The Cottage

Beili Glas Farm dates back to 1813 when it was part of an 85 acre farm. The fields are no longer farmed and we now enjoy this quiet haven adjacent to our farmhouse and out buildings in the village of Loughor.

A village, once occupied by the Romans, overlooks the Loughor Estuary. This sandy estuary is renowned for its cockles whilst the River Loughor was valued for its prize salmon that were caught by fishermen and women using coracles. Sadly the coracles have disappeared, although salmon, as well as sea trout, return to spawn in the river every year. Sea fishing is also a popular pastime along the estuary.

The cottage itself, once a shelter for farm animals, has been sensitively restored. We wanted to retain the character of the buildings so we have used traditional building material in all our renovations. We’ve used wood from a demolished chapel, railway sleepers to build the kitchen table and trees cut down from a road diversion to create the farm house style kitchen. We bought slate for the kitchen and lounge floors from slate mines in North Wales and the exposed timbers and purlins have been made from a local factory that had been demolished.