Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas celebrates more success after his six-bedroom country manor home scoops top wedding award
- Geraint Thomas's property won a prize at the Welsh National Wedding Awards
- The cyclist's country home St Tewdrics House operates as a wedding venue
- The £2.5million house, near Chepstow, won the Best New Business award
- Mr Thomas fell in love with the venue after he married his Wife Sara there
Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas is celebrating more success - after his house scooped a top wedding award.
The cycling hero's country manor home operates as a wedding venue for couples to celebrate their big day.
Mr Thomas, 32, bought the country house venue with wife Sara, 27, after falling in love with the place at his own wedding ceremony.
St Tewdrics House, near Chepstow, won the Best New Business at the Welsh National Wedding Awards
Geraint Thomas, 32, bought the country house venue with wife Sara, 27, after falling in love with the place at his own wedding (pictured: Geraint and Sara on their wedding day)
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The cyclist's country manor home operates as a wedding venue for couples to celebrate their big day
Tour de France winner Mr Thomas paid £2.5million for the six-bedroom south Wales country home
And their six-bedroom St Tewdrics House, near Chepstow, south Wales, won the Best New Business at the Welsh National Wedding Awards.
Mr Thomas, who paid £2.5million for the house, said: 'When we were looking for a venue for our wedding we didn't want it in a hotel, we wanted somewhere which would be just for our guests.
'That's when we thought of buying a place, have our wedding there and then turn it into a business afterwards.
'We came across this place and instantly thought "wow" and we just fell in love with it.'
Because the couple were based in Monaco, they decided to hand day-to-day duties to Mrs Thomas' parents - Eifion and Beth Thomas.
Pictured: Tour de France winning cyclist Geraint Thomas and his wife Sara. Mr Thomas won the prestigious cycling competition in July this year
Because the couple were based in Monaco, they decided to hand day-to-day duties to Mrs Thomas' parents - Eifion and Beth Thomas
The St Tewdrics website describes the venue as a 'beautiful villa... available as an exclusive use wedding venue in which you can create your perfect wedding day and create lifelong memories'
Eifion Thomas said: 'We knew the venue was really special for Sara and Geraint, so when they purchased St Tewdrics House and asked if we would run it, we happily said yes.
'It was a really exciting opportunity to work as a family and it's one of the best things about the job.
'We're at a really exciting stage now seeing the business grow, having just won a national award for being the new wedding business of the year. We're looking forward to 2019 and beyond.'
A statement on the St Tewdrics website says: 'Approached by a tree-lined driveway and with views over the Severn estuary, this beautiful villa is available as an exclusive use wedding venue in which you can create your perfect wedding day and create lifelong memories.'
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