Properties of the Week
6 February 2008: Our resplendent rural properties in this week's selection include a converted stone barn, a remote country cottage and a 3* guest house.
Prescott Lodge Cottage in Baschurch is a pretty black and white property in a great location. It has a sitting room with inglenook and timber beams, dining room, kitchen. three bedrooms plus a fourth which could be an excellent study, along with two bathrooms, one upstairs and one downstairs, and its own grounds. Guide price £385,000 through Balfours on (01743) 353511.nextpage
Lower House Farm Barn in Cleedownton, near Ludlow is an individually-designed country residence converted from an original stone barn, with magnificent country views towards the Titterstone Clee beyond the valley. It stands about 200 yards from the road along a vehicular track and has two main reception rooms, an office/study, kitchen/family room with Aga, laundry room, four good-sized bedrooms, gardens and a brick workshop. Price £435,000 through Nock Deighton on (01584) 875555.nextpage
The Gro Guest House on the outskirts of Newtown is a part black and white, timber-framed, spacious period property currently run as a B&B. It has four refurbished light and airy en-suite letting rooms that have a 3* rating from the Wales Tourist Board, dining room with oak floorboards, lounge, separate residents' lounge with period fireplace, refitted kitchen, utility, en-suite shower room and two cellars. On the top floor there are two further bedrooms, a sitting area and a shower room with wc. Price £435,000 through Morris, Marshall & Poole on (01686) 626160.nextpage
The Old Stables in Knockin is a delightful country home that was completely renovated in the year 2000. This deceptively spacious barn conversion has a sitting/dining room, breakfast kitchen, family bathroom, three bedrooms (master with en-suite shower and dressing room), and study. Outside are gardens and workshops. Price £335,000 through Halls on (01743) 236444.nextpage
Bahaillon Bank Farm is a substantial stone barn in the unspoilt countryside of the Mid Wales borderlands. Ideal as a building project, the property lies in the village of Sarn near Newtown and has detailed planning consent for conversion into a single storey, three bedroomed family home with a kitchen, bathroom and open plan living/dining room. It's set in seven acres of wooded gardens and pasture paddocks with excellent views over the Camlad Valley. Price £170,000 through Halls on (01588) 638755.nextpage
New House Cottage is one of three very different lots due to go under the auctioneer's hammer at Morris, Marshall & Poole's St David's Day auction on March 1 at the Elephant and Castle Hotel, Newtown. The cottage at Llanmerewig, near Abermule, is a gem of a small holding set in four acres of pastureland with a guide price of £300,000. Currently three bedroomed, there is scope to extend the property but at present it comprises a living room, sitting room, shower room, hall and fitted kitchen, with three bedrooms upstairs.
