1 bedroom cottage for sale
Key information
Features and description
- Tenure: Freehold
- 1 bedroom Cottage with Shepherd's Hut
- 17th Century Character Property
- Rural setting
- Grade II Listed Cottage
- Sitting/Dining Room
- Kitchen
- Large Gardens
- Parking
- EPC Exempt
Presented in excellent condition throughout, retaining a wealth of period features to include vaulted, beamed ceilings and stone walls. The property, which is believed to date from the 17th Century and built as a dwelling and later converted to a former cowhouse and then changed back to a property in the latter part of the 20th Century, stands within its own spacious gardens and provides off road parking for at least two vehicles to the front. Adjoining the property there are three former piggeries offering useful storage space.
Within the garden, there is also a Shepherds Hut, which offers excellent extra accommodation with attached toilet with portaloo.
There is planning permission is for a new entrance lobby, ground floor double bedroom with en-suite and sliding patio doors onto a veranda. The staircase (originally the external stone steps) leads up to a landing and door into the upstairs bedroom.
In its current form, the accommodation briefly comprises:- entrance door to kitchen, sitting/dining room, shower room, first floor bedroom.
It must be noted that there is a restrictive covenant on the property stipulating that any owner must use the property as their second home or as a commercial holiday let and the property must not be used during the month of November.
Viewing is highly recommended.
Council Tax Band: D £5,326.07 (inc 150% premium)
Tenure: Freehold
Rooms
Kitchen 2.06m x 4.44m (6ft 9in x 14ft 6in)
Fully glazed door to side with timber outer door, window to front with extractor fan, exposed beams, painted exposed stone walls, ceiling lights, a pine kitchen comprising 3 wall units and 3 base units under a pine worksurface, Belfast sink, space for washing machine, space for fridge, space for freezer and space for dishwasher, integral double oven, 4 ring electric hob and extractor hood over, open fireplace housing wood burning stove on a slate hearth, ROINTE electric radiator, laminate flooring. Fully glazed door leading to:-
Open Plan Sitting/Dining Room 4.50m x 6.54m (14ft 9in x 21ft 5in)
Fully glazed door to rear with outer timber door, window to rear, high arrow window to rear, vaulted ceiling with exposed beams, open feature fireplace with wood burning stove on a raised slate hearth with original fireplace cooking crane, painted stone walls, under stairs storage, electric radiator, laminate flooring, stairs to bedroom.
Dining Area
Painted stone walls, exposed beams with ceiling downlights, part tongue and groove walls, timber pillars, electric radiator, laminate flooring. Door into:-
Shower Room 1.05m x 2.62m (3ft 5in x 8ft 7in)
Window to rear with extractor fan, exposed beams with ceiling downlights, shower area with electric shower and shower curtain, pedestal wash hand basin, low level W.C. , electric blow heater, painted walls, heated towel rail/radiator, slate tiled flooring.
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Timber staircase from the sitting room area leads up to:-
Bedroom 4.63m x 3.40m (15ft 2in x 11ft 1in)
Window to side with steps leading down to garden and enjoying countryside views, vaulted ceiling with exposed beams and A -Frame, electric radiator, exposed floorboards.
Outside
The property is approached through a 5 bar gate, with parking for two vehicles and hedged boundary. The garden is mainly lawned, with a variety of seating areas to enjoy the open countryside views. Within the garden are a variety of mature trees, gravelled pathways leading to the former 3 former pigsty's.
Shepherds Hut
The Shepherds Hut is located within the grounds of the property and offers superb extra accommodation for visiting guests. The accommodation includes a log burning stove, integrated double bed, small fold down table for 2 people, small sink/cupboard with a water container that you can pump cold water out of via the tap. Electrics are wired to the mains electricity so there are electric light fittings and sockets plus an electric radiator (the same as the ones installed in the cottage). There is also a small outside toilet shed with a tiled floor, it currently has a portaloo in it but could have something more permanent installed should somebody wish.
Former Piggeries 2.40m x 1.90m (7ft 10in x 6ft 2in)
Three separate units which have been utilised as storage, the first benefitting from electric and lighting. The three separate units are approximately the same size.
Services
MAINS:- Electricity and water
Private septic tank drainage.