MONMOUTHSHIRE
COTTAGE FOR SALE
Between Monmouth and Abergavenny
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
large kitchen with an Aga and walk-in-larder
sitting room and study
garage and third acre garden
OUTSIDE

The cottage is at the end of a dead end lane, which leads
to a track which goes up to a farmstead.

Looking back down the track to the cottage lit by
early morning sun.

Looking up the track from an upstairs window.

Looking across the front garden from the same window as above.

The west side of the cottage. The arch window is in the old
part of the cottage, the rest is later additions.

West from bedroom 2 window.

The front door (it needs painting or replacing!) seen from the lane gate, under a slate canopy which is great for stacking dry fire wood.

Steps up to the lane gate, seen from the front door.

In the following pictures, you will see the garden has been taken back to its bones, which makes it look empty, brown and bare, so the current photos are interspersed with a few old photographs showing the way the garden was in the past... for inspiration.

This is the old part of the cottage.
It is suffering from damp and needs attention.

Looking north down the garden, past the study windows.

A very old photograph, also looking down the garden,
past the study windows.

It does look bare doesn’t it? It is ready for decorating and for the flower beds to be filled with plants of the new owner’s choosing.

To soften the bareness, a narrow band of geraniums edge the terrace outside the kitchen door at the back of the cottage:
with the west field seen beyond.

Another old photograph looking back at the cottage and terrace, taken over the hedge of the SSSI meadow on the east side of the garden.

Looking east, out of the shower room, towards the SSSI meadow. The hedge has been uncut for a few years, and the lawn left to grow this year.

But if the hedge is kept low, as in this old photograph, the SSSI meadow becomes visible: it was in the process of being cut and baled.

Looking down to the bottom of the garden from the rear study window: good north light for close work.
The garden is about 80 metres long and 20 metres wide in its centre. It is wider immediately behind the cottage.

And finally looking back up to the rear of the cottage
from further down the garden.
There is an unattractive single garage, on a narrow strip of land
on the other side of the lane.
DOWNSTAIRS
The cottage is empty, it is a bare canvas.
Some of the paintwork is tired and some remedial work is required.
Each ground floor room has an outside door.
KITCHEN
4.26m x 5.63m
The large treble aspect kitchen has square terracotta floor tiles, recessed ceiling lights and two pendant light fittings to hang over a kitchen table: the round paper shades being temporary.
The work surface is oak, as are the two beams.





UTILITY ROOM
2.47m x 2.39m
This kitchen door leads past the garden door and garden loo,
to the utility room with the central heating boiler (LPG gas), a Belfast sink and plumbing for a washing machine and tumbler dryer,
plus a floor drain for dog paws or boot washing.

LARDER
1.5m x 1.5m
Shelves run round three walls, leaving a vertical space for an upright freezer. The glazed kitchen door leads to the hall and front door.

HALL
The hall, in the centre of the cottage, has a stone flag floor.


STUDY
2.91m x 2.39m and 3.28m x 3.08m
The triple aspect study is made up of two areas which could be used in a different way if there were doors between each or the hall. There is a useful cupboard under the stairs accessed from the study.


SITTING ROOM
3.52m x 6.33m
The sitting room is the old part of the cottage.
It is suffering from damp and needs attention.



UPSTAIRS
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BEDROOM 1 3.53m x 3.61m and BATHROOM 2.61m x 2.53m
Double aspect bedroom, with beamed vaulted ceiling.
En-suite bathroom with a deep double end bath, loo and basin.




SHOWER ROOM
2.39m x 2.20m
Tricky to photograph - the shower is a fully tiled walk in shower, there is also a loo and the visible basin with a large side lit mirror.

BEDROOM 2
3.10m x 3.00m
A square bedroom, with a built in hanging cupboard


BEDROOM 3
3.10m x 3.00m
A colourful bedroom, with shelving and access to the attic
and roof space.
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FLOOR PLANS




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