Property history of The Hollies, Church Road, Clearwell, Coleford GL16 8LG, 24th Apr 2007

3 reception rooms, kitchen/breakfast room, back kitchen & utility. 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms & anteroom. Leiure complex with swimming pool & games room. Outbuildings and grounds of approx 7.5 acres.

6 bedrooms. 
3 reception rooms. 
4 bathrooms. 
Swimming pool complex. 
In all approx 7.5 acres. 

Freehold

situation:
Clearwell is a popular and sought after village famed for the adjacent castle and nearby caves. The village provides good access to the Wye Valley, an area of outstanding natural beauty and is surrounded by rolling hills and open countryside with pleasant country walks and bridle paths nearby. There are excellent communication links to the M4 and M5, Cardiff, London and Bristol respectively. Bristol Parkway train station offers an extensive service to most cities nationwide and Bristol International Airport has a schedule of flights to European and some long haul cities. For day-to-day living there are shops available in Coleford and Chepstow, and there are highly regarded schools within the immediate villages and in Monmouth with the Haberdashers School as well as a wide variety in North West Bristol.

Description:
An imposing former vicarage constructed circa 1860 from stone elevations under a pitched and tiled roof and standing within an elevated position with far reaching views. Situated adjacent to the historic Clearwell Castle, the property is gothic in appearance with stone mullion windows, and has been refurbished and extended extensively during the long occupation of the present owners. There is generous family accommodation arranged over three floors with well appointed rooms and plenty of original detail. Principal rooms are light and spacious with varying orientations and are located off the generous reception hall, which has a traditional tiled floor. The drawing room and dining room feature ceiling detail and fireplaces commensurate with the age of the property as well as working shutters to the bay windows. The adjacent sitting room is a small and more intimate space and is used extensively during the winter months. The kitchen/breakfast room is rustic in appearance with a comprehensive range of wall and base units and various integrated appliances, beyond is the back kitchen with former bread oven and range. The first floor bedrooms are accessible via two staircases. The master bedroom has an en suite shower room with two further bedrooms featuring en suite bathrooms. The fourth bedroom has use of the family bathroom, which is also shared by the two top floor attic bedrooms.The leisure complex has been constructed in a sympathetic manner, linked to the house via a tiled corridor and includes a generous pool and jacuzzi with extensive glazed doors opening onto a sun terrace and the walled rear garden. A flexible first floor games room has been created although this could be adopted for a home office. Below are changing facilities, showers, a solarium and steam chamber.There are established gardens with well tended lawns, extensively stocked flower borders and a variety of mature trees and evergreens. Adjacent to the swimming pool is a raised sun terrace and beyond a walled garden and kitchen garden. Within the curtilage are paddocks, pasture and a small area of woodland. There are outbuildings which include an open fronted, timber framed triple car garage, a smaller tractor store which houses the auxiliary generator and a gardeners' WC.

Accommodation:
3 reception rooms, kitchen/breakfast room, back kitchen & utility. 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms & anteroom. Leiure complex with swimming pool & games room. Outbuildings and grounds of approx 7.5 acres.