23 bed country house for sale

Orielton, Pembroke SA71

Strapline

Auction Sale - 25/11/2025 - To book viewings, view the legal pack and register to bid please refer to the full sales particulars on the Savills Auctions website. -

by order of trustees - An impressive freehold Pembrokeshire estate comprising an imposing Grade II Listed Georgian country house suitable for renovation and refurbishment and offering potential for a variety of alternative uses (subject to all requisite consents). Set in stunning countryside and in all extending to approximately 48.16 hectares (119 acres). Vacant.

Description

The Estate has not been used since 2022 and is now suitable for renovation and refurbishment. (Please note - photographs were taken in 2021).

Orielton is an historic country house and estate. It was the seat of the Owen baronets from the 16th to 19th centuries. Over the years the property has been owned by various families.

It was used by the Australian Air Force during the Second World War.

Naturalist Ronald Lockley bought the estate in 1950 and started its links to important research and studies. He played a key role in establishing the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The Oil Pollution Research Unit began at Orielton in 1967.

The present owners, the Field Studies Council bought the property in 1963 and, until around 2020, it was a centre for exploration, fieldwork, enjoyment and research for all ages in Pembrokeshire's famous geology, rocky shore ecology, wildlife habitats and marine life.

The mansion house, stable and coach house courtyard, cottages and land offer potential for a variety of alternative uses in, for example, the residential, commercial, leisure, education or healthcare sectors (subject to all requisite consents).

Location

Despite its rural setting, Orielton is conveniently close to local towns including the famous castle town of Pembroke (about three miles to the north-east) and Tenby (just over 13 miles to the east). The famous Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is also close by with its miles of award winning Blue Flag beaches such as Freshwater West & East and Barafundle Bay.

Transport

Excellent transport services are accessible. There are ferry and rail connections at Pembroke Dock (about 5.5 miles to the north). There is easy road access over Pembrokeshire and further east to Carmarthen and the A48 M4 link road (about 34 miles distant). The M4 is the main artery in south Wales with Swansea (about 61 miles to the east) and Cardiff (about 100 miles) being the nearest cities before Newport (about 108 miles) and the Severn Bridge to England.

Accommodation

Ground Floor

A portico entrance leads into the full-height stair hall with open-well cantilevered stone staircase in French Empire style rising full-height, iron balusters and reeded rail. Moulded cornices to landing soffits and top ceiling, with centre rose. Doors lead off the hallway to the principal reception rooms with ornate fireplaces that include two living rooms and a large a dining room. Further rooms include an office and commercial kitchen with pantry area.

Basement

Stairs lead down from the hall to the basement where there are a number of storage rooms, cellar, play room, laundry and furnace/boiler rooms.

First Floor

Stairs rise up to the first floor accommodation where there are ten bedrooms of varying sizes. The majority of these share the use of lavatory and shower blocks that are situated at either ends of the floor.

Second Floor

The second floor provides a further 13 bedrooms with two further small bedrooms. The majority of these bedrooms share the use of shower and lavatory blocks that are situated at either end of the floor.

Stable and Coach House Courtyard

An ornamental entrance block leads into a courtyard of former stables and coach houses. Over the years these have been converted to provide an accommodation block with six en suite bedrooms, a two bedroom first floor apartment and 12 study/teaching/conference rooms of varying sizes. These have potential for a variety of uses or possible conversion into extra accommodation space (subject to consents).

The Cottages

Laundry Cottage

This was once the laundry building to the mansion, is now a Grade II listed cottage that provides a living room, kitchen, four bedrooms and a bathroom.

Woodside Cottage

Providing two reception rooms, kitchen, four bedrooms, bathroom and an attached garage.

Hitchcock Cottage and Orielton Gardens

A Grade II Listed cottage located further away from the mansion just beyond the eastern edge of the walled garden. Comprising a living room, kitchen, four bedrooms, bathroom and shower room.

Outbuildings

There are a number of outbuildings for storage on the estate with the largest being a three-bay storage building near the stable-coach house.

The Land

Extending to about 48.16 hectares (119 acres), the land surrounds the mansion and cottages and includes a large parcel of mature woodland to the north with scenic trails, ponds, garden areas and a Grade II listed walled garden.