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Enjoy a break in this traditional Welsh cottage with its own private hot tub, ideal after a day out exploring the stunning countryside of mid-Wales.. Step to entrance. All on the ground floor. Living room: With gas wood burner, 40" Freeview TV, DVD player, beams and slate floor. Kitchen/dining/sun room: With electric range, microwave, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, 37" Freeview TV, beams, slate floor and French doors leading to garden. Bedroom 1: With super kingsize bed, beams and en-suite with shower cubicle and toilet. Bedroom 2: With twin beds and beams. Bathroom: With roll-top bath, shower attachment, shower cubicle, toilet and heated towel rail.. Oil underfloor central heating, gas, electricity, bed linen, towels and Wi-Fi included. Welcome pack. External utility room with washing machine, tumble dryer and toilet. Enclosed lawned garden with terrace and garden furniture. Hot tub for 5 (private). Bike store. Private parking for 4 cars. No smoking. Please note: No children under 16 years old. There are 7 steps in the garden.. Once a humble thatch roof and clom (cob) walled cottage, traditional for this area of Ceredigion, Soar Cottage is anything but humble now. It has proved difficult to date the cottage exactly but this type of cottage was prevalent in the 16th century and will certainly date back to at least the mid 18th century. The cottages were typically built of local readily available materials, including walls built of compacted earth, straw and small stones called clom. The thatch consisted of heather and gorse, and earth clods covered with rushes and local straw. Soar Cottage followed the layout of a rural Welsh long house and consisted of a one room parlour with adjacent bedroom and dairy, and built on to this was a cow shed for milking cows for the house, and a calf pen and pig sty. During WWI many traditional crafts such as thatching were lost due to large loss of life, and it was only the use of zinc sheeting to cover the roof that saved the...