Property description
A wonderful period Manor House far from the madding crowd, beautifully restored in peaceful rural Pembrokeshire, minutes from the coast. Master bedroom with en suite, seven further bedrooms one en suite, two bathrooms, drawing room, dining room, library, study, kitchen, breakfast room. Three holiday cottages (fully furnished), heated indoor swimming pool, gardens and grounds. In all about 4.9 hectares (12.2 acres). Freehold for sale by private treaty as a whole or in two lots.
Winterton House Ground Floor: Kitchen with fully fitted units. Sitting room with exposed timber beams and wood burning stove. First Floor: Bedroom 1 with radiator, and bedroom 2 with radiator. Bathroom with bath and shower over, wc and wash hand basin. Outside: Fenced garden. Holiday Cottages Approached by a separate drive behind the walled garden with private parking area, three separate self-contained units converted from traditional buildings built of stone under a slate roof. Currently used as holiday accommodation the properties have consent to be used as independent residential dwellings. The accommodation comprises:- Historical Note The earliest reference of Hendre House is in 1512 in B.G. Clarkes Place Names in Pembrokeshire. The earliest named tenant was Evan Harry in 1613 when the Hendre Estate was owned by the Laugharne family of Llanunwas. During the 18th century the house was bought by Henry John of Caerwen, a land agent and farmer. It continued in his familys ownership until inherited, through marriage, by Robert HenryMackell Yeats of Lancaster. His son Thomas married Isola Humfray, daughter of the Governor of the Andaman Islands. In 1865 the house and land were acquired at auction by the Reverend William Reynolds for 4, 600. He was responsible for the Victorian addition to the main house in 1881. His descendants remained in the house until the 1930s. The cottages have been converted from the old chapel, dairy and coach house. These buildings probably date from the 18th century. Herne House Ground Floor: Kitchen/breakfast/sitting roomwith exposed timber beams and wood burning stove. First Floor: Bedroom 1 with radiator, and bedroom 2 with radiator. Bathroom with bath and shower over, wc and wash hand basin. Outside: Courtyard area. Ground Floor Formal entrance, through double doors with stain glass panels into a large reception hall. A door to the drawing room with bay window, sash windows and open fireplace, an archway leads into the dining room and French doors to terrace and the walled garden. From the reception hall, a door leads to the library with extensive oak book shelving, sash windows and open fire (N.B. The fire surround is being retained by the vendors), door leads to cellar, cloakroom with wash hand basin and towel rail. A rear hall leads to the kitchen/breakfast room with fully fitted units, gas hob and electric oven, central island unit and single butler sink and French doors to the walled garden. From the breakfast area a door leads to a second kitchen with fully fitted units and large oven. Across the rear hall is a study with sash windows and wood burning stove and backstairs leading to the first floor. Gardens & Grounds A feature of Hendre House is the fine walled garden, the attractive wooded grounds surrounding and complementing the house, including the wonderful abundant driveway over arched with mature trees plus various vantage points affording fine views over open countryside. To the front of the house is a lawn and pond, a kitchen garden with raised beds, brick tool shed and Polytunnel. To the rear a walled garden with lawns and mature borders, approached from both the dining room and kitchen, onto the terrace with stone built barbeque and a pergola covered with vines. Also included a paddock, well fenced and watered all down to permanent pasture. Extending in all to about 6 acres (2.4 hectares). Fixtures & Fittings All those items mentioned in the particulars are included in the sale. First Floor From the reception hall a fine staircase rises to the first floor and landing and master bedroom with bay, sash windows and fireplace, en-suite shower room with wc, wash hand basin, shower cubicle with electric shower and towel rail. Bedroom 2 with sash windows and fireplace and across the landing is the family bathroom with roll top bath, shower cubical with electric shower, wc with high level system, wash hand basin and fire place. Along the hall is bedroom 3 with bay window and fireplace and bedroom 4 with wash hand basin and sash windows. Over the backstairs landing is bedroom 5 with wash hand basin and exposed beams and en-suite shower room with wc and shower. Council Tax Hendre House: Band I 2050.07 year 2010/11 Business Rates Holiday Cottages: 1, 150.00 year 2010/11 Wayleaves & Rights of Way The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all existing rights whether public or private, including rights of way, supply, drainage, water, electricity supplies and other rights, covenants, restrictions and obligations and all wayleaves whether referred to or not. Viewing Arrangements Strictly by appointment with John D Wood & Co., Oxford office, telephone . The Old Chapel Ground Floor: Bedroom with radiator and bathroom with bath and shower over, wc and wash hand basin. First Floor: Kitchen/breakfast/sitting room with floor and wall mounted units, sink with drainer and mixer taps and gas oven. Exposed timber beams and wood burning stove. Tenure & Possession The property is offered freehold with full vacant possession. Swimming Pool Aluminium framed with wooden/perspex elevations and roof. The pool measures 32ft x 16ft and to a depth of 4ft and recently re-lined and a new rubberised floor, fully heated via a gas fired system in the boiler house, with changing room adjacent. Special Conditions The fire surround that is currently in the Library will be removed and is not part of the sale, the original will be re-installed if required. Situation Hendre House occupies a peaceful rural position minutes from the Pembrokeshire coast and the Coastal National Park with its award winning blue flag beaches and 186 mile coast paths. Local facilities in Solva (3 miles) and in Britains smallest city St Davids (6 miles) with the ferry port of Fishguard (10 miles). The A40 provides access to Carmarthen (40 miles), Swansea (71 miles) and the M4 allowing fast access to the Severn Bridge and the national motorway network. Haverfordwest (12 miles) provides an airfield and access to the rail network (London Paddington 4.5 hours). Services Mains electricity and water are connected to the property. Drainage is to a private system, with a private water supply also available. Heating is via an oil fired system, with a private gas supply for cooking and heating the swimming pool. Second Floor From the main landing the staircase continues to the second floor. At the top of the house bedroom 6 with exposed beams and across the hall bathroom with bath, wc, bidet and wash hand basin. Bedroom 7 with exposed beams and sash windows and bedroom 8 with sash windows and exposed beams with Alice in Wonderland door to attic room. Property Post Code SA62 6LW Plans, Areas & Schedules These are based on the Ordnance Survey and are for reference only. They have been checked by the vendors agents and the purchaser(s) shall be deemed to have satisfied themselves as to the description of the property. Any error or mis-statement shall not annul a sale or entitle any party to compensation thereof. The purchaser(s) shall be deemed to have full knowledge of all boundaries and neither the vendor nor their agents will be responsible for defining the boundaries or the ownership thereof. Lot 2 (Blue on Plan) Located adjacent to the drive and grounds with its own access. The land could easily be divided into paddocks, well fenced and watered and all down to permanent pasture. Extending in all to about 6.2 acres (2.5 hectares) Lot 1 Hendre House & Grounds - (Pink on Plan). Approached via a long tree lined drive, Hendre House is built of stone and part rendered under a slate roof and provides a stylish family home. The accommodation comprises:- Local Authority Pembrokeshire County Council: Holiday Cottages The holiday cottages are currently run by the vendors. Details of this business can be provided by the selling agents.