 1892, the whole of the estate was put in trust for the benefit of his six sisters, all of whom married “away”. Eventually the trustees decided to sell the entire estate and distribute the proceeds between the six girls. Auctions were held in St Davids, Haverfordwest and Fishguard over 3 days in June 1919 when the whole estate was sold, much of it to existing tenants at below market price. The total amount realized was over &#pound;140,000.</P>
<P>The Mansion of Trevaccoon and its home farm was bought at the 1919 auction by “Boss” Jenkins, whose brother was a prominent local farmer. “Boss” Jenkins had no children, and left Trevaccoon to his housekeeper Mrs Rees and her two sons Russell and Stewart. Russell and his son still run the dairy farm next door, and Stewart did some very basic conversion work on the main house before he sold to Viki Norfolk in 1988. Viki and her daughter Heidi ran Trevaccoon as a very happy Farmhouse B&B for 10 years, playing host to (among others) touring football and cricket teams featuring various members of the Flynn family. Upkeep was always a problem, and in April 1998 Trevaccoon was put up for auction again. Having had a presence in Llanrhian for 30 years, and knowing that we always wanted to find a way to live here full time while we could still really enjoy it, the decision was made. The rest is history.</P>
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