Bull Barn, LD7 1NP (£3,000)
Structure: Character Property Type: Semi-detached
No. of bedrooms: 3 | No. of bathrooms: 3
Central heating: Yes | Double glazing: Yes
General Description :
Offers over £300,000 will be considered for this listed barn conversion which is a complete one-off - a hand-crafted property set in a courtyard location and surrounded by open countryside. Stone exterior with some oak cladding, interior carefully renovated to preserve original features such as arched oak trusses. Doors, double-glazed windows, and interior stuctural work all handmade in oak. Floors of oak, clay tiles or reclaimed flagstones. Fitted kitchen built on-site in ash. 2 receptions, utility room, downstairs cloakroom. 3 large bedrooms (1 en suite) and family bathroom. Garden with stream running through it and lovely views. Wood store, hard standing for two cars
Amenities
Local shopping, public libraries etc in Knighton (4 miles), Prestiegne (4 miles), Llandrindod Wells (15 miles). Nearest large towns - Hereford, Shrewsbury. Primary school 1 mile, secondary school in Prestiegne. Very good area for arts and small music festivals. Prime walking and riding country with good network of paths.
Additional Information
Pilleth is an old historic site. The courtyard of barns lies just below the battlefield where Owen Glendwr defeated Mortimer in 1402, and the origins of the little church on the hill are older still. The barns were built during the 19h century, all now privately owned making a small, friendly community but without loss of privacy.
Rooms
kitchen
5.02m x 3.11m
The kitchen is open to the living room along one side and has a window facing the garden. The built-in cupboards have doors and drawer fronts of natural ash on cacasses of painted solid wood. The floor is laid with clay tiles from Fired Earth. Space/plumbing is available for a dishwasher (if required) to one side of the double ceramic sink. The cooker is a slot-in electric Belling with a stainless steel hood and there is a built-in Liebherr fridge. Work surfaces are quarry tiled, with granite inserts on either side of the cooker, and the breakfast bar and shelving above are made of reclaimed mahogany.
open plan living room
5.77m x 5.00m
The oak frame forming one side of the kitchen has been left open to communicate with the living room, which has windows to both sides and a French window catching the morning sun. A high efficiency wood burner stands on a flagstone hearth at one end of the room. The floor and the ceiling beams are oak.
study
5.23m x 4.11m max
An L-shaped room with oak floor and 2 windows to the front, good for the afternoon and evening sun. A small alcove cupboard set into the stone wall was originally the medicine cupboard when this room was the stable. The 2 large old oak beams are original and probably came from an older building. This room could be used as a study, a 4th bedroom or a separate sitting room.
Utility Room
3.06m x 2.26m
The floor is laid with reclaimed glazed quarry tiles. The Belfast sink is on a stand made old larch which was part of the original cattle stalls, and the draining board is made of reclaimed mahogany. The washing machine is plumbed in under the draining board. The oil-fired Worcester condensing combination boiler has a drying rack over it for laundry and there is an opening arrow-slit window and an extractor fan, making this a good drying room. There is shelving on the wall and space for large chest freezer etc.
Downstairs cloakroom
2.31m x 1.31m
Quarry tiled floor, reclaimed unglazed. Opening arrowslit window and extractor fan. Shelving in reclaimed mahogany built in beside the stylish modern hand basin.
Bedroom 1
6.3m x 5.1 m total
The main bedroom is a light and airy room having 3 velux skylights as well as a window to the front and 8 arrowslit windows, of which 5 are in the gable wall. The built-in wardrobe is made of oak and there are 2 fine oak trusses. The ensuite bathroom, designed to show off the gable wall and the arched central truss, is fitted with a large shower, toilet and circular basin on a hand-built stand made of reclaimed mahogany.
Bedroom 2
4.05m x 3.93m
Bedroom 2 has 2 windows looking over the courtyard towards the church on the hill and a velux skylight. There are 2 oak trusses on view and a built in wardrobe. From this room access is provided to the loft space which extends the length of the house and has been boarded to provide a useful storage area.
Bedroom 3
5.69m x 2.77m min
Bedroom 3 also has 2 windows looking over the courtyard and 2 oak trusses visible. Instead of a fitted wardrobe there is an antique cherry-wood wardrobe (French). Further storage could be built in at one end of the room but this has been left open at present to reveal the oak framing.
Family Bathroom
3.73m x 2.16m
The main bathroom has a large shower and also an enamelled steel bath, plus toilet and hand-basin. There are 3 arrow-slit windows and a velux skylight. The bath and waste pipes have been panelled in oak. The stainless steel flue from the woodburner passes through this room, providing useful additional heat in the winter.
Garden and patio area
The garden runs the length of the house and beyond and has a stream running through it. The boundary has been planted with a wide variety of native shrubs. Most of the garden has been laid as a lawn with some flower beds and a holly hedge around the sunken oil tank and forming the boundary with the next-door garden. A double compost bin and a wood-store have been constructed to one side of the house where there is also a stoned area providing parking for two cars. At the front of the house there is a paved patio with a low stone wall bordering the courtyard. There is a lot of scope for future development of a very pretty garden.