Notes on FEN ONWYN, Ceredigion 2010

First impressions can be misleading but the overwhelming feeling I experienced on this cold September day was one of bleakness and unkind of spirit.

It does lay empty although it seems as if some consolidation work has been done on the ground around the house.

The house itself doesn’t look like it’s in too bad of condition. There are no large holes in the roof, peering through the windows it doesn’t look too damp. A rear window was unlocked and swung open with ease but I declined the offer to enter and explore within.
Various remnants of the previous occupy littered the house, grounds and outbuildings. Two motorbikes rusting, a wheelchair, computers, video players and an outbuilding revealing, once you open the heavily carpet acting as a door, a peculiar array of useless, once useful, items.

On the front window sill a beer bottle with its bottom half filled with stale beer and the top half filled with flies. Perhaps it comes as no surprise by the unfriendly aura I experienced at this house. It is beautifully located with good views and will, one day soon, hopefully be rescued from dereliction.