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South Wales Argus
24-05-2025
- General
- South Wales Argus
Victorian vicarage in Monmouthshire for sale for £2.1m
The Old Vicarage Penrhos, in Usk, built in 1867, is notable for its terracotta colour against the Monmouthshire landscape. The property boasts 50 acres of private grounds, including a separate one-bedroom cottage and outbuildings with potential for conversion, subject to planning. The main house is hidden behind a hedge and accessed via two sets of double gates. The house has landscaped gardens (Image: Blue Book Agency) A gravelled driveway winds through an array of specimen shrubs and trees to a parking area in front of the house, continuing on past outbuildings to a courtyard with additional parking. The interiors have been maintained by the current owner over the last 20 years. The bright and airy reception rooms retain their period features with high ceilings, exposed wooden floors, and large windows. The gardens are peaceful, with an emphasis on birdsong. The property retains a number of period features (Image: Blue Book Agency) The extensive gardens have been opened annually as part of the National Garden Scheme over the last 20 years. They include a parterre, kitchen garden, wildflower meadow, and ponds. Also included in the land are paddocks, some of which are used for sheep grazing, with a formal grazing agreement in place with a local farmer.
The Guardian
31-01-2025
- Business
- The Guardian
Homes for sale in England with fabulous kitchens
On the outskirts of this rural hamlet is a complex of farm buildings, including a five-bedroom barn-style home. Built of stone with underfloor heating, a zoned heating system and an air source heat pump, it is energy efficient. The heart of the house is the open-plan living room, dining area and kitchen. The handmade cabinets are painted in a deep, mossy green to match the bookshelves that line the hallway. Other features include a boiling water tap and a grand Belfast sink. Bifold doors open on to the garden, which has a wild swimming pool. £1.39m. Savills, 01722 426 820 Photograph: Savills In this town on the north bank of the River Stour is an early 16th-century house for sale. The Grade I-listed timber-frame property and its historic detailing have been beautifully preserved. Each room is a museum to different eras: the original inglenook fireplaces remain intact; there's a carved staircase from the early 1600s; and the decorative chimney stacks are Edwardian. The kitchen cabinets are painted in a more modern soft turquoise and the back door opens onto the gardens, which run down to the river. £1m. Blue Book Agency, 07967 555 546 Photograph: Blue Book Agency This eponymous residential neighbourhood and high street sit between Notting Hill and Paddington. On the corner of Westbourne Grove and Hereford Street, and positioned temptingly above a pizzeria, a first-floor one-bedroom apartment with high ceilings and decorative coving is for sale. The open-plan living area has dual sash windows with a bench seat below, which doubles up as a sofa and faces the kitchen – which is half art installation, half functional space. £600,000. The Modern House, 020 3795 5920 Photograph: Toby Nima/The Modern House Five miles from the town of Ripon and on the edge of the Nidderdale Valley area of outstanding natural beauty, this village boasts a pub and a shop. In its centre is a detached stone house with plenty of period features and touches of contemporary design for sale. The joinery in the traditional kitchen is painted electric blue and there is a flagstone floor. In the sitting room is a floating glass staircase that helps to transmit light in the centre of the house and which leads up to four bedrooms. £800,000. Strutt & Parker, 07768 427 185 Photograph: Strutt & Parker Down the Old Baptist Court, next to the chapel, is a narrow enclave of homes, and at the end of the terrace is a red-brick cottage for sale. It has been fully renovated. There are two entry points: the front living room and the side kitchen. The latter is decorated in a collection of off-whites with handmade cabinets and marble countertops. There is room for a round table, too. Upstairs are two bedrooms. The courtyard garden is stocked with lavender, hydrangea and yew hedges, and it is a short walk to the banks of the River Avon. £395,000. Inigo, 020 3687 3071 Photograph: Inigo
