When the temperature drops, there's no better way to keep warm than in front of a real fire.
So if you're thinking of buying a new home, then an open fireplace may well be on your wish list. If so, we've found some stunning properties that are currently on the market in Wales that have beautiful open fires which you can cwtch up in front of during the long, dark nights.
Llancarfan - £795,000
Once you walk into the reception room of this spacious five-bed home in the Vale of Glamorgan and see the stunning inglenook fireplace (main picture), you won't need to look any further as you'll be shouting "Sold!"
The brick fireplace has an open fire and bread ovens to one side so you can do your baking while you're warming your toes.
And as if that wasn't enough, the second reception room has a woodburner recessed within a painted stone fireplace and resting on a slate heath with plenty of room to store the wood.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen you will find an oil-fired Rayburn stove, so this property is the definition of cosy.
The Grade II-listed family home, near Llancarfan, also comes with large gardens, a two-storey barn and outbuildings all set in more than an acre of land.
For further details, call Watts & Morgan in Cowbridge on 01446 377030
Cowbridge - £1.5m
The low ceiling with exposed wooden beams and the stone wood-burning fireplace with bread oven provide a really warm welcome in the sitting room of this £1.5m property on the outskirts of Cowbridge.
And, once again, it's not the only open fireplace inside this six-bed property - there's another, smaller one in the dining room of the Elizabethan farmhouse as well as an impressive carved stone open fireplace in the living room and even another in one of the bedrooms.
Your money will also get you a reading room, study, conservatory, farmhouse-style kitchen and an orchard - yes, you read that right.
Call Herbert R Thomas in Cowbridge on 01446 377029
Corwen - £279,000
There aren't many homes that can boast a fireplace as grand as this one.
For it is an original cast-iron range with open fire grate, former oven and boiler and hearth. It also has a stone lintel and feature exposed stonework to either side of the chimney breast and is most definitely the focal point of the living room, indeed the whole property.
The three-bed home in Denbighshire, which is on a country lane, also has a dining room (complete with smaller fireplace), kitchen and sun room and is set in landscaped gardens.
The property is on the market with Cavendish Residential, Ruthin on 03339 873767
Carmarthenshire - £445,000
This is a property with the wow-factor - and it's the beautiful open stone fireplace that will no doubt win you over.
The inglenook fireplace with multi-fuel stove is at the heart of the living room which has a vaulted beam ceiling, ceramic tiled floor and stable-style door leading to the rear sun lounge.
The four-bed smallholding in Llanwrda is set in three acres of land with a spacious front courtyard and enclosed rear lawned garden.
The bedrooms all have ensuite facilities so there's plenty of room for guests to stay - if you can entice them away from that open fire that is.
Call BJP Residential Limited in Llandeilo on 01550 571002
St Brides Major - £750,000
There's plenty of space in this lounge for all of the family to gather in front of the inglenook-style fireplace complete with wood-burner.
It's just one of the original charms of this period-style property in St Brides Major, which has five bedrooms, three bathrooms and a barn in the garden which you could use for parking.
And if you're looking for even more warmth, then you can make your way to the breakfast room where you will find a Rayburn range which also runs the hot water and central heating.
For details, call Watts & Morgan on 01446 377030
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Bridgend - £375,000
This living room ticks all the boxes when it comes to looking good and keeping you warm.
For as well as the impressive stone open fireplace with a wood burner there's underfloor heating under the large flagstone flooring.
Like many of the other properties featured here, the detached cottage in Ewenny has a second fireplace with woodburner and that can be found in the lounge/diner.
There are three bedrooms and one has an ensuite and there's also a family bathroom with a standing roll top bath.
Call PA Black in Cowbridge on 01446 377010
