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Map4 bedroom detached house
Key information
Features and description
- Approx 2,521 sq ft of flexible accommodation
- 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms
- 3 free-flowing reception rooms
- Glorious gardens featuring meadow, coppice and vegetable garden
- Owned solar panels for hot water
- Magnificent far-reaching views
- Easy access to M5, mainline railway services, Bristol airport and Bristol city centre
Brook cottage believed to date back to about 1840 is a wonderful country home set in a tucked away location on the outskirts of the popular village of Congresbury. It offers 4 bedrooms, and has splendid cottage gardens which include a brook, silver birch coppice and wildflower meadow together with magnificent open views to the surrounding arable farmland. Full of character, it retains many original features including an inglenook fireplace, beamed ceilings, exposed stone walls and lovely quarry tiled flooring.
An attractive porch with front door leads into the dining/reception hall where you can immediately get a sense of the history of this property. Deep recessed windows, a gorgeous, beamed ceiling, and inglenook fireplace housing a log burner make this a most attractive, cosy and welcoming space.
To the left is the spacious dual aspect sitting room with practical travertine flooring. A comfortable room it has an exposed stone wall with fireplace and inset log burner and there is a pretty bay window which lets in lots of natural light.
To the rear of the ground floor is a lovely kitchen/breakfast room which has a pleasant aspect over the garden. It has a good range of farmhouse style units, space for a dining table and an integrated electric hob, double oven and fridge. Leading off here is a practical laundry/boot room with space for a washing machine, freezer, tumble dryer and dishwasher. It also has wonderful access and views over the garden.
The final reception room is a spacious garden/sunroom with sliding doors to the garden and verandah beyond providing seamless indoor-outdoor living. A terrace immediately outside is the perfect spot to enjoy alfresco dining or a summer BBQ.
A convenient downstairs cloakroom completes the ground floor accommodation.
Upstairs there are 4 bedrooms and a generous landing that is currently arranged as an office space. The principal bedroom is a large, light and airy offering triple aspect with far reaching views and has fitted wardrobes and an en-suite shower room.
3 further bedrooms are served by a family bathroom with roll top bath and family shower.
EPC Rating: E
Rooms
Garden
The gardens are a real highlight of Brook cottage. There are several distinct areas with a wildflower meadow which has orchids, snowdrops, dog’s tooth and primroses and natural daffodils in Spring, this segues into a beautiful silver birch coppice and beyond this is a gravelled vegetable garden with greenhouse and distinct beds edged with railway sleepers. A more formal garden lies to the side of the property with a lawn framed by spectacular mature borders and a second lawned area edged with a brook it has a gazebo and a large shed (currently arranged as a Pub!).
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