Von Essen Hotels has completed the deal to acuire the Llangoed Hall Hotel in Brecon, Powys, Wales.

Set in a building dating back to 1632, each of the Llangoed Hall Hotel's 23 bedrooms are individually designed by the late designer Laura Ashley, whose husband Sir Bernard Ashley created the country house hotel.

Features include Ashley's Restaurant and Sir Bernard's private art collection with the hotel's Whistler room, which houses more than 20 of Whistlers original drawings.

The hotel is von Essen's second in Wales and 31st worldwide.