TAN-Y-RALLT, Llangeitho, Ceredigion 2014
Notes on TAN-Y-RALLT, Llangeitho, Ceredigion 2014
A nice surprise - I drive along the road from Llangeitho to Talsarn quite often and saw this footpath leading up to the hills. A quick internet search on Ceredigion town planning showed a house with no other access than this path. Before work one morning I decided to go and visit. Half a mile from the road this house stood, on first inspection made of concrete blocks but quickly I realise that this was a modernisation - probably undertook some time in the 1980's. The rest of the outside shows stone and brick and I wondered if the cement blocks were put up in place of cob/mud(?).
Inside is damp and dark and water ran through the back of the house and out the front door - the mud covered the tiled hall floor. The small pantry/kitchen still had many food jars untouched - I checked a brown sauce bottle - best before 1991 - was this when the house was deserted?
Making exposures was difficult - the foliage before the house seemed impenetrable but after wrestling with some thick and long and quite resilient bramble branches I managed to get the camera set up for two exposures (as seen here). There was little else to photograph - maybe come back on a winter's day when more view should open up. Small ty bach stands in a dip in front of the house - outbuildings no longer in use and filled with junk.
A nice surprise - I drive along the road from Llangeitho to Talsarn quite often and saw this footpath leading up to the hills. A quick internet search on Ceredigion town planning showed a house with no other access than this path. Before work one morning I decided to go and visit. Half a mile from the road this house stood, on first inspection made of concrete blocks but quickly I realise that this was a modernisation - probably undertook some time in the 1980's. The rest of the outside shows stone and brick and I wondered if the cement blocks were put up in place of cob/mud(?).
Inside is damp and dark and water ran through the back of the house and out the front door - the mud covered the tiled hall floor. The small pantry/kitchen still had many food jars untouched - I checked a brown sauce bottle - best before 1991 - was this when the house was deserted?
Making exposures was difficult - the foliage before the house seemed impenetrable but after wrestling with some thick and long and quite resilient bramble branches I managed to get the camera set up for two exposures (as seen here). There was little else to photograph - maybe come back on a winter's day when more view should open up. Small ty bach stands in a dip in front of the house - outbuildings no longer in use and filled with junk.
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By Jennifer Jones: My grandparents use to live here in the 1950 s. I remember staying with them when I was very little.They kept hens as Mamgu use to sell the eggs. I think they had one cow. The house was cosy as it had a big fireplace. There were two bedrooms. I slept on a little bed in my grandparents bedroom. To get to the other bedroom you had to go through theirs. My Aunts use to come home from Aberystwyth and that bedroom was theirs . They had a hutch by the main road where they kept wellingtons or old shoes to change into before walking along the long lane home. It was a peaceful place looking towards the woods which led to Bwlchllan where they had lived in Blaencastell farm. I remember Aunty Williams and Aunty Bet who lived near by. We were not related but I called them Aunties. I will have to re visit and perhaps recall more memories. By Terry Downes: This place is actually known as Tanralltwen, it was inhabited till the late 80's , Roy and Beryll used to live there, Roy was a tanker driver for the MMB and used to collect our milk. A lovely little holding with 2 or 3 small fields in the narrow valley in front of the house now all sadly neglected. I believe it is owned by a small estate who also have Brechfa farm up the hill behind there again the house is unoccupied and in a perilous state By Oldskool: Hi Terry. Yes this place is owned by the same owners of brechfa fawr. Apparently the previous owner came home one day and found his wife had passed away in the doorway i believe and this sadly sent him mad and he never recovered and ended up in a home (so im told). The house has been empty since. And needs a massive amount of work a stream runs through the back wall and out the front door. Apparently it maybe forsale soon (although they wont sell brechfa sadly) By Jennifer Jones: I finally went to see Tanralltwen. The visit brought back many memories. But I felt very uneasy as there was an atmosphere surrounding the house. There is a strong presence pervading the area . It continued right along the lane past the house.
I wondered if anyone else has had the same experience. I was glad to leave and return to the road. By Jennifer Jones.: I visited the house in May 2017. By Jennifer Jones.: I visited the house in May 2017. By Diane Done: This has been a very interesting and quite emotional! I was born in this house in 1960. My grandparents lived in Caegwyn not that far from Brechfa. I remember walking up the woods behind the house to visit Mamgu and Tadcu, (my fathers parents) There was an orchard and a river in front of the house, and I remember my mother milking the cows nextdoor in the outbuildings. I've passed the end of the lane lately, but haven't ventured any further. Would love to visit Caegwyn too! Maybe next time I'm in the area. Loved reading the comments.. I remember Aunty Bet! Diolch