Property Details: - Type: Detached house - Bedrooms: 4 - Bathrooms: 3
Agent: Strutt & Parker - Covering Shropshire & Mid Wales Phone: 01743 534859
Cwm Cottage is an enchanting, detached property with four bedrooms, set in an idyllic rural position close to the Welsh border and three miles from the market town of Montgomery. The property features elevations of exposed timber framing with painted brick infill, sat within delightful gardens and grounds backing onto magnificent rolling countryside, while inside there are various character details, including exposed beams and handsome original fireplaces.<br/><br/>The ground floor has two primary reception rooms, including the impressive drawing room, which is in a modern extension and features a vaulted ceiling with exposed timber eaves overhead. The room features a woodburning stove and French doors opening to the gardens, making for a peaceful and relaxing spot in which to spend time as a family. There is also a charming sitting room with exposed beams overhead and a stone-built inglenook fireplace, fitted with a stove, and adjoining the sitting room, a formal dining room, also with French doors to the gardens. The kitchen lies at the heart of the home, with its farmhouse-style units, butler sink and Rayburn, while the utility room provides further useful storage and space for appliances.<br/><br/>Stairs lead to the lower ground level, where you will find the principal bedroom with its dressing room and en suite shower room. Upstairs there are a further three well-appointed bedrooms, one of which benefits from built-in storage, plus a family bathroom with a roll-top bathtub. A secondary staircase leads from the dining room to a first-floor home office, which could be used as an additional bedroom if required.<br/><br/>Services: Mains electricity, private water, oil fired central heating. Private drainage that we understand complies with current regulations.<br/><br/>Outside, a gravel driveway provides access to the property, and leads to the detached double garage, which has storage space above and an attached sun room with its own area of terracing. The extensive gardens provide rolling lawns and meadows, peaceful wooded areas with a stream, a greenhouse and a peaceful patio area shaded by a pergola, as well as a wealth of established shrubs, mature trees and colourful flowering perennials, all backing onto beautiful rolling countryside.<br/><br/>Location<br/>The property lies in a tranquil rural position near the village of Church Stoke, set in the scenic Vale of Montgomery in Powys, on the Welsh side of the border with Shropshire. The nearby market town of Bishops Castle provides a number of entertainment and leisure activities along with a Doctors surgery, farmers market and Co-op that is in the process of being built. Montgomery also offers a wide variety of amenities, along with the market town of Ludlow (25 miles) and the historic county town of Shrewsbury (25 miles), that provides extensive recreational, educational and shopping facilities.<br/><br/>Newtown, 10 miles to the west, provides a railway station offering services on the Cambrian Line towards Shrewsbury and Aberystwyth. The A489 and A483 provide straightforward road connections across the region, while the nearby Kerry Ridgeway and Offa's Dyke Path offer outstanding walking and riding on the doorstep.<br/><br/>Postcode region: SY15
