Sandiway Cottage

A beautiful stone built detached village residence offering versatile accommodation which did incorporate a self contained 'granny' annexe, and is easily re-instated suiting those looking for multi-generation living. The lovely walled gardens also benefit from good outbuildings to include a double tandem carport a double tandem garage, a home office/ summerhouse, a green house and open wood store.

Location
Weston-Under-Penyard offers village life whilst being within easy reach of amenities and road networks. The village boasts a primary school, village inn, church and village hall. The village of Lea, approximately 2 miles away, has a village store, church, village hall and primary school.
The M50 motorway is approximately 3 miles away and provides excellent commuter links to the M5 giving good access to Birmingham, the North, Bristol and the South. The A40, leads to the M4 at Newport, giving good access to Cardiff, Wales and the South.
The pretty market town of Ross-on-Wye with its picturesque river walks is just over 3 miles away and offers an array of excellent shopping facilities.
There is excellent schooling from both the private and state sectors including; primary schools at Gorsley, Lea and Weston-under-Penyard, and secondary education at Haberdashers in Monmouth and John Kyrle in Ross-on-Wye
More comprehensive facilities can be found in the surrounding Cathedral cities of Hereford, Worcester and Gloucester and the Regency Spa town of Cheltenham.

Home at a glance

This stunning stone residence started life as a coach house and now offers a great lifestyle choice in a sought after and thriving village community.
The property is presented in good order and is spacious offering a great degree of versatility particularly for those looking for multi-generation living as the property originally had an integral granny annexe which could easily be reinstated creating a self contained annexe.

Ground floor
The open canopy entrance porch leads through into the spacious reception hall which has a double built-in cloaks cupboard and solid wood stairs that lead to the first floor. From here a door opens into the fabulous open plan sitting/ dining room, a light and airy room which has a striking stone fireplace housing the wood burning stove. This lovely feature gives a natural divide to the room with arches either side which flow into the dining room. This room offers plenty of space for dining and for those warmer months double French doors lead out onto the sun terrace.
Double doors from the sitting room lead into the country style kitchen, which is complimented with a range of classic shaker style units and incorporates a breakfast bar. There is a range cooker with extractor over and space for a fridge and dishwasher. A nice feature of this room is the internal window which looks into the hallway and ensures good light flow.
From the kitchen a door opens into the utility room/ boot room which is fitted with a range of units and has space for washing machine and tumble drier. A solid wood glazed door from here opens directly onto the gardens.

The original self contained 'granny' annexe has now been incorporated into the main residence but is easily reinstated if required.
The Second kitchen sits off the utility room and has a range of units and sink, with space for further appliances. ( from here please note an arch did lead through to the second sitting room).
From the main reception hall leads into the original second sitting room and bedroom, now used as an office and a lovely snug/ library which has French doors leading onto the gardens.
Opposite these rooms and off the reception hall is the downstairs shower room which is fitted with a two piece suite and has a double walk-in shower.

First floor
The landing is complimented with a good walk-in airing cupboard which is fitted with shelving and houses the Vaillant gas central heating boiler.
The master suite boasts a large double bedroom with dual aspect windows and built in wardrobes. The bedroom is open to the dressing room and from here a door opens in to the en-suite bathroom. This lovely bathroom has a slipper bath, two piece white suite and corner shower unit.
There are two further double bedrooms and a family bathroom which is fitted with a three piece white suite with shower attachment over bath.

Outside
From the country lane leads directly through the wrought iron gates onto the driveway which provides ample parking along with the double carport and double tandem garage. The tandem garage can park 2 cars but the current owners have a useful workshop to the rear.

Summerhouse/ home office/Studio
A great addition to the property this offers a variety of uses and could make a great home office.

The gardens
The delightful and interesting gardens are flanked with beautiful stone walling and are a lovely feature of the property. A patio encompasses the rear of the property and there are level lawns with mature herbaceous borders and some lovely mature trees to include a Twisted Willow and a Magnolia Stellata. A feature arch leads through to a private seating area.
The working garden offers a good quality greenhouse and vegetable garden along with a good open log store.

Services

Council tax band F
Gas central heating
Partial electric heating
Mains drainage

Directions

From Ross-on-Wye leave in the eastern outskirts signposted Gloucester. Continue. Along this road and on reaching the village of Weston-under Penyard go straight over the mini island with the WestonCross pub to the left hand side. After a short distance take the second turning left into Rectory Lane and continue for approximately 100 yards where the property will be found on the right hand side.
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Ross-on-Wye 2.4 miles
Ledbury 14.5 miles
Hereford 17.2 miles
Cheltenham 22.1 miles
Gloucester 14.8 miles
Bristol 48.3 miles
M50 3 miles
(All distances are approximate)