FOUR ACRES OF WOW AND POTENTIAL – noir by david cliff
The first thing I MUST tell you about Millstream Cottage is that this is not the finished article if you don’t want it to be. I saw something similar in Farley Hill Last year and it got my brain going and this stunner has had the same affect!
Basically, you have options here……read on.
If you love the location (hard not to) and the grounds, but just need ‘more house’, the current owners have so much planning approved here that you can create your dream home so please please don’t miss this opportunity.
So what has been passed, well, Erection of first floor side extension. Erection of stables and associated hardstanding, Conversion of front section of stable building to annex ancillary to Millstream Cottage. Erection of detached building for use a pool complex following demolition of existing buildings, Proposed conversion of an outbuilding to an annex, including change of use of part of building from stables to residential use including residential curtilage.
That said, as it stands today you have a truly delightful character home sat behind a gated entrance and sweeping gravel driveway which also takes you through to the stables and paddock land. Outbuildings then also give you options here, the most incredible setting to work from and also the option for guest accommodation perhaps.
Walking inside it has a warm feel with some beautiful features, exposed timbers and brickwork, log burners along with vaulted ceilings in the garden room with a view that you just can’t ignore, and why would you?
The main sitting room and family room continue with these features , cosy spaces but great sizes that remain cool on the occasional hot summer days. You also then have a study just beyond the garden room which looks to the frontage and gardens so literally views views views….
The heart of the home, kitchen breakfast and family space, and this too works well. Contrasting units and granite worksurfaces complement each other with the units having and expensive look and feel with an inset panelling feature to the doors and a pewter look to the door furniture. Just beyond here lies the utility/ boot room so you have somewhere to close the door on and hide normal life.
The room we have yet to mention is what the current owners have as the dining room. Spanning twenty two feet in width I can’t help but wonder what this room could be, it does work as it is but It feels more like a reception hall which could really work, or indeed merge wit the current kitchen if further development was on the cards for you.
Moving upstairs and we have four bedrooms, family bathroom and more and more views. The master suite has a large ensuite bathroom with separate shower to one end, and then dressing room to the other, a proper ‘suite’. The three further bedrooms are all doubles and are then serviced by the family bathroom.