Secret garden hidden for years by a 12foot wall goes up for sale for £975,000 – but buyers do get a cottage thrown in too

• The historic property is in Glynllifon near Caernarfon, North Wales 
• It originally belonged to a mansion estate built between the 1830s to 1840s

A secret garden that was hidden for years behind a 12 foot wall has gone up for sale for £975,000 and the owners are throwing in a garden cottage as well.

The rare and historic property in Glynllifon near Caernarfon, North Wales boasts the 2.3 acre plot as the perfect place for a budding landscaper to transform. 

It is enclosed in a stone-built wall reaching 12ft-high along with three arched and gated entrances.

The land originally belonged to a mansion estate built by Lord Newborough between the 1830s to 1840s.

Buyers will also get a three bedroom gardener’s cottage included in the price which has been modernised by the owners and machinery workshop and a heated palm house that once housed exotic plants.

A secret garden that was hidden for years behind a 12 foot wall has gone up for sale for £975,000 and the owners are throwing in a garden cottage as well

The rare and historic property in Glynllifon near Caernarfon, North Wales boasts the 2.3 acre plot as the perfect place for a budding landscaper to transform

It is enclosed in a stone-built wall reaching 12ft-high along with three arched and gated entrances

The land originally belonged to a mansion estate built by Lord Newborough between the 1830s to 1840s

The garden was once connected to the mansion by a tunnel before it collapsed in 1998. 

Estate agents Dafydd Hardy said: ‘This is a rare opportunity to acquire a significant and historic property which was formerly attached to the Glynllifon Estate.

‘The property includes a very attractive and fine example of a Walled Garden, Gardener’s Cottage, Machinery Workshop and Palm House (all Grade II Listed) which, according to the listing documentation dates 1824, some of it perhaps originating slightly earlier.

Buyers will also get a three bedroom gardener’s cottage included in the price which has been modernised by the owners

The kitchen area inside the garden cottage of the 2.3 acre plot of land 

 The outside of the machinery workshop which also comes with the property

The inside of the machinery workshop

The garden was once connected to the mansion by a tunnel before it collapsed in 1998. Pictured one of the stone arches the provide access to the garden

The estate agent think that there is a huge opportunity for a budding landscaper to transform the land

‘The entire offering covers some 2.3 acres enclosed within a stone-built wall of some 12ft and benefiting from three arched and gated entrances.

‘The Gardener’s Cottage is an attractive character stone-built cottage approached via two distinct archways, this three-bedroom cottage has been sympathetically modernised and is now served by an oil-fired central heating system.

‘The Kitchen Garden and main Walled Garden whilst overgrown, still provide evidence of their working past with numerous fruit trees and dilapidated fruit houses, potting sheds, and nurseries.

‘The property also offers various outbuildings and garden areas. We are of the opinion that there is enormous scope to re-invent and re-purpose this property to suit several uses perhaps as a commercial horticulture business, wood/metal and crafts workshops or holiday accommodation.’

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