Nantclwyd y Dre

Dating from 1435, half-timbered Nantclwyd y Dre is thought to be the oldest town house in Wales. It originally belonged to a family of weavers and the rooms have been restored and furnished to reflect the era of each addition, offering windows into the world of the various families that lived in them: a Victorian schoolroom, a Stuart study, Georgian and Jacobean bedchambers. The 13th-century Lord's Garden, behind the house, has also been restored.

A "bat-cam" lets you peek into the world of the colony of lesser horseshoe bats that resides in the attic – they're the smallest (with bodies about the size of a plum) and rarest bat species in Britain.

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