Property Details: - Type: Detached house - Bedrooms: 4 - Bathrooms: 1
Agent: Moveli - London Phone: 020 3544 5257
£500,000 - £550,000 <br/><br/>A cottage of this scale rarely comes to market on Flanders Road, and The Cottage offers a genuine opportunity for buyers looking to take on a renovation project in one of Llantwit Major's most desirable positions. Character runs through the property at every turn — exposed stone walls, heavy original beams, and an open fireplace with a wood burner all speak to the cottage's age and the craftsmanship that went into building it. The layout is unusual and characterful too, with two separate staircases serving the first floor, a quirk that adds further charm and opens up options for how the next owners might reconfigure the space.<br/><br/>The Ground Floor<br/>A welcoming hallway leads into the main living spaces. To the right, a large living room is anchored by a substantial original ceiling beam and centred around an open fireplace, with a store room beyond and a staircase rising to the first floor. Beyond the living room sits a spacious family bathroom, and past this the kitchen and dining room, which looks out over the rear garden and forms a practical hub for everyday family life. To the left of the entrance, a second sitting room offers further living space, with exposed stone walling, dark timber beams, and a wood-burning stove set within a stone surround, along with a second staircase to the bedrooms above.<br/><br/>The First Floor<br/>The bedrooms carry the same character as the rest of the cottage, each with its own personality and reached via the two staircases.<br/><br/>The main bedroom is the standout, spanning the full width of the house. A light, generous room with original wooden floorboards and a broad whitewashed stone chimney breast rising the full height of the wall, its ledge lined with old glass bottles, all beneath a vaulted, white-painted plank ceiling. From here, a wooden stair climbs to a mezzanine tucked beneath the eaves, framed by a stone archway, clad in warm pine and lit by a circular porthole-style window in the gable. It makes a proper hideaway: a snug reading spot, a child's den, or somewhere a little different for guests.<br/><br/>The three further bedrooms are all doubles, each with its own character. One is framed by heavy pine timbers with a run of exposed stone walling and a small original niche set into it. Another, finished in soft sunny tones, keeps the exposed beams overhead. The third, in gentle blush shades, sits beneath more exposed beams.<br/><br/>The Attic<br/>Above the first floor sits an attic room, currently used for storage but offering real scope for the next owners — subject to the necessary consents for a listed building, there is potential to heighten the roof and create further living accommodation, whether that's an additional bedroom, a study, or a hobby room.<br/><br/>The Outside<br/>To the front, The Cottage has an attractive frontage with room for landscaping, along with a gravelled driveway providing off-road parking for two vehicles. To the rear lies a substantial garden — a real asset for a property of this character and one of the largest on the street — offering plenty of scope for landscaping, whether that's a mix of lawn, planting, and seating areas or something more ambitious for keen gardeners.<br/><br/>The Area<br/>Llantwit Major is a historic coastal town on the Glamorgan Heritage Coast, home to Iron Age hill forts, fine Tudor buildings, a Roman villa, and a medieval grange, alongside the imposing 11th-century St Illtud Church. The town offers both Welsh and English primary schools as well as a secondary school, and a good range of everyday amenities including two supermarkets, several public houses, cafes, and established restaurants, along with a health centre and leisure centre. Transport links are strong, with a direct rail service to Cardiff and Bridgend, convenient access to the M4, and Cardiff Airport at Rhoose around five miles away.<br/><br/>Tenure: Freehold<br/>Council Tax Band: G<br/>Local Authority: Vale of Glamorgan
