Steppes Farm
Rockfield, Monmouth, Gwent, NP25 5SW
Guide Price
£2,300,000
Residential Tags: Farmhouse, Georgian, Grade II
Property Tags: Holiday Cottage
Land Tags: N/A
Summary Details
- First Marketed: Dec 2022
- Removed: Date Not Available
- Residential Tags: Farmhouse, Georgian, Grade II
- Property Tags: Holiday Cottage
- Land Tags: N/A
Ideally located to benefit from the leisure, tourism and lifestyle opportunities of the renowned Wye Valley this imposing, historic farmhouse is at the heart of an established rural enterprise, with its traditional farm buildings converted into six charming holiday lets and a cider mill turned into an award-winning restaurant.
Until recently, the vendors have also used the property as a wedding venue, with a marquee erected on a hardstanding in the beautiful grounds.
This exceptionally flexible property offers a wealth of opportunities, with scope to take over (and further develop) the hospitality business and/or potential for the spacious and characterful accommodation to be used for multi-generational living (subject to planning).
When the vendors came across the property in 1996, it was their first venture into hospitality and leisure. This ticked all the boxes it just had the wow factor. The ambience of the whole place is special and people love the rustic character of the self-catering properties, the exposed stonework and the beams.
The property enjoys a peaceful rural location with panoramic views, sweeping around from the distant Malverns to the Monmouthshire hills. It is close to the Wye Valley, the birthplace of British Tourism and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Wye Valley is known for its meandering river, spectacular landscapes, wonderful walks, outdoor pursuits and visitor attractions which include Symonds Yat, Goodrich Castle and Tintern Abbey.
Steppes Farm comprises an imposing, Grade II listed six-bedroom farmhouse standing in grounds of 1.8 acres, which include an ancient stone barn and the farm's former dairy, each converted into three holiday cottages, rated 4* by Visit Wales.
Also in the grounds is an old cider mill, which the vendors converted in 2001 and which has since operated as a popular restaurant, with a reputation for its local food offer. The Stonemill restaurant, which has 50 covers and further outdoor dining space, has won several awards and has 2* AA rosettes for culinary excellence since 2006. Within the grounds, enjoying a lovely countryside outlook, the vendors had temporary permission for a marquee on a concrete hard standing. This once operated successfully as a licensed rural wedding venue, catering for parties of up to 150. A purchaser wishing to continue this aspect of the business would need to reapply for a wedding license and temporary planning permission as both have now expired.
Approximately 2½ miles away is the historic border market town of Monmouth, with its wide range of facilities, its well-reputed state and independent schools and its nearby world-class golf courses. About 12 miles away, Abergavenny, a town known as the gateway to Wales, is renowned for its annual Food Festival. It's an area which is attractive to commuters - from Monmouth, motorway links give easy access to Cardiff, Bristol and the Midlands and from Abergavenny railway station there is a regular service to London Paddington.
Step inside:- - Steppes Farm House is a substantial property, thought to have been constructed in the early 17th century and added to in the early 18th century. Its period features include exposed ceiling beams, original internal doors and an attractive 18th Century staircase. The house was listed in 2001, prior to which date many/most/all of the windows had been double glazed.
The farmhouse is built in an L-shape, with the oldest part of the building at the back. The symmetrical, Georgian faade has three sash windows to the ground and first floors and dormers to the attic rooms, all overlooking the south-facing front garden.
A central flight of steps leads up to a formal entrance porch, where a pair of part-glazed doors lead into the property. At the front of the house, either side of the entrance hall, there are two generous reception rooms a drawing room and a sitting room, both with a large sash window giving views over the front garden. The sitting room also has a side window. The rooms feature exposed ceiling beams and in each there is an imposing, original stone fireplace inset with a wood burning stove. The drawing room has original floorboards and French doors lead through to a cosy dining room in a single-storey extension, added by the vendors. The dining room has a slate floor, exposed roof truss, windows to the side and rear and a heavy wooden door to a paved rear courtyard. Another door leads into the kitchen, in the rear wing. This room features a large inglenook fireplace, housing a two-oven, oil-fired Aga. To one side of the fireplace is the original bread oven. The kitchen has slate flooring and it is fitted with lime oak wall and base cupboards. A door from the kitchen leads to the utility room which has a range of wall and base cupboards, plumbing for an automatic washing machine and space for a dryer. Off this room is a linen store, housing the Worcester boiler and modern hot water cylinder. The downstairs accommodation also includes a cloakroom with..
On the first floor of the farmhouse, the spectacular principal bedroom has exposed painted stone walls and a vaulted ceiling with exposed roof trusses. The vendors converted this room from the former granary above the kitchen and, whilst the main access is from the first-floor landing, it retains a part-glazed stable door to the outside with stone steps leading down to the garden. Stone steps wind up from the bedroom to an en-suite shower room on the floor above, which also has exposed roof trusses.
Along the front of the house, with sash windows giving views over the garden and countryside beyond, there are two double bedrooms and a single bedroom, currently used as a study. One of the larger bedrooms has an en-suite shower room and on this floor there is also a family bathroom.
On the second floor, there are two further, charming bedrooms, built into the eaves, with exposed A-frames. Both have dormer windows to the front, with lovely rural views.
The farmhouse also benefits from a cellar, accessed from the front of the property, down steps leading to a heavy wooden door. This is fitted out as a prep-room for the restaurant.
HOLIDAY COTTAGES - The six holiday cottages are converted from a traditional stone barn and the farm's former dairy. They are full of rustic charm, with features including stone fireplaces, painted natural stone walls, flagstone floors and exposed beams and roof trusses. The kitchens are all fitted with a range of modern wall and base cupboards, an electric cooker, fridge/freezer, microwave oven and dishwasher. The cottages each have a wood burning stove. The cottages are advertised via a dedicated website and Booking.com.
DOVECOTE - This semi-detached cottage has an open plan sitting/dining room and kitchen area on the ground floor. Stone steps lead to the first floor where there are two bedrooms and a bathroom. Outside there is a brick patio with seating. (Sleeps 4).
WOOD COTTAGE - This mid-terrace cottage has a ground floor hall and sitting room with stone steps leading up into a kitchen and a wooden staircase to the first floor where there are two bedrooms and a shower room. Outside there is a brick patio area. (sleeps 4).
OWL COTTAGE - This end-of-terrace upside-down cottage has a three bedrooms and a bathroom on the ground floor and a first-floor, open plan sitting/dining and kitchen area with countryside views. (Sleeps 6).
THE HAYWAIN - This end-of-terrace cottage has a ground floor bedroom and bathroom and at first floor level there is another bedroom plus an open plan sitting/dining and kitchen area. (Sleeps 4).
OAK COTTAGE - This first floor apartment has an open plan sitting/dining and kitchen area plus three bedrooms and a bathroom (Sleeps 6).
MOLE END - This ground floor apartment has two bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen and a sitting/dining room. There is an outside seating area to the front. (Sleeps 4).
There is a gravel parking area for guests of the self-catering cottages and a three-bay open fronted stone cart barn in the centre of the front courtyard is allocated for Mole End, Oak Cottage and The Haywain. This has potential to be converted into an additional holiday let, subject to planning consents.
Outside - An asphalt driveway leads from the road to a cobbled parking area for two vehicles behind the main house. Here there is an open-fronted, two-bay stone cart shed with a cobbled floor, providing space for two more cars. On one side of the cart shed is a guest laundry room with a coin-operated tumble dryer and washing machine and Belfast sink unit. In the loft above is a workshop, with power, lighting and a work bench. This building has the potential to be converted into self-contained holiday letting cottages or an annexe to the main house subject to the necessary planning consents.
The farmhouse has a paved courtyard off the dining room, and a secluded, enclosed side garden where there is a sun patio and an ornamental pond
The formal front gardens are laid to lawn, surrounded by shrub borders and flower beds. At the rear of the property is a vegetable patch with a greenhouse and a timber garden shed. Adjacent is a storage barn with a power supply.
STONEMILL RESTAURANT
To the front of the site is The Stonemill restaurant, converted from a traditional stone barn. This has a wooden floor and a vaulted ceiling with exposed roof trusses. The original cider mill stones form a focal feature.
There is a reception area with leather sofas and a fitted bar. Stone steps lead down into the dining room, above which there is a further vaulted gallery dining area. The restaurant has 50 covers. Outside there is a patio area with seating and tables for 16 covers. There is a commercial kitchen on the lower ground floor. The restaurant has WC facilities and outside there is a gravel car park for up to 30 vehicles.
In the formal lawns alongside the restaurant is a marquee set on a concrete base with a bar area, kitchen area, wooden dance floor plus a range of tables and chairs for up to 150 covers. Previously used as a wedding venue
Business trading accounts are available on request. The property is offered for sale by private treaty, inclusive of trade inventory to include furnishings, equipment, fixtures and fittings within the holiday letting cottages and in relation to the restaurant and wedding venue, excluding any personal items.
Marketed by: Fine & Country, Monmouth
Until recently, the vendors have also used the property as a wedding venue, with a marquee erected on a hardstanding in the beautiful grounds.
This exceptionally flexible property offers a wealth of opportunities, with scope to take over (and further develop) the hospitality business and/or potential for the spacious and characterful accommodation to be used for multi-generational living (subject to planning).
When the vendors came across the property in 1996, it was their first venture into hospitality and leisure. This ticked all the boxes it just had the wow factor. The ambience of the whole place is special and people love the rustic character of the self-catering properties, the exposed stonework and the beams.
The property enjoys a peaceful rural location with panoramic views, sweeping around from the distant Malverns to the Monmouthshire hills. It is close to the Wye Valley, the birthplace of British Tourism and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Wye Valley is known for its meandering river, spectacular landscapes, wonderful walks, outdoor pursuits and visitor attractions which include Symonds Yat, Goodrich Castle and Tintern Abbey.
Steppes Farm comprises an imposing, Grade II listed six-bedroom farmhouse standing in grounds of 1.8 acres, which include an ancient stone barn and the farm's former dairy, each converted into three holiday cottages, rated 4* by Visit Wales.
Also in the grounds is an old cider mill, which the vendors converted in 2001 and which has since operated as a popular restaurant, with a reputation for its local food offer. The Stonemill restaurant, which has 50 covers and further outdoor dining space, has won several awards and has 2* AA rosettes for culinary excellence since 2006. Within the grounds, enjoying a lovely countryside outlook, the vendors had temporary permission for a marquee on a concrete hard standing. This once operated successfully as a licensed rural wedding venue, catering for parties of up to 150. A purchaser wishing to continue this aspect of the business would need to reapply for a wedding license and temporary planning permission as both have now expired.
Approximately 2½ miles away is the historic border market town of Monmouth, with its wide range of facilities, its well-reputed state and independent schools and its nearby world-class golf courses. About 12 miles away, Abergavenny, a town known as the gateway to Wales, is renowned for its annual Food Festival. It's an area which is attractive to commuters - from Monmouth, motorway links give easy access to Cardiff, Bristol and the Midlands and from Abergavenny railway station there is a regular service to London Paddington.
Step inside:- - Steppes Farm House is a substantial property, thought to have been constructed in the early 17th century and added to in the early 18th century. Its period features include exposed ceiling beams, original internal doors and an attractive 18th Century staircase. The house was listed in 2001, prior to which date many/most/all of the windows had been double glazed.
The farmhouse is built in an L-shape, with the oldest part of the building at the back. The symmetrical, Georgian faade has three sash windows to the ground and first floors and dormers to the attic rooms, all overlooking the south-facing front garden.
A central flight of steps leads up to a formal entrance porch, where a pair of part-glazed doors lead into the property. At the front of the house, either side of the entrance hall, there are two generous reception rooms a drawing room and a sitting room, both with a large sash window giving views over the front garden. The sitting room also has a side window. The rooms feature exposed ceiling beams and in each there is an imposing, original stone fireplace inset with a wood burning stove. The drawing room has original floorboards and French doors lead through to a cosy dining room in a single-storey extension, added by the vendors. The dining room has a slate floor, exposed roof truss, windows to the side and rear and a heavy wooden door to a paved rear courtyard. Another door leads into the kitchen, in the rear wing. This room features a large inglenook fireplace, housing a two-oven, oil-fired Aga. To one side of the fireplace is the original bread oven. The kitchen has slate flooring and it is fitted with lime oak wall and base cupboards. A door from the kitchen leads to the utility room which has a range of wall and base cupboards, plumbing for an automatic washing machine and space for a dryer. Off this room is a linen store, housing the Worcester boiler and modern hot water cylinder. The downstairs accommodation also includes a cloakroom with..
On the first floor of the farmhouse, the spectacular principal bedroom has exposed painted stone walls and a vaulted ceiling with exposed roof trusses. The vendors converted this room from the former granary above the kitchen and, whilst the main access is from the first-floor landing, it retains a part-glazed stable door to the outside with stone steps leading down to the garden. Stone steps wind up from the bedroom to an en-suite shower room on the floor above, which also has exposed roof trusses.
Along the front of the house, with sash windows giving views over the garden and countryside beyond, there are two double bedrooms and a single bedroom, currently used as a study. One of the larger bedrooms has an en-suite shower room and on this floor there is also a family bathroom.
On the second floor, there are two further, charming bedrooms, built into the eaves, with exposed A-frames. Both have dormer windows to the front, with lovely rural views.
The farmhouse also benefits from a cellar, accessed from the front of the property, down steps leading to a heavy wooden door. This is fitted out as a prep-room for the restaurant.
HOLIDAY COTTAGES - The six holiday cottages are converted from a traditional stone barn and the farm's former dairy. They are full of rustic charm, with features including stone fireplaces, painted natural stone walls, flagstone floors and exposed beams and roof trusses. The kitchens are all fitted with a range of modern wall and base cupboards, an electric cooker, fridge/freezer, microwave oven and dishwasher. The cottages each have a wood burning stove. The cottages are advertised via a dedicated website and Booking.com.
DOVECOTE - This semi-detached cottage has an open plan sitting/dining room and kitchen area on the ground floor. Stone steps lead to the first floor where there are two bedrooms and a bathroom. Outside there is a brick patio with seating. (Sleeps 4).
WOOD COTTAGE - This mid-terrace cottage has a ground floor hall and sitting room with stone steps leading up into a kitchen and a wooden staircase to the first floor where there are two bedrooms and a shower room. Outside there is a brick patio area. (sleeps 4).
OWL COTTAGE - This end-of-terrace upside-down cottage has a three bedrooms and a bathroom on the ground floor and a first-floor, open plan sitting/dining and kitchen area with countryside views. (Sleeps 6).
THE HAYWAIN - This end-of-terrace cottage has a ground floor bedroom and bathroom and at first floor level there is another bedroom plus an open plan sitting/dining and kitchen area. (Sleeps 4).
OAK COTTAGE - This first floor apartment has an open plan sitting/dining and kitchen area plus three bedrooms and a bathroom (Sleeps 6).
MOLE END - This ground floor apartment has two bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen and a sitting/dining room. There is an outside seating area to the front. (Sleeps 4).
There is a gravel parking area for guests of the self-catering cottages and a three-bay open fronted stone cart barn in the centre of the front courtyard is allocated for Mole End, Oak Cottage and The Haywain. This has potential to be converted into an additional holiday let, subject to planning consents.
Outside - An asphalt driveway leads from the road to a cobbled parking area for two vehicles behind the main house. Here there is an open-fronted, two-bay stone cart shed with a cobbled floor, providing space for two more cars. On one side of the cart shed is a guest laundry room with a coin-operated tumble dryer and washing machine and Belfast sink unit. In the loft above is a workshop, with power, lighting and a work bench. This building has the potential to be converted into self-contained holiday letting cottages or an annexe to the main house subject to the necessary planning consents.
The farmhouse has a paved courtyard off the dining room, and a secluded, enclosed side garden where there is a sun patio and an ornamental pond
The formal front gardens are laid to lawn, surrounded by shrub borders and flower beds. At the rear of the property is a vegetable patch with a greenhouse and a timber garden shed. Adjacent is a storage barn with a power supply.
STONEMILL RESTAURANT
To the front of the site is The Stonemill restaurant, converted from a traditional stone barn. This has a wooden floor and a vaulted ceiling with exposed roof trusses. The original cider mill stones form a focal feature.
There is a reception area with leather sofas and a fitted bar. Stone steps lead down into the dining room, above which there is a further vaulted gallery dining area. The restaurant has 50 covers. Outside there is a patio area with seating and tables for 16 covers. There is a commercial kitchen on the lower ground floor. The restaurant has WC facilities and outside there is a gravel car park for up to 30 vehicles.
In the formal lawns alongside the restaurant is a marquee set on a concrete base with a bar area, kitchen area, wooden dance floor plus a range of tables and chairs for up to 150 covers. Previously used as a wedding venue
Business trading accounts are available on request. The property is offered for sale by private treaty, inclusive of trade inventory to include furnishings, equipment, fixtures and fittings within the holiday letting cottages and in relation to the restaurant and wedding venue, excluding any personal items.
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Marketed by: Fine & Country, Monmouth
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