House For Sale £750,000
A Beguiling Rural Gem - Detached & Extended 4 Double Bedroom 18thc Period Property, boasting triple car Garage Block with attached Workshop offering exciting conversion potential, all set in secluded gardens with old Orchard extending to 1.6 acres, bordering open countryside on the outskirts of the village.
Entrance Hall – Family Room – Sitting Room – Dining Room – Study/Downstairs Double Bedroom – Downstairs Bathroom – Kitchen – Pantry – Hall Cupboard – Boot Room – 3 Double Bedrooms – Shower Room – Boiler Room – Garaging Block – Attached Workshop with Store Room – Apple Store – Driveway with Ample Parking – Garden Shed with Log Store – Summerhouse – Entertaining & Dining Patios with Pizza Oven – Old Apple Orchard & Gardens Extending to 1.6 Acres
Enchanting Orchard Cottage preserves the delightful character of the original property with its exposed beams, well married to extensions that afford a lovely Kitchen with cathedral window and highly malleable spaces for modern family life. The Garage Block with Attached Workshop and Stores offers an exceptional opportunity for any artisan or car enthusiast, or exciting potential for conversion into self-contained Annexe ideal for multigenerational living or Holiday Let revenue; subject to all relevant planning permissions. The stock-fenced and hedged grounds provide opportunity for a slice of the Good Life with perhaps chickens scratching happily under the shade of some 40 mature apple trees in the old Orchard.
Privately set amid open farmland, criss-crossed by footpaths making it eminently appealing for lovers of the outdoors, walkers and their canine companions, the property is walking distance from the village. Clehonger offers village store, Ofsted “Good” primary school, large children’s playground, community pub with skittle alley and Petanque terrains and bustling Village Hall offering a diverse range of classes and activities from Kids’ Clubs to yoga. Belmont lies only 2 miles away providing large supermarket, petrol station, gp surgery, library and Health Centre with the full City amenities of Hereford only 5 miles.
The Property
Entrance Hall – With practical tile flooring and enjoying a window overlooking the courtyard patio, the Entrance Hall offers ample space beyond the depositing of outerwear and is currently utilised as a compact Home Office.
Family Room – The carpeted Family Room provides a lovely informal relaxing area enjoying views across open fields. The malleable space is anchored by a red brick alcove fireplace home to a wood burner while open-frame wall beams to either side of the room define a second space, ideal as a Reading Room, Music zone or playroom for youngsters.
Sitting Room – The inviting Sitting Room offers a more formal space or grown-up retreat, delighting in dual aspect with windows framing views over the courtyard’s terraced gardens and over an unfurling sweep of open fields dotted with mature trees. The characterful room blends the original exposed wall beams with the roof truss beams of this later extension. The carpeted room with solid wood floor beneath is made cosy by the wood burner set on a stone hearth.
Dining Room – The carpeted Dining Room delights in a wide window framing views over the terraced courtyard gardens and offers ample space for dresser/sideboard and dining table at which to gather family and friends.
Study/Downstairs Bedroom – Occupying the original Kitchen with red tile floor the Downstairs Bedroom offers a highly malleable space. Ideal certainly as a Guest Bedroom with window framing views down the long length of the gardens, the room offers a myriad of further possibilities from Homeworker office, Study, Gym to Hobby/Craft Room.
Downstairs Bathroom – The Bathroom provides full bath with mixer tap and shower attachment, WC and basin with storage cupboard beneath. With tile floor, the room is completed with heated towel rail.
Kitchen – Fully fitted in an array of Shaker units warmed by laminate wood countertops, the Kitchen boasts a cathedral window framing views deep into the gardens. Light and airy with exposed roof trusses, the Kitchen enjoys underfloor heating and provides ample storage including a pull-out, wire rack pantry cupboard, corner carousel, concealed household bins and twin sets of deep pan drawers. Integrated are Neff double ovens with AEG microwave above. The Neff ceramic hob is set below wall-mounted extractor hood while the dishwasher lies beside the white composite sink and half with integral drainer. There is space for us style fridge/freezer with surrounding fitted storage and a Utility zone with under-counter space for both washer and dryer.
Pantry – The small Walk-in Pantry provides neat storage for volumes of dry goods. Also lying off the Hallway opens the full height Hall Cupboard providing useful storage for household essentials.
Boot Room – With under-floor heating the cosy Boot Room with External Door to the courtyard patios offers ample space for the divestment and storage of coats and muddy boots.
Boiler Room – Attached to the back of the house lies the Boiler Room, home to the oil-fired boiler.
Bedroom 1 – The Main Bedroom is a lovely, spacious and carpeted Double delighting in exposed beams and dual windows framing sweeping views over open countryside. A cupboard door conceals useful under-eaves storage.
Bedroom 2 – A carpeted Double Bedroom with exposed beams, it enjoys a window framing both views down the long garden and out over the bordering open fields. Built-in is a double cupboard, home to the hot water tank with twin fitted shelves.
Bedroom 3 – The last of the upstairs Bedrooms is also a carpeted and characterful Double with deep alcove storage. The window overlooks the courtyard terrace beds.
Shower Room – The spacious room with recessed lighting and wood-effect vinyl flooring provides an expansive Walk-in shower enclosure with Mira wall-control for both Rainhead and regular showers. The suite is completed with vanity unit storage beneath the basin, WC and chrome heated towel rail. The built-in Cupboard offers copious storage with twin fixed batten shelving. While outside on the Landing a loft hatch accesses the predominantly boarded roof storage.
Garaging Block – The triple car garage provides exceptional useable space and excellent potential for conversion. With extensive external security and internal lighting, power outlets, outside taps and smooth solid painted flooring the options for use are myriad. Currently a stud wall defines the internal space into additional rooms. One being utilised as a Cool Room with ample space for fridge and/or chest freezer and home to the apple juicing and pasteurising equipment while the other is the dedicated Apple Store with fitted wooden shelving for storing the copious volume of fruit produced by the Orchard. Attached is the Workshop with numerous work benches and internal secure Store Room while to the rear are metal stores/kennels, providing additional rain-sheltered storage.
Outside
Beyond the white wooden gate opens the sweep of a gravel Driveway providing copious parking for numerous vehicles before the Garage Block. Discreetly tucked to the corner lies a large Garden Shed with Lean-To Log Store before another white gate leads into the old Orchard providing a fantastic boon to biodiversity with its mix of Bramley cookers and eaters including Lord Lambourne, Fortune and Idared. More recent additions of Marjorie Seedling Plum and a Cherry add to the delights.
The wider gardens with their combination of mature shrubs and specimen trees make for a wildlife haven, with the Summerhouse providing a secluded retreat to watch the antics of the garden’s bird population even the flit of green woodpeckers. Before the house lie stone-paved and gravel patio areas banked by terraced flower borders. All providing sheltered and relaxing spaces, with a proper hand-built Pizza Oven making it ideal for al fresco dining.
Practicalities
Herefordshire Council Tax Band ‘F’
Oil-Fired Central Heating
Double Glazed Throughout
Mains Water & Electricity
Private Drainage
Broadband Available
Directions
From Hereford take the A465 west towards Abergavenny. Drive 2 miles and turn right onto the B4349 Hay-On-Wye road. Continue for 2 miles through Clehonger village and turn slight left to stay on Hay road. Take first left onto Croft Road, turn left again onto Poplar Road. Finally turn left once again immediately between the black and white chevron sign and road sign for Birch Hill onto a single track driveway with new grey scalpings. The property is to be found at the very end of the track.
Entrance Hall – Family Room – Sitting Room – Dining Room – Study/Downstairs Double Bedroom – Downstairs Bathroom – Kitchen – Pantry – Hall Cupboard – Boot Room – 3 Double Bedrooms – Shower Room – Boiler Room – Garaging Block – Attached Workshop with Store Room – Apple Store – Driveway with Ample Parking – Garden Shed with Log Store – Summerhouse – Entertaining & Dining Patios with Pizza Oven – Old Apple Orchard & Gardens Extending to 1.6 Acres
Enchanting Orchard Cottage preserves the delightful character of the original property with its exposed beams, well married to extensions that afford a lovely Kitchen with cathedral window and highly malleable spaces for modern family life. The Garage Block with Attached Workshop and Stores offers an exceptional opportunity for any artisan or car enthusiast, or exciting potential for conversion into self-contained Annexe ideal for multigenerational living or Holiday Let revenue; subject to all relevant planning permissions. The stock-fenced and hedged grounds provide opportunity for a slice of the Good Life with perhaps chickens scratching happily under the shade of some 40 mature apple trees in the old Orchard.
Privately set amid open farmland, criss-crossed by footpaths making it eminently appealing for lovers of the outdoors, walkers and their canine companions, the property is walking distance from the village. Clehonger offers village store, Ofsted “Good” primary school, large children’s playground, community pub with skittle alley and Petanque terrains and bustling Village Hall offering a diverse range of classes and activities from Kids’ Clubs to yoga. Belmont lies only 2 miles away providing large supermarket, petrol station, gp surgery, library and Health Centre with the full City amenities of Hereford only 5 miles.
The Property
Entrance Hall – With practical tile flooring and enjoying a window overlooking the courtyard patio, the Entrance Hall offers ample space beyond the depositing of outerwear and is currently utilised as a compact Home Office.
Family Room – The carpeted Family Room provides a lovely informal relaxing area enjoying views across open fields. The malleable space is anchored by a red brick alcove fireplace home to a wood burner while open-frame wall beams to either side of the room define a second space, ideal as a Reading Room, Music zone or playroom for youngsters.
Sitting Room – The inviting Sitting Room offers a more formal space or grown-up retreat, delighting in dual aspect with windows framing views over the courtyard’s terraced gardens and over an unfurling sweep of open fields dotted with mature trees. The characterful room blends the original exposed wall beams with the roof truss beams of this later extension. The carpeted room with solid wood floor beneath is made cosy by the wood burner set on a stone hearth.
Dining Room – The carpeted Dining Room delights in a wide window framing views over the terraced courtyard gardens and offers ample space for dresser/sideboard and dining table at which to gather family and friends.
Study/Downstairs Bedroom – Occupying the original Kitchen with red tile floor the Downstairs Bedroom offers a highly malleable space. Ideal certainly as a Guest Bedroom with window framing views down the long length of the gardens, the room offers a myriad of further possibilities from Homeworker office, Study, Gym to Hobby/Craft Room.
Downstairs Bathroom – The Bathroom provides full bath with mixer tap and shower attachment, WC and basin with storage cupboard beneath. With tile floor, the room is completed with heated towel rail.
Kitchen – Fully fitted in an array of Shaker units warmed by laminate wood countertops, the Kitchen boasts a cathedral window framing views deep into the gardens. Light and airy with exposed roof trusses, the Kitchen enjoys underfloor heating and provides ample storage including a pull-out, wire rack pantry cupboard, corner carousel, concealed household bins and twin sets of deep pan drawers. Integrated are Neff double ovens with AEG microwave above. The Neff ceramic hob is set below wall-mounted extractor hood while the dishwasher lies beside the white composite sink and half with integral drainer. There is space for us style fridge/freezer with surrounding fitted storage and a Utility zone with under-counter space for both washer and dryer.
Pantry – The small Walk-in Pantry provides neat storage for volumes of dry goods. Also lying off the Hallway opens the full height Hall Cupboard providing useful storage for household essentials.
Boot Room – With under-floor heating the cosy Boot Room with External Door to the courtyard patios offers ample space for the divestment and storage of coats and muddy boots.
Boiler Room – Attached to the back of the house lies the Boiler Room, home to the oil-fired boiler.
Bedroom 1 – The Main Bedroom is a lovely, spacious and carpeted Double delighting in exposed beams and dual windows framing sweeping views over open countryside. A cupboard door conceals useful under-eaves storage.
Bedroom 2 – A carpeted Double Bedroom with exposed beams, it enjoys a window framing both views down the long garden and out over the bordering open fields. Built-in is a double cupboard, home to the hot water tank with twin fitted shelves.
Bedroom 3 – The last of the upstairs Bedrooms is also a carpeted and characterful Double with deep alcove storage. The window overlooks the courtyard terrace beds.
Shower Room – The spacious room with recessed lighting and wood-effect vinyl flooring provides an expansive Walk-in shower enclosure with Mira wall-control for both Rainhead and regular showers. The suite is completed with vanity unit storage beneath the basin, WC and chrome heated towel rail. The built-in Cupboard offers copious storage with twin fixed batten shelving. While outside on the Landing a loft hatch accesses the predominantly boarded roof storage.
Garaging Block – The triple car garage provides exceptional useable space and excellent potential for conversion. With extensive external security and internal lighting, power outlets, outside taps and smooth solid painted flooring the options for use are myriad. Currently a stud wall defines the internal space into additional rooms. One being utilised as a Cool Room with ample space for fridge and/or chest freezer and home to the apple juicing and pasteurising equipment while the other is the dedicated Apple Store with fitted wooden shelving for storing the copious volume of fruit produced by the Orchard. Attached is the Workshop with numerous work benches and internal secure Store Room while to the rear are metal stores/kennels, providing additional rain-sheltered storage.
Outside
Beyond the white wooden gate opens the sweep of a gravel Driveway providing copious parking for numerous vehicles before the Garage Block. Discreetly tucked to the corner lies a large Garden Shed with Lean-To Log Store before another white gate leads into the old Orchard providing a fantastic boon to biodiversity with its mix of Bramley cookers and eaters including Lord Lambourne, Fortune and Idared. More recent additions of Marjorie Seedling Plum and a Cherry add to the delights.
The wider gardens with their combination of mature shrubs and specimen trees make for a wildlife haven, with the Summerhouse providing a secluded retreat to watch the antics of the garden’s bird population even the flit of green woodpeckers. Before the house lie stone-paved and gravel patio areas banked by terraced flower borders. All providing sheltered and relaxing spaces, with a proper hand-built Pizza Oven making it ideal for al fresco dining.
Practicalities
Herefordshire Council Tax Band ‘F’
Oil-Fired Central Heating
Double Glazed Throughout
Mains Water & Electricity
Private Drainage
Broadband Available
Directions
From Hereford take the A465 west towards Abergavenny. Drive 2 miles and turn right onto the B4349 Hay-On-Wye road. Continue for 2 miles through Clehonger village and turn slight left to stay on Hay road. Take first left onto Croft Road, turn left again onto Poplar Road. Finally turn left once again immediately between the black and white chevron sign and road sign for Birch Hill onto a single track driveway with new grey scalpings. The property is to be found at the very end of the track.
