‘‘It’s a home that makes everyday living feel like a little escape.”

Lesley Scott

On the banks of the River Dee, where the hills of North Wales fold gently into one another and the air is threaded with history and music, sits a little house with a story. Once part of the Jenny Jones public house, this two-bedroom cottage has swapped the chatter of pint glasses for the quieter rhythm of modern life.

It’s the kind of home you stumble across in Llangollen and immediately imagine yourself slipping into: evenings in your own private courtyard, weekends meandering through bookshops and cafés, Sundays walking to Castell Dinas Brân for views that steal your breath away. For £180,000, it’s a front-row ticket to a town that somehow balances postcard charm with genuine bustle.

Inside, the sitting room is simple, bright and welcoming, with a neat cupboard tucked beneath the stairs. The kitchen, all shaker cabinetry and generous proportions, feels ready for friends, laughter, and those long suppers that tumble out into the courtyard on warm evenings. Out there, the flagstones and brick walls lend a sense of permanence and makes it somewhere you could imagine stealing a moment of calm with a coffee before the day begins.

Upstairs, two double bedrooms tell you this isn’t a house designed for compromise. The larger, at the front, catches the light and feels quietly grown-up, while the second, overlooking the garden, is cosy without being cramped. Between them, an immaculate bathroom concludes the top floor.

What makes it sing, though, is the setting. Llangollen is a place that wears its culture lightly but proudly, the annual Eisteddfod bringing music from around the globe, the heritage railway and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct reminding you that beauty and engineering can happily coexist. Chester is half an hour by road, London is within reach by train, but it’s hard to imagine wanting to leave often when the Offa’s Dyke Path and the Vale of Llangollen golf course are on your doorstep.

It is, in the best sense, a cottage with a past and a future. Not grand, not showy, but quietly certain of itself. The sort of home you might not have set out looking for, but on finding, wonder how you ever thought of living anywhere else.