However, she and her husband Andrew made the bold decision to renovate, not least because the property had been in the ownership of Ffion’s family for centuries. Fortunately, time was on their hands, since it’s taken over a decade to get the listed building back to a liveable state. The work was thorough and painstaking – for example, they lifted the concrete floor in the large room downstairs and replaced it with flagstones. Many of the ancient beams – some of which dated back to 1530 – needed to be replaced.

Some of the house’s features are outstanding. The old fireplace has a stone staircase circling around it – a feature which is extremely rare in this part of Wales. The wooden staircase dates from 1740 and in the plaster upstairs you can see a painting of a bird.