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A Large Country House, perfect for friends & family gatherings.

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A balcony with a view of a green landscape and a distant hill.
A stone pathway leading through a garden with various flowering plants and trees.
A dining area with a wooden table set for four, surrounded by chairs. A stone fireplace is visible in the background, and a refrigerator is to the right.
A bedroom with a large bed, a window with curtains, a chair, a desk, and a mirror.
A large, white, two-story house with a well-maintained lawn and surrounding greenery.

Reviews

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional

Highlights

  • Bring your furry friends
    Top-rated for creating memorable stays with your pets.
  • Your own private chef
    One of the few properties offering private chef services.
  • Walkable and wonderful
    Guests love the walkable location for its easy access on foot.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Walk to River Wye

Popular amenities

  • Balcony
  • Dog-friendly
  • Barbecue
  • Onsite parking available
  • Washing machine
  • Refrigerator

Explore the area

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Builth Wells, Wales
  • Place, River Wye
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • Place, Royal Welsh Showground
    ‪11 min drive‬
  • Place, Brecon Beacons National Park
    ‪17 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

7 bedrooms (sleeps 18)

Bedroom 3

1 King Bed and 2 Single Beds

Bedroom five

2 Single Beds

Bedroom four

1 King Bed

Bedroom seven

2 Single Beds

Bedroom six

1 King Bed

Bedroom three

1 King Bed

Bedroom two

1 King Bed

Living Room 1

2 Single Beds

5 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 2

Bathtub · Toilet

Bathroom 3

Shower only

Bathroom 4

Bathtub · Toilet

Bathroom 5

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Balcony
Separate dining area
Number of living rooms
Outdoor play area
Garden
Dining area

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About the area

Builth Wells

Located in Builth Wells, this holiday home is on the waterfront. Builth Castle and Clyro Castle are local landmarks, and travellers looking to shop may want to visit Talgarth Livestock Market and Richard Booth's Bookshop. Travelling with kids? Consider Royal Welsh Showground and Rock Park. Kayaking and fishing offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with cycling and hiking nearby.
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Map
Builth Wells, Wales

What's nearby

  • River Wye - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Royal Welsh Showground - 11 min drive - 11.5 km
  • Brecon Beacons National Park - 17 min drive - 18.5 km
  • Elan Valley - 38 min drive - 39.1 km
  • Shropshire Hills - 48 min drive - 61.0 km

Getting around

  • Builth Road Station - 9 min drive
  • Cardiff International Airport (CWL) - 102 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Burger King - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Feast Builth - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪The White Horse Hotel - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Barley Mow Hotel & Pub - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Artists & Makers - ‬6 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is A Large Country House, perfect for friends & family gatherings. pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 3 total) with a maximum weight of up to 23 kg per pet.

How much is parking at A Large Country House, perfect for friends & family gatherings.?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at A Large Country House, perfect for friends & family gatherings.?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at A Large Country House, perfect for friends & family gatherings.?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is A Large Country House, perfect for friends & family gatherings. located?

This family-friendly Builth Wells holiday home is located on the waterfront, 2.6 mi (4.2 km) from Erwood Station Craft Centre, Gallery and Tea Rooms, and within 6 mi (10 km) of Royal Welsh Showground and River Wye. Rock Park and Brecon Beacons National Park are also within 12 miles (20 km).

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 14 out of 18 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 3 out of 18 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 18 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 18 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 18 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

9.6/10

Location

9.4/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Amazing space to celebrate New Years for 13 of us. Would absolutely stay again!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 18 January 2026
Lee, thank you for your kind review and apologies for not doing likewise for you - a complete oversight on my part. Good to know you had a good time - I'll feed that back to the crew that does all the hard work. We would of course welcome you back! Kind regards Steve
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great family birthday celebration

Very large house with plenty of inside and outside space. Huge sitting room with comfortable furniture, large kitchen. Spacious bedrooms with very large comfy beds. Lovely garden with views of the surrounding countryside. Great venue for a large group.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Christmas for 11 adults and a baby

We loved the house - lovely spacious well equipped kitchen, and delightful large lounge with with piano and views over the garden. Also a cosy snug, and dining room. The gardens and views were beautiful, and plenty of walking for us and our dogs. We had a few problems with the plumbing and heating, Louise was on hand and very helpful in sorting them out. It was a great house for a large gathering.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Half-term

Family holiday with 8 adults , 6 children from 5 months to 7yrs. Space for everybody including chance to chill away for the main action in one of the sitting rooms. Party included several pianists, so the grand was a real bonus. Beautiful part of the world and garden down to the Wye was fabulous. The weather was not great, but still enough for everybody to enjoy. Now on our possible return list!
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 1 November 2021
Phillip and his group were excellent guests. Clear and courteous correspondence in the lead up to the stay and left the house neat and tidy. We would welcome Phillip back any time.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wanted a family Christmas where we could all enjoy lots of space in a beautiful house.

The owner has been extremely responsive to my questions bearing in mind we booked 15 months ago. Christmas decorations made a world of difference. The VRBO website less straightforward to negotiate. Great difficulty paying the balance. Happy to discuss off line.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2022
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Cleanliness, communication

Good space for large family group

We were slightly disappointed with the overall presentation of the property. It is a lovely, interesting house and has been very classy in its time and its in a lovely location. There is lots of room for a large family group and we did like it, but it is looking a bit tired and has some problems which could easily be fixed. The heating wasn’t working but the owner left us electric heaters, which was ok as it wasn’t too cold. The AGA only had one shelf in one of the 4 ovens. One toilet and one shower had broken locks. There wasn’t any hot water in the afternoon and we had to boil kettles to do the washing up. All that said, the house has a lovely feel about it and we had a great few days there.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 6 November 2024
It’s good to hear that you had a good stay at Abernant, but I’m sorry you were disappointed. It’s an old house and takes a lot of maintenance. We do have a programme of work to keep it up to spec and that’s an ongoing process. Yours is the first three-star review we have received either on Vrbo or competitor sites in the five years we have operated the house, so we take your comments seriously. The central heating system failed days before your stay. The issue was traced to a failed unit (an oil lifter) that is rather obscure and has had to be ordered from the manufacturer in Switzerland. It is on its way as I write. As a substitute we did buy 12 electric heaters and distributed them around the house. They are of course supplemented by the wood fires in the drawing room and the Oak (TV) room and the Aga in the kitchen. That seems to have been an adequate solution. We have had two groups stay since your visit and neither has reported an issue with the heating. I’m not sure what happened with the hot water. It should not have been affected by the heating – we have immersion heaters – but we will monitor it. I think the Aga shelves may have been removed by previous guests but they will have been next to the oven, standing on end. Locks on doors is a new one to us, but we are looking at them now. Abernant is of course a family house rather than a hotel. Thank you for your comments. We will address them as soon as practicable.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Abernant house

Lovely home and grounds. Great to get together and enjoy time with the family! The river and scenery is gorgeous! Lots of space and great for the kids. The photos of the outside of the house online does not reflect fully what the property looks like now. The inside of the property is very spacious and was clean. The property owner and house manager were fantastic, very helpful and friendly! We would definitely go again!
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Abernant House was an amazing house to stay in.

It was a real privilege to stay in such glorious surroundings in this wonderful home.. Three families of 6 adults & 4 children, except for one night, when Dorcas cooked us an excellent celebratory meal. for 3 more family members. Everything you could want is here, stunning well-equipped. kitchen, comfortable beds, library, beautiful garden and the River Wye. The rope swings were a great hit with the young. Abernant House totally made our holiday the success that it was. Thank you Louise for a spotless house & Steve for letting us stay, it was a very special treat. .
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Incredible location

The house is as described and suited our needs perfectly. It needs a little TLC in places, but certainly had the wow factor. The location is stunning. A little river runs through the garden at the bottom of the hill, so it was easy to keep the kids away from it, unless the adults were there to supervise. We had an evening catered for us too & that was the icing on the cake. Steve was an incredibly responsive host with lots of information. Thank you for having us.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Could not be bettered

Wonderful all of my family thought the whole experience could not have been bettered in any aspect. It was a belated 80th birthday celebration and the first time all of us could be together for ages. Compliments to our host and his team also to Dorcas Cresswell who catered a great dinner for us.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Birthday

Wow !! What a wonderful time we had The house was perfect for our celebration Plenty of room ,facilities exactly as we wanted Steve was an excellent host and kept us informed throughout We were greeted by Louise a lovely lady very friendly and informative We hired a chef and had an amazing meal in the dining room Enjoyed using an Aga for the first time I would definitely recommend booking this house It was so relaxing and the garden was a real treat Thankyou Steve Regards The McCarthys X
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2022
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fantastic large holiday house

We had a lovely long weekend celebrating a 60th birthday at Abernant House. More than enough room for the 10 of us to relax and celebrate. A wonderful garden with the River Wye river running along the bottom. Steve was extremely helpful and accommodated certain requests for us. Only slight negative is the proximity to the A road running along the front, but we knew it was there when booking so no surprises on arrival - just that it was tricky turning out onto the road when busy.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great house for large groups

We really enjoyed our stay at Abernant House. Steve couldn’t have been more helpful and we were greeted on arrival with a lovely gift of cake and fresh eggs. The house was spotless and the kitchen/diner is large and very well equipped. We were lucky with the weather and ate outside or at the large kitchen table, but there is also the option of eating in the more formal dining room. The bedrooms were all lovely and there is also a big laundry room that was very useful. The house was even larger than expected and felt very spacious. Our extended family group included teenagers and they made use of the separate tv/sitting room in the evenings. The garden is great, well kept and a lovely setting for eating out and plenty of space for family games. We also enjoyed having the river at the bottom of the bank to explore and tried our hand at fishing. The house is well placed for day trips to the Elan Valley (where we’d booked bikes which can be hired from the visitor centre) and the Brecon Beacons and on our last night we enjoyed a great meal at The Greyhound in Builth Wells. A wonderful, memorable week!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Love stay, which was a perfect size for a reunion with friends

A beautiful house and gardens to stay in over the weekend. It was the perfect size for 14 of us, and could all comfortable sit around the table for dinner or in one of the living rooms. Communication was easy, and our stay was very enjoyable!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great House

Ideal house for a large family gathering. The house is spacious and nicely furnished. The kitchen (which is well equipped) is the hub of downstairs (which works well) and has good living space either side. The bedrooms are large, tastefully decorated and everyone slept well! The house is very warm and has 2 open fires also. The river views are lovely and is a great spot to fish or to enjoy riverside tranquility.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely Country Property

We thoroughly enjoyed our short break here , the house was warm and welcoming. The view of the garden and down to the river is picture postcard. The house is very roomy and your every need catered for. Steve was very helpful and supplied us with plenty of useful local information. Thank you !
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

WONDERFUL PLACE!

An absolutely beautiful house! We were 12 adults aged 35-75 plus a 3 year old for a 70th birthday gathering. Every room was gorgeous & clean. Comfy beds & warm throughout. Multiple toilets & bathrooms so there was no queuing at any point. Amazingly well equipped kitchen with every utensil & pan you could ever need, aswell as a large food fridge and wine fridge. The garden was lovely, even in the rain, and lots of games in the Piano room kept us all entertained. Steve has been brilliant with suggestion things to do locally and general communication, and Louise who met us to give us the key was really lovely and very welcoming. We are already planning our next family trip back to Abernant house & have recommended it to several friends already!
Response from VrboOwner on 28 March 2020
Many thanks Hannah. We are very pleased that you enjoyed the house, and thank you for looking after it so well during your stay. You are welcome to stay any time.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2026
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