Stunningly renovated and appointed holiday home perfect for family, friends and pets get togethers
10/01/2025
Fabulous experience 😍
10/01/2025
The Longbarn (top) at Caerfallen (bottom) ..stunning location since at least 1326 😀
Especially amazing yesterday
03/01/2025
The Longbarn (on the left) at Caerfallen (on the right) getting the best of the winter sun
02/01/2025
A lovely frosty morning
21/11/2024
A glorious snowy sunny morning at The Longbarn
07/11/2024
25/10/2024
Stunning sky at The Longbarn tonight
25/10/2024
Mynydd Sleddog Adventures Ltd
This is an amazing adventure experience locally .. do something different this half term
19/10/2024
What a lovely morning to be walking the dogs
24/08/2024
So happy to be hosting a beautiful wedding for a lovely young couple from Ruthin.
20/07/2024
Come and enjoy the many delights and adventures of North east Wales
The Longbarn is available July 26th to July 31st
20/07/2024
A fabulous day out .
Explore these exquisite private gardens designed by Clough Williams-Ellis, creator of the wonderful Italianate village of Portmeirion.
Raising money for Tir Dewi - supporting farmers and their families
11th August 10-4pm
Tea/Coffee & cake available
£10 on entry (cash or card). Children under 12, free.
08/07/2024
Check this out for a fabulous doggie experience near Ruthin in North East Wales
This weeks words of wisdom, brought to you by our sleepy girl Arae.
Feel free to share your own words of wisdom in the comments below 🙂❤🐾
08/07/2024
August availability at The Longbarn due to cancellation
August 12th to August 22nd .
Fabulous location in The Vale of Clwyd with so much to do throughout North Wales, Chester and Liverpool.
Our county show is on August 15th DenbighFlint CountyShow always a lovely event well worth a day out.
Ruthin is a delightful town just a mile away.
Lots of wonderful walking in the Clwydian Range and easy drive to the coast .
Sleeps 6 in 3 lovely comfortable bedrooms all with en-suite.
Great garden and views
Large patio facing the sun and stunning sunsets
A covered outside dining area
Dog friendly up to 3 dogs
A weaving course in an exceptional house and garden 🤩
Gweithdy Gwehyddu Helyg @ Nantclwyd y Dre! 🌳
Ar y cwrs undydd yma fe fyddwch chi’n defnyddio sgiliau gwehyddu traddodiadol a deunyddiau cynaliadwy naturiol i greu obelisg helyg, gyda gwas y neidr ar ei ben, er mwyn cefnogi planhigion dringo neu i fyw fel nodwedd yn yr ardd ar ei ben ei hun!
Pryd? - Dydd Iau Gorffenaf 11eg, 11am - 3:30pm
Faint? - £55
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Glorious morning
A lovely frosty morning
Glorious morning
What a lovely morning to be walking the dogs
A wedding celebration at The Longbarn and Caerfallen
So happy to be hosting a beautiful wedding for a lovely young couple from Ruthin.
A perfect evening to get the fire pit going #firepit #summeriscoming #summerholidays #ValeOfClwyd #bbqlovers #getaway #staycation
What a lovely morning for a tranquil walk with the dogs
View from the Longbarn this evening
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Story of a Family Farm
Caerfallen is our family home and farm, and Zoë is the third Henderson generation to own and live there. Over the past 6 years we have transformed the ancient buildings into a beautiful home which is now open for bookings for guests to come and enjoy the fabulous location in the Vale of Clwyd.
Grandfather bought the draughty old farmhouse and ancient farm buildings with 70 acres in 1955 after he retired from a career in insurance in Liverpool. Our father set about farming at the age of 23, initially milking, but later concentrating on rearing calves and store cattle for the beef market. He still farms the land, although the pastures are now grazed by sheep, and wheat is grown in the rest of the fields.
Caerfallen is listed Grade II* as ‘an exceptionally fine, sub-medieval, timber-framed farm-house of high-status,’ and the farm buildings - which include The Longbarn - are also listed as Grade II.
The earliest mention of Caerfallen is as ‘Cayvelyn’ in a survey of Ruthin Lordship in 1324. That’s not the house which stands here now, but of course the stunning prime location would have been just as attractive then.
Using the dating technique of dendrochronology, we have established that the existing main house of ‘Caerfallen’was roofed in 1560, which fits well with its known family history of being a house of the local Turbridge Estate. It is believed that Caerfallen was renovated and extended by Robert Turbridge in the early 1560s to reflect his position as Baron of the North Wales Exchequer and his appointment in 1562 as the Queen’s Surveyor of North Wales. It is wonderful to live in a house so closely linked to Queen Elizabeth 1.
The main house and the other farm buildings at Caerfallen are an ongoing restoration project; work began in 2013 to carefully replace rotten timbers in the roof and the front of the main house to which we then had fun applying wattle and daub. Meanwhile, sheep’s wool, cork board and traditional lime plaster have added insulation to our once chilly home, now heated by renewable energy from a biomass boiler.
The traditional farmyard at Caerfallen was no longer fit for modern farming, so my sister Susan and I embarked on a project to conserve the buildings. With the support of the Conservation Architect for Denbighshire County Council, who took a pragmatic approach - ‘these buildings need a job,’ - we set about designing a scheme sympathetic to the setting. We project managed the build, employing local trades and craftspeople to breathe new life into the 450-year-old barn which, over the years, had lost most of its original walls and was therefore very unstable. The renovation has taken over four years, but the stunning Longbarn at Caerfallen is the result.
We feel so lucky to have grown up at Caerfallen, close to the lovely town of Ruthin in the beautiful, tranquil Vale of Clwyd. We hope that by transforming The Longbarn at Caerfallen into a comfortable, modern home while honouring its history and traditional features, we can share this wonderful part of the world with our guests in the years to come.