6 bed country house for sale

Whitchurch, Ross-On-Wye HR9

Lewstone Mill is a 5-bedroom historic former watermill set in a stunning, tranquil location, close to excellent transport links, (North to M50/M5 and South to M4). The site originally dates back to the 1300s, and the current house to the 1700s. It features a separate one bedroom converted barn, a striking 2-bed log cabin, constructed in 2021(requiring a small amount of further development with planning currently going through), and approx. 2.5 acres of beautiful formal gardens, boasting a meandering stream with a stone bridge and weir. Also included are approx. 10 acres of woodland, allowing for absolute privacy, and a good variety of outbuildings. Ideally suited to multi-generational families or perhaps a holiday let business, the property offers a rare and versatile opportunity to a range of potential purchasers.

The Mill
Porch - Large Reception Room - Kitchen/ Dining Room - Family Room - Cloakroom - Utility Room - Compliant Gun Room – Sitting Room & Study – First Floor Sitting Room - Main Bedroom with Dressing Room & En-Suite - 4 Further Double Bedrooms - 3 Further Bathrooms - Large Orangery with Kitchen Facilities - Summer House & Store - 2.5 Acres of Formal Gardens - Approx. 10 Acres Woodland.

The Barn
Kitchen - First Floor Sitting Room with Storage - Downstairs Double Bedroom - Shower Room.

The Cabin
Please note the cabin is unfinished, allowing the buyer to complete to their own specification. Layout as follows - Open Porch (the length of the cabin) - Large Sitting / Kitchen / Dining Room - Bathroom - 2 x Bedrooms - Beautiful Outlook Over the Countryside with Front Gardens.

Lewstone Mill

Historically a water-powered flour mill owned by Lewstone Farm, this handsome period country home is set amongst the undulating South Herefordshire countryside and woodland. The property offers a huge variety of possibilities. The main house is charming, with an abundance of stunning character features, including slate floors, ledge-and-brace doors, wood beams, inglenook fireplaces, and many others.

You enter the property from a large, gravelled driveway with parking for multiple vehicles. Through a striking character doorway, a little porch leads straight into the Main Hall, a cosy and handsome reception room, with woodburning stove inset in an old stone fireplace, offering a welcoming feature. The slate flooring and beamed ceilings complete this impressive room and the entrance to the house.

The stairway to the first floor leads from the Reception Hall as well as other areas of the property, a ledge & brace door to the left leads into the Kitchen area.

The Kitchen / Family Room presents an excellent space for busy family life, impressively sympathetic to the period with farmhouse style character and a relaxed ambience. The main Kitchen has been finished beautifully, featuring natural slate flooring, beamed ceilings, and exposed brick walls. It benefits from composite worktops, a variety of cupboards and drawers, an integral dishwasher, an Aga, a new 110cm Rangemaster, and space for an American Fridge/Freezer. Through an archway, the Kitchen automatically flows into a family or dining space, with an external door leading to the back of the property. Off this room, you can also access the Cloakroom with washbasin and W.C and a separate Utility, with space for washing machine, dryer & freezer etc, with a built-in gun room (to Police standards).

A doorway to the right of the Reception Hall, on the other side of the house, leads into the Sitting Room and Home Office.

A well-proportioned room, it benefits from a woodburning stove and offers the perfect space for cosy winter evenings, with windows facing the front and side of the property. An interesting, featured wall and step up to another level offers further space, currently used as a home office with fitted shelving / cupboards.

A doorway to the middle of the Reception Hall leads to the downstairs bedroom and en-suite.

Creating a fabulous space for guests or to Airbnb, the room has its own external entrance, it is a good sized double, continuing with the natural slate flooring, the room faces the rear of the property and has a door leading to a porch and a further external door, creating its own entrance. The room also benefits from an en-suite shower room with a washbasin and W.C.

Stairs lead to the first floor from the Reception Hall.

To your immediate left, a doorway leads into the Sitting Room. A large and bright room, drinking in the stunning countryside views from 2 large windows, featuring an open fireplace, with rustic stone surround and hearth creating a handsome feature.
From here a further door will take you to the Orangery, a superb space for parties and entertaining, offering enviable views of the garden, the Mill Wheel, and many beautiful indigenous trees. With impressive period features, including exposed stone walls, with evidence of historic bread ovens, the natural slate flooring flows through the room, with a cleverly considered kitchenette, fitted to one wall, and offering the convenience of cupboard space, a sink unit, integrated dishwasher and fridge. Bi-Fold doors lead to the rear terrace, with undercover, brick-built BBQ area and store, with pizza oven and further sink.

A further doorway from the Sitting Room leads to a good-sized double bedroom, with a relaxed ambience and facing the rear of the property. The room benefits from a large, fitted wardrobe and en-suite shower room with double shower unit, washbasin and W.C., all very well presented.
A corridor-style landing leads from the top of the stairway to the remaining rooms.

At the very end of the landing, you will locate the main bedroom suite. This well considered, charming room, which faces the front of the property with a countryside outlook, boasts a Victorian wrought iron feature fireplace and a step up leads to a very convenient and bright dressing room area, with the en-suite shower room leading off it. Tastefully presented, with porcelain tiled flooring, a modern double shower unit, with wood effect splash back porcelain tiles and featuring a stunning internal stained glass window, a unique and striking feature. A door opens out to a balcony deck, with views of the garden.

To the middle of the landing, a step up leads to a further double bedroom facing the rear of the property and offering fitted wardrobe space, with hidden vanity unit/wash basin. In this area, you will find the family bathroom, with large airing cupboards, a shower over bath, and a washbasin and W.C. Conveniently placed in the middle of the upstairs space to service the 2 bedrooms in this area of the house.

The remaining bedroom is also a well proportioned double room, light floods in from the two windows to the front of the house, and there is a good-sized fitted double wardrobe and a further cupboard with a hidden washbasin.

The Barn

Originally servicing the mill, the barn, which was converted by the previous owners, offers a fabulous opportunity for a dependent relative, older child or to rent out, generating an income stream (the current owners ran it as an Air B&B for several years). It is in excellent order with a plethora of character features, with bright and well-considered surroundings.

With a fitted kitchen including an electric cooker, fridge, a variety of cupboards and drawers and a flip-up wall-mounted table. The bedroom is accessed from the kitchen down a small set of steps. It is a large double with 2 aspect windows, beamed ceilings and slate flooring.

A set of stairs curves around from the kitchen, offering a charming feature and leading to the first floor, mezzanine-style Sitting Room. A further bright space with 2 skylights, and a window overlooking the gardens, well-proportioned with natural wood floor boards and a wood burning stove featured in the corner of the room, mounted to a modern slate hearth, the room also benefits from a storage cupboard.

Finally, the shower room has recently been updated and benefits from a double shower unit, washbasin and W.C.


The Cabin

Building started on The Cabin in 2021, and it will be up to the next buyer to complete the project, which is approx. 80% complete now. There is currently a planning application with Herefordshire District Council, and you can find this online (Application No. Tbc). The structure itself is striking and built in the traditional style, from 100mm rounded logs, allowing excellent insulation. It has a beautifully rustic feel, and the general ambience of being surrounded by natural materials offers a tranquil escape, which is helped by its secluded position from the rest of the property. 2 x bedrooms have been created internally, and there is electric and water services, which have been trenched up to the building, but not yet connected. The garden is mainly to the front with a beautiful countryside outlook, and an impressive deck to the front, stretching the full length of the Cabin. It poses an incredible opportunity for someone to finish to their taste, and benefit from this beautiful space, whether extended family living, office space, or a potential rental opportunity. The planning permission sought is for a holiday let, in order to maximise the opportunity.

Outside

Lewstone Mill, is nestled in a private and enviable position and is surrounded by undulating countryside, with woodland behind it. The property is immediately surrounded by landscaped formal gardens, of approx. 2.5 acres, these feature a majestic old stone mill with a meandering stream, boasting a stone bridge and weir, an abundance of native woodland, with many specimen trees, flora and fauna. There is a good variety of outbuildings and masses of storage, garages and old stables. And with the benefit of a further (approx) 10 acres of woodland behind it, the property is located in a truly magical spot, offering excellent privacy and unmatched opportunity. It is a property that must be viewed to be fully appreciated.

Practicalities

Herefordshire Council - Tax Band G
Mains Water
Private Drainage (treatment plant, emptied once a year)
Bio-Fuel Central Heating Throughout (Wood Chip System) with Commercial rhi (Renewable Heat Incentive), resulting in minimal fuel bills to the owners for a number of years.
Solar Panels On Barn with Full fit (Feed-in Tarif)