Chris Regan – owner of the Regan hotel in Cardiff – has added Olives Court guesthouse in nearby Barry to his portfolio.

He plans to reopen the guesthouse in the popular South Wales seaside resort as Regan Lodge.

The guesthouse occupies a two-floor Victorian house that backs on to the Bryn Hill Golf Course.

It provides seven bedrooms – five of them en-suite – along with a 20-seat conservatory breakfast room, two-bedroom owners’ accommodation, lawn gardens, a patio and car parking.

The Bristol office of Christie + Co sold the freehold off a guide price of £490,000 on behalf of Pete and Hilda Hutchings

 By Angela Frewin