4 bedroom detached house for sale

Occupying a commanding elevated position set in substantial garden and grounds enjoying stunning southerly views towards over and beyond the town of Cowbridge an individual four bed, three reception detached house. Kitchen open plan with breakfast/living room. Sizeable utility and workshops.

Mains gas fired central heating. Double glazed. Potential to extend subject to any necessary consents. Just a short drive from the market town of Cowbridge and in Cowbridge school catchment area. Freehold. Immediately available.

Directions: Head up Cowbridge High Street to the traffic lights and turn left onto the Aberthin Road. Go through the village of Aberthin and at the crossroads at Maendy turn right and a short way up on your right hand side is a tarmac driveway with the name White Lodge on the wall. Go up to the top of the driveway to the house.

Introduction: White Lodge enjoys a stunning elevated position on a small bluff facing south with fantastic wide ranging views toward Cowbridge over the town and the countryside beyond down towards the Bristol Channel. It also enjoys wide ranging views over the countryside to the north and west whilst to the east it abuts open countryside. The house has been designed to take advantage of these wonderful views with all three principal reception rooms enjoying the views as do three of the four bedrooms. Although this is a good size family house there is obviously potential to extend subject to any necessary consents being obtained and the quality of the position and size of the garden would comfortably sustain a much bigger and more expensive property. The gardens are a delight enjoying considerable privacy. Maendy is a small hamlet just a few minutes drive away from the market town of Cowbridge. There are local facilities within walking distance in the villages of Ystradowen and Aberthin but also the market town of Cowbridge does offer an excellent range of local facilities. These include schools of high reputation for all ages, a wide range of shops both national and local, library, health centre, sporting and recreational facilities including leisure centre, cricket club, tennis club, squash club, bowls club etc. Cowbridge is an attractive market town situated in the heart of the rural Vale of Glamorgan and the Heritage Coastline is just a few miles to the south. The good local road network brings major centres including the capital city of Cardiff, Newport, Swansea, Barry, Llantrisant, Bridgend etc all within comfortable commuting distance.

Ground floor

Entrance porch: Fully enclosed. Timber storm doorway. Quarry tiled floor with mat well.

Reception hall: 13'6" x 12'9" max. Including dog-leg staircase. Glazed inner doorway from entrance hall. Porch. Woodblock floor. Two opaque glazed windows.

Cloakroom: Suite in Indian ivory comprising low level wc and corner wash hand basin with tiled splashback. Tiled floor. Window.

Drawing room: 18'6" x 18'6" max into 13'9" wide bay with built-in window seats enjoying magnificent southerly countryside views. Further picture window to side enjoying garden views and westerly aspect. Double glazed patio doors lead out to the rear terrace and garden. Working fireplace with tiled interior to marble tiled hearth and classic timber surround and mantle. Two arched display recesses.

Study area: 6'3" x 6'6". Arched recess off the reception hall and doorway through to the drawing room. Tiled floor. Garden views.

Inner hall: Doorway through from reception hall. Woodblock floor. Three windows enjoying wide ranging northerly countryside views.

Living room: 19'6" x 12' max. 13'9" long picture window enjoying those stunning views. Woodblock floor. Two wall light points. Charnwood Clearview wood burning stove set on tiled hearth in fireplace with timber surround.

Kitchen/family room/dining room: 23' x 12'9" narrowing to 9'3". The wider kitchen area has an entrance lobby from the hall. Well fitted with an extensive range of matching wall and base units finished in buttermilk in shaker style by Sigma with granite effect work surfaces. Features include recess for tall fridge freezer, pull-out larder unit, white four ring gas hob with extractor over, built-in white oven, 1.5 bowl single drainer sink unit with mixer taps, plate rack, range of wall cupboards, central island work station with cupboards under. Big picture window enjoying northerly countryside views. Tiled floor which stretches into the dining room/living room area. Side window. Arched display recess. French doorway leading out to the garden and terrace and enjoying wide ranging countryside views.

Utility room: 14'9" x 8'3" max. Quarry tiled floor. Range of base units with work surface over. Single drainer single bowl sink unit with tiled splashback. Space and plumbing for dishwasher. Space and plumbing for washing machine. Ideal Mexico II mains gas fired boiler. Two windows enjoying countryside views. Part glazed uPVC storm doorway to garden.

Workshop: 15'6" x 10'9". Leading directly off the utility room. Timber storm doorway to front. Window enjoying delightful views over the top gardens. Range of storage units and work surface areas including flush fitted double wardrobe. Doorway through to garage.

Garage: 17' x 10'6". Up-and-over-doorway. Pitched roof. Two windows overlooking the top garden. Electric light and power. Doorway through to workshop/garage 2.

Workshop/garage 2: 10'6" x 10'3". Up-and-over- doorway. Electric light and power.

First floor

Landing: Dog-leg stairway from reception hall. Deep shelved storage cupboard. Access to roof storage space.

Bedroom 1: 20' x 10'9". Splendidly large principal bedroom with two windows enjoying stunning countryside views.

Dressing room: 10'3" x 4'6". En-suite with the master bedroom and with the obvious potential to be turned into a bathroom. Corner vanity unit with wash hand basin and cupboard under. Access to undereaves storage space. Window enjoying those fantastic views and large walk-in clothes cupboard.

Bedroom 2: 16' x 8'9" max. Wide ranging northerly countryside views. Built-in vanity unit with wash hand basin and two double cupboards under.

Bedroom 3: 11'6" x 8'3". Wonderful southerly garden countryside views. Open archway through to bedroom 4 allowing the two bedrooms to be used as one large room but both are entirely independent in terms of doorways on the landing, radiators, power points, windows etc so easily restored to two separate bedrooms if required.

Bedroom 4: 11'6" x 8'3". Windows to front and side both enjoying fantastic views.

Family bathroom: Modern suite in Indian Ivory comprising Daryl over-size splayed corner shower cubicle with Mira shower, low level wc and pedestal wash hand basin with tiled splashback. Timber floor. Inset ceiling lighting. Extractor. Window enjoying country view.

Outside

Private tarmac driveway leading off the lane to Prisk initially shared by the adjoining property Waunwen. Becomes private driveway for White Lodge and gently curves up to the front of the house with an extensive tarmac parking area including a turning area and gives access directly to the Garage Lawned front garden with natural boundaries to either side and enjoying wide ranging south westerly views over the Vale towards Cowbridge and the coast and beyond. To the west and north there are also wide ranging countryside views. Front garden laid principally to lawn with mature shrubs and trees including magnolia, red acer, Korean pine and silver birch. A short broad flight of stone steps flanked by flower beds leads up to the front door. Gated side access to large lawned rear garden again with those stunning views in both directions with natural boundaries on three sides including hedge to open fields beyond the top of the garden. Principally laid to lawn but again with trees and shrubs this time including apple, plum, maple, large oak, Lombardy poplars, etc. At the top of the garden there is a large timber Garden shed. Immediately to the rear of the house there is a further lawned area with stone wall to the field side and with paved terrace with access directly from the drawing room, living room and family room and this is a particularly attractive spot to sit and enjoy the views.

Services: Mains water, gas and electricity. Drainage to cess pit. Central heating by mains gas. Double glazed.

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