5 bedroom detached house for sale

Features and description

Rooms

Situation
Situated just a mile from the A48 in the highly desirable village of Llanvair Discoed. This home is ideally located for the extensive range of amenities and schools offered in Chepstow and Caldicot yet only just over 5 miles to J23(Magor) of the M4 and 8 miles to J2 of the M48. The village falls within the catchment of the high calibre state schools; Shirenewton Primary School and Chepstow Comprehensive and the private schools of Rougemont and Monmouth Haberdashers. The regional centres of Bristol are 23 miles, Cardiff 25 miles and Newport 12 miles away. Fabulous countryside walks on the doorstep with Gray Hill and Wentwood Forest nearby.

Accommodation
Arranged over three floors with rooms of significant proportions this home offers versatile accommodation, suitable for multi-generational living and home working. Original features abound with beamed ceilings, shuttered windows with deep oak window cills and large stone-faced fireplaces in all three reception rooms.

Ground Floor
The large gabled porch with detailed stone archway, an embedded date stone and with stone seating either side leads to the large old wooden front door. In the entrance hall a straight flight stair way leads to the first floor. Two large Reception Rooms lie either side of the Hall, one used as a formal living room and the other as a family room off the Kitchen/Breakfast room. The Hall leads through to the rear Entrance lobby which also serves as a Boot room. Off this Entrance lobby is the Utility room and downstairs separate Shower room with WC whilst to the other side the Kitchen/ Breakfast Room. The bespoke handcrafted country style fitted Kitchen with a range of wall and base units has a dual aspect with quarry tiled floor, oak worktops with integral appliances. A 2-oven oil fired AGA is supplemented by an induction 2 burner hob and an undercounter integral oven. A quarry tiled Inner hallway leads through to a walk-in pantry.

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The Dining Room overlooks the front garden, is accessed off the inner hallway with parquet flooring, large inset pantry cupboard and secondary staircase to a first floor bedroom. There is also a second front door that leads to the garden.

First Floor
The large landing at first floor level with window to the front is currently used as an office area. There are three large bedrooms on this floor, two overlook the front garden and the third bedroom has a door and stone steps leading to the rear garden. On this level there is an extraordinarily large family bathroom with two windows to the front, bath, vanity unit with double basins and WC with large airing cupboard and storage cupboard. There is a further Shower Room with basin and WC on this floor. As a secondary staircase leads from one bedroom down to the Dining room and with the Shower room adjacent to the bedroom these rooms could be configured to provide a separate living space.

Second Floor
The large landing at second floor level also has a window to the front and is currently used as a sewing room. To either side of the landing are two large bedrooms with each having two garret windows in the gable elevation and beams across the rooms.

Outside
To the front of the property are large level lawns bordered by stone walls and hedgerows with box hedge edging and a lavender lined flagstone path leading to the beautiful front porch. Double wrought iron gates give vehicular access to a cobbled driveway, which leads up to a stone built double garage and then wraps around the house through a further set of double gates to the back door. The mainly walled garden behind the house encloses a large level lawn with mature trees and orchard. At the rear of the house sheltered stone flagged patio areas with stone steps lead up to the lawn, a vegetable garden area with raised beds and a pretty garden pond add interest with herbaceous borders framing the lawn. A gate leads out to the Old Pound within the ownership of this property.

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A separate detached stone outbuilding, once the old wash house is currently a store but offers an opportunity for a gym or home office. Attached to the house is a workshop with a summerhouse and lean-to greenhouse with useful sheds along the back garden wall.

Services
Mains electricity and water, oil central heating and private drainage via a cesspit. EPC Exempt

Tenure
We are informed the property is freehold. Intending purchasers should verify this with their solicitor.

Local Authority
Monmouthshire County Council Council Tax Band: I

Viewing
Strictly by appointment with the agents David James Chepstow

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