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A Gorgeous Detached 4 Bedroom Period Stone Farmhouse, recently
restored and extended, with 3 luxury rustic Cabins providing
thriving Holiday Let business, also benefitting from Barn with
Workshop and potential to convert, all set amid 3.2 acres with
sublime views to Hay Bluff and the Black Mountains.
Farmhouse
Front Porch Sitting Room Family Room Study Flex Room Craft
Work Room Home Office Open Plan Kitchen Dining Room Utility Room
Downstairs WC Boot Room Rear Rain Porch Principle Suite with Shower
Room & Dressing Area 2 Further Double Bedrooms Single Bedroom
Family Bathroom Lower Driveway Entertaining Patio Summerhouse Shed
Fenced Vegetable Plot Landscaped Gardens
3 Luxury
Cabins
Open Plan Living Area with Wood Burner Kitchenette with
Breakfast Bar Double Bedroom Shower Room Private Deck with Hot Tub
Fire Pit Planning for 4 Additional Cabins
Grounds
Upper Driveway with Ample Parking for Cabins 2 Storey Barn
Ground Floor Workshop Storage Shower Room Laundry Upper Floor
Extensive Open Plan Room Attached Shed & Wood Store Meadow with
Cabins Young Orchard of Local & Heritage Apple Trees
The Arbour, completely renovated and extended over the past 5
years, offers a stunning family home delighting in a sweeping open
flow between easily defined living spaces. Highly malleable rooms
would fit multiple functions to satisfy any familys needs, without
sacrificing convivial connectivity. Privately nestled among the
grounds and discreetly screened from the Farmhouse lie 3 luxury
rustic Cabins providing a thriving Holiday Let enterprise, with
planning permission to add 4 additional cabins and even further
extend the business.
The property also benefits from a 2 storey Barn with attached
Sheds a work hub, currently providing a spacious Workshop alongside
Store, Shower Room and Laundry with expansive open room above, all
offering further exciting potential to convert; subject to all
relevant planning permissions.
Enjoying a private location near the quiet and highly desirable
village of Brilley, the farmhouse is set amid beautifully
landscaped gardens with the Cabins in a meadow accessed through a
young Orchard of local and Heritage apples, all orientated to bask
in awe inspiring views of the inky outline of the Black Mountains.
The book town of Hay On Wye lies 6 miles away and is famed for its
International Literary Festival drawing visitors from around the
world. Beyond the bustling festival weeks, the area draws year
round visitors with fishing and canoeing on the River Wye, keen
walkers, riders and cyclists enjoy the ancient Offas Dyke trail,
the nearby Begwyns almost 1,300 acres of common land and the Brecon
Beacon National Park. Brecon with its Jazz Festival is about 20
miles, with the City of Hereford lying an all but equidistant 19
miles.
The Property
Front Porch From the gateway on the lane a path leads to the
timber framed Front Porch with half wall and glazing, it offers a
very spacious area with practical stone tile floor for storage and
mail deliveries.
Sitting Room The welcoming Sitting Room delights in characterful
timber beams and exposed stone. The stone fireplace is home to the
multi fuel stove set upon a flagstone hearth and retains the niche
of the original bread oven. To the far end of the room with window
looking across the rear gardens with its bank of lavender and
philadelphus lies a natural reading nook. The room also benefits
from the honey tones of the English ash hardwood flooring that runs
harmoniously throughout the downstairs.
Study Leading off the Sitting Room lies one of the eminently
malleable rooms of the home, currently used as a craft room, the
Study Library offers a private retreat with window to the rear
gardens.
Craft Work Room Offering ample additional space for bookcases
and file storage for a dedicated Study or Home Office before it,
the room is currently utilised as an organised Store for Holiday
Let paraphernalia. The Craft Room alternately offers quiet space
tucked away from the hustle and bustle of family life in which to
pursue more artistic endeavours.
Flex Room Lying to the far side of the Sitting Rooms upright
timbers, the Flex Room offering a multi functional space. With deep
open alcove ideal for storage, the space offers an ideal Playroom
for young children or dedicated Reading Room with natural light
from a window overlooking the beautiful front gardens and
countryside beyond.
Home Office The extensive space at the base of the staircase is
utilised as a Home Office providing ample space for running the
business of the holiday lets and any other enterprises. On the
stairs is a door hatch providing access to substantial roof
storage.
Family Room With exposed timber beams and open to the expanse of
the Kitchen Dining Room, the Family Room offers a more informal
space to relax on comfy sofas while conversing with cooks hard at
work in the Kitchen.
Kitchen Dining Room The sweeping expanse of the open plan
Kitchen and Dining Room offers a magnetic hub for family life
providing ample space for a large dining table at which to gather
family and friends. Dining is set before bi fold doors opening onto
the stone paved Entertaining Patio with stunning views and allows
gatherings to happily spill out into the gardens. The Kitchen is
fully fitted in painted Shaker units with solid wood countertops.
The stainless steel sink & a half with drainer is set beneath a
bank of windows framing views across a grove of Himalayan white
birch and out to the captivating views of the Black Mountains. To
one side of the sink is an integrated dishwasher and storage units
while to the other lie deep pan drawers and full height Pantry
cupboard with fitted shelving beside space for a fridge freezer.
Further open units flank the wood burning Rayburn range, heating
both radiators and hot water while for summer cooking integrated is
a Neff electric oven with Bosch induction hob above.
Utility Room With stone tile flooring, the Utility has fitted
units and countertop to match the Kitchen. It provides ample space
for household necessities and under counter space for both washer
and dryer.
Boot Room The Rain Porch sheltering the solid wooden Rear Door
leads into the Boot Room. With tile flooring, rows of coat hooks
and fitted wooden benches with boot and shoe storage below, it
offers a practical area for the divestment of coats and muddy
boots. A wide door with ease of accessibility and no threshold
opens into the Downstairs WC.
Bedroom 1 The Principle Bedroom occupying the new extension
takes maximum advantage of its dual aspect to frame enchanting
views across the front gardens and meadow to open countryside with
mountains beyond. A carpeted Double Bedroom with exposed beams,
behind the bed placement a curtain conceals a dedicated Dressing
area with copious space for wardrobes, open hanging rails and
chests of drawers. The Ensuite features corner shower cubicle, WC,
wall hung basin and is completed by chrome heated towel rail and
vinyl tile effect flooring.
Bedroom 2 The carpeted Double Bedroom delights in exposed
original roof truss timber beams with built in open wardrobe space
to one side.
Bedroom 3 A carpeted small Double Bedroom enjoys window framing
lovely views over the front gardens and views beyond.
Bedroom 4 The last bedroom is a carpeted Single with window
overlooking the front gardens.
Family Bathroom Featuring a Slipper roll top full bath, period
style pedestal basin with towel rail, WC and large chrome heated
towel rail, the Bathroom is completed with high window, a large
cupboard home to the hot water tank and original wooden
flooring.
3 Rustic Cabins The 3 luxury cedar clad cabins all feature
similar lay outs with an open living area with wall mounted TV and
featuring a wood burner set on a slate hearth with seating set
before picture windows framing sublime and uninterrupted views of
open country up to Hay Bluff and the Cats Back. Views mirrored in
the picture window of the Double Bedroom, with built in open
storage. The cabins offer a Kitchenette with Breakfast Bar and
feature stainless steel sink, Belling 2 ring hob, under counter
fridge and space for microwave, toaster and kettle. The Shower
Rooms have large enclosures featuring both regular and Rainhead
showers, WCs, table top basins, chrome heated towel rails and
exposed copper piping. Outside the cabins have space for table and
chairs on private deck areas made from reclaimed oak sourced at a
nearby timber mill. Each cabin has a Hot Tub discreetly screened
and an open fire pit for barbecuing. Planning permission has been
granted for a further 4 cabins, providing the option to further
extend the business if desired.
Barn The 2 storey Barn with Attached Shed and Wood Store offers
a ground floor divided between a large Workshop and a Store Room
with Shower Room and Laundry area with fitted stainless sink and
space for commercial washer and dryer. The upper level forms an
expansive open room, bursting with immediate potential for an
Entertaining Movie Games Rumpus Room for Teenagers, or exciting
potential to convert into a multi generational annexe or separate
family home.
Outside
With 2 Driveways turning off the lane, the Upper Driveway leads to
the Barn and offers ample parking for Cabin guests. Mown grass
pathways lead through the new orchard planted with local and
heritage apple varieties into the meadow beyond home to the Cabins
and revelling in stunning views. The Lower Driveway serves the
house and provides ample parking. From the Entertaining Patio the
wide flower border gives way to lawn and leads to the Summerhouse
with front veranda. Tucked away from sight lies a large Shed
backing the fenced and hornbeam hedged Vegetable Plot offering
large growing beds, 2 polytunnels and Fruit Cage. The beautifully
landscaped gardens sweep outwards with earthwork mounds forming a
natural amphitheatre with groves of Himalayan white stemmed birch
and Rowan trees all orientated to frame exquisite vistas.
Practicalities
Herefordshire Council Tax Band E
Wood Fired Central Heating
Double Glazed Throughout
Mains Electricity & Water
Private Drainage
Fibre Broadband Available
Directions
From Hereford take Kings Acre Road, the A438 to Brecon straight
for 12 miles. Turn left to remain on the A438 signed Winforton Hay.
Continue straight ahead for 4 miles, ignoring the first sign to
Brilley. Turning sharp right at the second sign marked Brilley 2
miles. Climb to the top of the hill, the property is to be found on
the right. Turn right into the lane marked with the house name and
take the second right into the lower driveway.
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