Llanerchaeron

Mr J. P. Ponsonby Lewes, last of the tenth generation of the family to have lived here, bequeathed Llanerchaeron to the National Trust in 1989. This rare example of a self-sufficient 18th-century Welsh minor gentry estate has survived virtually unaltered.

The Villa, designed in the 1790s, is the most complete example of the early work of John Nash. It has its own service courtyard with dairy, laundry, brewery and salting house, and walled kitchen gardens produce fruit, vegetables, herbs and plants, all on sale in season. The pleasure grounds with ornamental lake provide wonderful peaceful walks.

The Home Farm complex has an impressive range of traditional and atmospheric outbuildings and is now a working organic farm with Welsh Black Cattle, Llanwenog Sheep and rare Welsh Pigs.

Visitors can see farming activities in progress, such as lambing, shearing and hay-making. Beyond, the wide expanse of parkland offers breathtaking walks through the beautiful Aeron Valley.