Floodbrook

An unspoilt double fronted country cottage with much character, features and rooms typical of the period. Enter through the front door, to the right hand side is what was the original front room' with window over looking the garden. To the left is the dining room, again with window overlooking the front garden. A door leads to the kitchen with quarry tiled floor and a range of wooden cupboards, a window to the side overlooks the garden and across the lane beyond. Off the kitchen is a useful walk in pantry. To the first floor are 3 bedrooms and a bathroom, all with windows overlooking the gardens and fields beyond. Planning consent has been granted for a two storey extension to create a spacious open plan kitchen/breakfast room on the ground floor and 2 further bedrooms and bathroom on the first floor. The cottage could be restored in its present configuration to provide a cosy and welcoming home.

LOCATION

Monmouth is a pretty and historic county town offering a wide variety of shopping facilities, with well-known supermarkets sitting alongside independent shops as well as other retailers and a weekly market. There is a good choice of education options within the area, from well-regarded Primary Schools to the Haberdasher's Schools (and preparatory school) in Monmouth, as well as Monmouth Comprehensive School which has recently moved to a brand new, purpose built site. There are many dining options within an easy drive and these include country pubs and more formal restaurants. For the more energetic, there is a wide range of sporting facilities available including golf at Rolls of Monmouth Golf Club and rowing at Monmouth Rowing Club. The nearby A40 provides access to the M4 and in turn Cardiff and Bristol. In the other direction the A40 gives easy access to Ross on Wye and the M50/Midlands. Main line railway stations can be found in both Hereford and Abergavenny.

Outside - The gardens, which lie on both sides of the lane, are bounded and bisected by seasonal brooks and contain a great variety of ornamental trees and shrubs providing a delightful setting for the cottage. Adjoining the immediate front, rear and side of the cottage are archetypal cottage garden' in type with rose arbours, paved paths and patios, small ornamental pond, well manicured hedges and evergreen shrubs, herbaceous borders, trees and lawns. There are two timber garden sheds, a small greenhouse and a stone and brick built outbuilding with store, separate W.C .and basin and former pigsty with enclosed pig yard. Two wooden footbridges over the brook give access to a further area of the garden and to one of the pasture fields. There are two pedestrian gates giving access to the cottage from the lane.

Across the lane, and approached through a timber vehicle gate, are further grounds with an open aspect. There is a driveway and hardstanding leading to a metal vehicle bridge over a brook giving access to a timber building containing a garage, a small stable/loosebox, a workshop and storage. This building has considerable scope for improvement and could, subject to any necessary consents, provide home office space, hobby workshop, or a variety of leisure areas. A footbridge provides access over a brook to a small arboretum/orchard with a variety of ornamental and fruit trees, a chicken house and a further pedestrian gate to the lane.
Adjacent to the cottage the pasture land is in three principal enclosures accessed from the lane by double timber gates set back behind an area of hardstanding. Bounded by seasonal watercourses, hedges and mature trees and containing a small pond these fields provide a much sought after, but rarely found, opportunity for those with equestrian or livestock raising interests. The fields are slightly sloping, very private with views. A small area of woodland provides a haven for wildlife.

SERVICES
Mains electricity. Oil fired central heating system. Private water supply via borehole, private drainage via septic tank.

AGENT'S NOTES
An overage clause will apply to the wooden building on the opposite side of the road to the cottage in the event of the building being granted planning consent to convert into a residential dwelling. Full details will be provided when viewing.

PLANNING CONSENT
GCIS ILLUSTRATE THE COTTAGE WHEN THE EXTENSION IS COMPLETED. TO SEE FURTHER DETAILS AND PLANS OF THE APPROVED PLANNING PERMISSION PLEASE VISIT AND SEARCH UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NUMBER DM/2022/00482.

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