Stanage, Knighton LD7

Property Details: - Type: Detached house - Bedrooms: 3 - Bathrooms: 3

Agent: Knight Frank - Ludlow Phone: 01584 539633

Renovated and improved extensively by the current owners to create an exceptional home that provides excellent living accommodation and with an eye on energy efficiency having achieved an A rating on the EPC. A low-cost home to run that has a profitable holiday letting business established, stables, gardens paddocks and an extremely useful outbuilding that has been used as offices, cinema room, gym, store, and workshops.<br/><br/>Internally, the house has a great layout with an open plan fitted kitchen / dining room with a drawing room that has a wood burning stove. There is a study, family room that opens onto the decking where there are outstanding views down the valley. There is also a utility, boot room, and ground floor shower room. <br/><br/>Upstairs there is a wonderful principal bedroom suite that has a glazed gable giving panoramic views over the land and to the hills beyond. It has a dressing room and shower room. There are two additional double bedrooms that share the house bathroom.<br/><br/>Hedgehog Lodge <br/>A detached two-bedroom lodge that has been successfully run over the last five years as a holiday let that now has a high occupancy rate and a large number of return bookings. Set away from the house and well screened, it has an open plan kitchen living space with wood burning stove, two bedrooms, bathroom and deck that has a hot tub and exceptional views.<br/><br/>Outside <br/>The land extends to 8.55 acres in total with a long-gravelled driveway leading from the lane to the parking and turning area to the front of the house. There are paddocks, nut orchards and formal as well as wild areas of garden. The setting is quite stunning with so many areas to sit and enjoy the exceptional views over the countryside surrounding. <br/><br/>There is a very good outbuilding that is divided into three sections, an office, cinema room / gym and a workshop. This building has electricity and water connected. <br/><br/>There is a stable block that has tack room, three loose boxes and hay store with electricity and water connected.<br/><br/>Services <br/>Mains electricity, private water, and drainage. The Gutters has a purpose-built generator back up system. <br/>Air Source Heat Pump – 16KW<br/>Battery storage of 23KW (2x 9KW and 1x5KW Give Energy Batteries) <br/>Solar panels 13.2KW<br/>Zappi Intelligent Car charger which charges the car at 7p a KWhour in the evening or when there is spare capacity in the Octopus network.<p><br/>Surrounded by unspoilt countryside, yet remaining well connected, The Gutters offers an ideal balance of rural tranquillity and accessibility. <br/><br/>The Gutters enjoys a wonderfully private position within the rolling countryside of on the Shropshire, Herefordshire, Powys border, just a few miles from the market towns of Knighton and Presteigne, which offers a range of everyday amenities, shops, cafés and in Knighton a train station. <br/><br/>The cathedral city of Hereford is approximately 30 miles to the south providing extensive shopping, dining, and cultural facilities, along with excellent rail links. <br/><br/>Distances <br/>Knighton town centre 3.5 miles, Presteigne 5 miles, Ludlow 19 miles, Leintwardine 6.3 miles, Hereford 30 miles (Distances and time approximate).<br/><br/>Directions (Postcode LD7 1LY)<br/>From Leintwardine, turn onto the A4113, then after 3.3 miles, having passed the turn into Bucknell, take a left turn into Reeves Lane and proceed up the hill for 2.5 miles where you will find the entrance to the property. Go down the track and it takes you to the property.<br/><br/>What3words <br/></p>