Description
A Grade II listed 17th century thatched four/five bedroom detached 2694 sq. ft. house with a plot of approximately 0.26 acre Glebe Cottage is accessed from Upper Street close to the village green and windmill. It offers flexible accommodation with character features including exposed beams and timbers, fireplaces and three staircases. There are access points on both sides into the lawned and enclosed private gardens. One area of the property, which has its own access, could be used as an annexe, studio or office area for working from home. There is gated off street parking for two cars, a carport and a single garage.
Ground Floor A timber stable door with a small diamond window opens to the entrance hall, which has quarry tiled flooring and space for coats. Latch and brace wooden doors lead to the dining room and a white suite cloakroom with tiled flooring and lead lined window. The dining room has a lead lined window overlooking the garden, a closed off inglenook style fireplace, an enclosed staircase to the master bedroom, a boiler cupboard and quarry tiled flooring leading to the kitchen. At the far end a further latch and brace door opens to the rear hallway with quarry tiled flooring and doors to the rear garden and the family room. This room is dual aspect with lead lined windows overlooking gardens on both sides, a wooden door provides further access to the front garden and there is a latch and brace door to a staircase to the first floor landing. A closed off inglenook fireplace provides a home for the family TV with stone hearth and seats on either side. This room has a variety of exposed ceiling beams, timbers and an opening and step descending to a triple aspect sitting room with feature fireplace and woodburning stove. Lead lined windows overlook the garden, one with a built in window seat. This room has a ceiling beam and exposed timbers.
. The kitchen is dual aspect with lead lined windows overlooking the street view and garden. There is a range of base and wall mounted units, a double Belfast style sink and space for a range cooker in the chimney breast. There are ceiling beams and quarry tiled flooring and a latch and brace door to the fourth reception room.
. This room has a high vaulted ceiling with exposed beams and a spiral staircase to a mezzanine floor. A stable door opens to the front and two lead lined windows overlook the garden. The first floor is dual aspect with lead lined windows to the side and front. This area of the property is currently used as two bedrooms but offers flexible accommodation and could be used as an annexe area, or as an office or studio for working from home.
First Floor The first floor landing has three latch and brace doors leading to two bedrooms and a three piece white suite bathroom with exposed beams and lead lined window. Bedroom two is dual aspect with lead lined windows overlooking the gardens. There is a feature white cast iron fireplace and storage cupboard. Bedroom three is also dual aspect with lead lined windows overlooking the garden and fitted wardrobes. A half height wooden door opens to the study. This room is dual aspect and focuses around a large chimney breast. Currently used as a study, with a built-in desk, this room links through to the master bedroom and could be used as a nursery or dressing room. The master bedroom has a lead lined window overlooking the street view. There are exposed timbers, a staircase to the dining room and a door that opens to a three piece white en suite shower room with fitted storage and a dormer window overlooking the garden.
Outside Accessed from Upper Street there is a shared gated driveway offering off street parking for two cars and leading to a single carport and single garage with barn style doors. The property has two gated access points, one from the driveway leading to the main entrance and one from Upper Street onto an old stone path at the rear of the property and directly into the gardens. The garden measures 0.24 acre and surrounds the property on three sides, mainly laid to lawn and fully enclosed with mature hedge and tree borders offering very good levels of privacy. There is a further gated driveway into the rear garden that a neighbour retains a right of way for occasional use only. There are various flower beds throughout and a patio area offering external dining.
