Cefntilla Court, the magnificent Grade II* country house that for the last 150 years has been the seat of the Lord Raglan has been sold.

The country estate close to Llandenny has 15 bedrooms and beautiful parkland, and was put on the market with a guide price of £1.65million following the death of Lord Raglan, Fitzroy John Somerset, who died in 2010 aged 82.

Before his death, he altered his will in favour of Henry van Moyland, a nephew in Los Angeles who decided to sell the contents of the house "with great regret". He spent several months in negotiation with other parties in an effort to sell the collection as a whole.

A legal battle by the 'Save the Raglan Collection' group who tried to keep the unique collection of Crimean War artefacts together failed following the death of the Hon. Arthur Somerset, the nephew originally named as heir to the estate.

The total sale reached £2,019,81.

The house stands at the end of a long tree-lined drive, surrounded by mature gardens.

The original Jacobean house can be dated by the fireplace in the Great Hall, inscribed "1616".

Cefntilla Court fell into disrepair in the 19th century but was rescued in 1856 by the Raglan Memorial Committee who purchased the house and estate for the widow and descendants of FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Lord Raglan, who had died in the Crimean War whilst leading the British Expeditionary Force.

Anthony Clay of Knight Frank in Hereford told the Beacon that there were a handful of buyers competing for Cefntilla, "my client sold it for a fair price and to someone he thought would safeguard the future of the house" he added.