Location

Says Lane is a quiet, rural road, conveniently set off the A38 and within less than half a miles walk of the local supermarket.

The villages of Congresbury and Winscombe have a more comprehensive range of shops, Churchill C of E primary schooling is within proximity alongside a large doctors surgery and the house is within the catchment of Churchill Academy and sixth form with additional Community Sports centre.

Bristol and Weston-super-Mare are both within 15 miles easy commuting distance with a regular bus service available and there is M5 motorway access at Junction 21 St Georges and access to the M32 and M4 for travelling to London.

Bristol International airport is just 7 miles distant along the A38. The village of Yatton (approximately 4 miles distant) has a mainline railway station with direct services to London.

Description

Dating back to the time of William IV, this most appealing detached residence is set in the heart of the countryside along a small, quiet lane yet perfectly poised for easy access to an extensive range of local amenities, good schooling, Bristol and Bristol Airport. Current owners have lived in Rose cottage for over 45 years during which time they have significantly enhanced the accommodation with extensions to either side of the home and adding a superb garden room to the rear overlooking the grounds.

An attractive stained glass front door opens to a welcoming reception hallway which on most days is used as an informal sitting room with a stone built fireplace housing a gas fired cast iron stove. Set off this is a most useful ground floor bathroom with a Victorian cast iron freestanding bath and storage cupboards and airing cupboard which house the hot water tank and a water softener. Quality oak flooring runs through the reception hall into a magnificently proportioned sitting room with exposed beams and triple aspect windows overlooking the front, side and rear of the property. An Inglenook style stone fireplace is a tremendous focal point for the room with a large open grate.

Continuing to the rear of the property is a walk-through study with a glazed and recessed alcove, further storage and a door opening to the Amdega garden room. Within the last three years this has benefited from a complete replacement of the former glazed roof which is now solid and insulated to extend the usage of this lovely room to all seasons. A pair of double doors open out onto the sunny entertaining terrace and rear gardens.

The kitchen is significant feature of the home and a relaxed social hub for visiting family and friends. It has a fully tiled floor with a gas fired stove and a gas fired original Aga supplemented by a stainless steel electric oven and AEG induction hob. There is an extensive run of built-in storage cabinets, dresser units, American style range master fridge, Miele dishwasher and a modern Belfast style twin sink. Beside a comfortable seating area is a walk-in pantry with a snug/5th bedroom set immediately off. Day to day access to the property is usually from the rear into a large tiled boot room with plenty of space for storing outdoor clothing and golf clubs, which opens to the dedicated utility room with space for washing appliances, a fridge freezer and with a wall mounted Worcester gas central heating boiler. The first floor is split into two easy levels. To the rear of the house there are two double bedrooms and a modern family bathroom with two towel rails and underfloor electric heating. Two further double bedrooms to the front command wonderful views overlooking farmland to hillside beyond and the principal bedroom has a good size walk-through dressing room with a modern wet room with stylish Durovit and Canova sanitary ware and a large walk-in shower.

A five bar wooden gate opens to a long paved driveway alongside the house culminating in a parking area for six or so cars with a covered barn, running the full depth of the stables providing superb storage for garden equipment. There are stone built stables, originally used as five loose boxes but now used as exceptionally useful lock up storage and workshop space. It should be noted that subject to planning they offer potential for conversion to ancillary accommodation.

To the rear of the property is a large and predominantly level lawn interspersed by a number of mature ornamental trees with colourful flower and shrub borders and a lovely water feature. The lawn continues beyond old Apple trees into a good size paddock adjoining farmland on two sides, part of the adjoining farmland has been dedicated as a wooded ecological area. The whole of the rear garden enjoys a superb vista of the wooded hillside on the horizon. The property has the benefit of being adjacent to an area of outstanding natural beauty.