8 bed detached house for sale

Well Lane, Llanvair Discoed, Chepstow, Monmouthshire NP16

Unique and spacious, having been extensively refurbished, Springfield House offers a stunning gracious home available fully furnished. Arranged over almost 10,000 sq ft with nearly all eight bedrooms benefiting from an ensuite and in some cases an additional dressing room. The configuration of the house lends itself to either formal entertaining with its Drawing Room and Dining Room on either side of the Entrance Hall and a Music/Reading Room or responding to the more informal demands of a family with a further Sitting Room and Day Room which lies adjacent to the Kitchen/Breakfast Room with aga. The wing of the house could alternatively be utilised as a self-contained 2/3 ensuite bedroomed annexe. A plethora of other rooms provide for a gym, offices and various wine and general stores. There is level wheelchair access and a passenger lift to the first floor. Set in beautiful rolling Monmouthshire countryside, on the edge of the sought-after village of Llanvair Discoed, lawned gardens of over an acre are accessed through electric gates with private horseshoe driveway leading up to a double garage.

Situation

Located in a secluded, elevated position at the top of Well Lane on the edge of the pretty village of Llanvair Discoed with its thriving pub and ancient Church at the heart of its community. Enjoying a rural setting, with both Gray Hill and Wentwood Forest just a short step away, yet with easy reach of the A48, M4 and M48 this property lies equidistant between Cardiff and Bristol (each 23 miles away) and within 8 miles of Chepstow and 17 miles of Monmouth. Falling with the catchment of locally renowned Shirenewton Primary School and Chepstow School with the Haberdashers Monmouth and Rougemont schools 30 and 20 minutes away respectively.

Accommodation

Stepping inside the house, from under the impressive portico which extends across the whole length of the house, the Entrance Hall has, to one side the large formal drawing room with its marble fireplace and oak flooring and to the other the formal dining room with parquet flooring. Double doors from both the dining room and kitchen lead to the day room with full-length bay windows and French doors onto the front terrace. Bay windows are a feature in almost all the ground floor rooms which allow light to flood into this home. The Kitchen /Breakfast Room with French doors to the patio has an impressive range of Symphony pale blue fitted units with matching five-oven electric aga, integral appliances and a central island all with marble worktops.

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A further sitting room with oak flooring and a formal Reading/Music Room divided by a feature balustrade with steps up to a mezzanine completes the five reception rooms in the main part of the house.

The ground floor wing leads from the mezzanine, and it currently provides three ensuite guest bedrooms, a kitchen and an office. With its own independent access and cloakroom with WC, it could alternatively be utilised as a separate self-contained 2/3-bedroom annexe.

Beyond the kitchen is the utility room with commercial Miele washing and drying machines, a further cloakroom, two stores, a pantry, a garden store, a plant room and a gym all accessed from the kitchen corridor and large double garage.

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From the main entrance hall stairs lead to a galleried landing beside which is the lobby to the lift down to the ground floor. The principal bedroom suite enjoys a panoramic view to the River Severn and has its own beautifully appointed dressing room, a powder room, fitted cupboards and an ensuite with a walk in shower and vanity unit. The second bedroom enjoys the same view and has its own dressing room. Bedrooms three four and five all have ensuite shower rooms with the fourth bedroom enjoying a double vanity unit and bedroom five also having its own dressing room. There is a further room used as an office, but which could provide a sixth bedroom. The stunning family bathroom has a feature free standing roll top bath and a double sink vanity unit. The particular joy of this bathroom is the large bay window with a private outlook. The bathroom and all the ensuites benefit from a high specification including porcelain tiles and marble vanity tops.

Outside

Approached through electric wrought iron gates the private paved driveway leads up through formal lawns with established borders and mature trees to the front of the house with a horseshoe driveway, parking for seven cars and garaging. A raised sunny southeast facing sun terrace, enclosed by railings, runs across the front of the house with views out towards the River Severn. The house is laid out in a large L shape with the gardens bounded by fencing with mature hedgerows and open countryside on either side.

Services

The property benefits from mains water and electricity, lpg gas heating and private drainage. EPC Rating: D

Local Authority

Monmouthshire County Council. Council tax band: I

Tenure

We are informed the property is Freehold, intending purchasers should verify this with their solicitor.

Fixtures And Fittings

Unless specifically described in these particulars, all other fixtures & fittings are excluded from the sale though may be available by separate negotiation. Further information is available from the vendors agents.

Viewing

Strictly by appointment with the Agents: David James Chepstow

Agents Note

The vendors understand that any land tax payable may benefit from Multiple Dwellings Relief (mdr) and intending purchasers should verify this with their accountant/solicitor.