Cowbridge Road, Llantwit Major, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF61

SUMMARY A handsome, double fronted Edwardian property understood to date from the early 1900s with significantly extended accommodation providing a deceptively generous family home. Lounge with wood burner, dining room, kitchen with pantry and adjacent conservatory / breakfast area looking out over, and opening to, the rear, west facing garden. Also ground floor cloakroom and laundry / utility room. To the first floor: master bedroom suite with bedroom, en suite shower room and dressing area. Three further bedrooms and family bathroom. Also very useable, sizable attic space. Ample off-road parking and wonderfully sheltered gardens to the rear of the property enjoying a westerly aspect. Large, bespoke 'Ashdown'-built workshop / garden store 

SITUATION The historic & coastal town of Llantwit Major, includes Iron Age hill forts, fine Tudor buildings, a Roman villa and a medieval grange. The imposing 11th century St Illtud Church has been described as the Westminster Abbey of Wales. The town has excellent Welsh and English medium primary schools as well as a secondary school; there are also several independent schools a short drive away.
Within the town there are a good range of shops – including two supermarkets, five reputable public houses, friendly cafes and well-established restaurants. More facilities include; a health centre, leisure centre, rugby club, football club as well as many other local sports facilities.
Llantwit Major is located on the spectacular Glamorgan Heritage Coast, the local area provides opportunities aplenty for a wide range of activities such as cycling, golf, horse riding, water sports and walking. Offering excellent transport links from Bridgend to Barry and is also within convenient driving distance of the M4 and the City of Cardiff, with Cardiff (Wales) Airport at Rhoose being approximately five miles away. There is a useful "park and ride" railway station at Llantwit Major, which provides a regular and direct service to Cardiff city centre and to Bridgend.  

ABOUT THE PROPERTY * A detached, Edwardian property understood to date from around 1905.
* The deceptively spacious property has been significantly extended in more recent years to provide a generous, adaptable family space.
* To the very heart of the house is a ground floor entrance hallway with quarry- and encaustic-tiled flooring re-instated by the current owners.
* From here, staircase leads to the first floor while doors lead to the dining room; to the breakfast area with kitchen beyond; and to the lounge.
* Running the depth of the property with bay window to the front elevation is a wonderfully cosy family lounge with wood burner recessed within a chimney breast with quarry tile and flagstone hearth. A bay window looks to the front elevation and a second window looks through a veranda on to the garden
* The lounge links, in turn, to a more modern extension being a large second reception room looking over the garden in a southerly aspect
* From here there is a utility room/laundry beyond with cloakroom. A door from here leads to a rear veranda with garden beyond.
* Like the family lounge, a dining room has a bay window to the front elevation and a serving hatch to the kitchen and breakfast area beyond.
* Looking to the rear of the property is a conservatory sitting/breakfast area, a more modern extension positioned to enjoy a westerly aspect with windows looking out over - and a door opening to - the garden.
* Conservatory connects directly to a wonderful kitchen open to the pitch of the ceiling and including a particularly good range of fitted units. Appliances, where fitted, are to remain and include microwave oven combination, oven/grill and warming drawer, induction hob, fully integrated larder fridge and dishwasher.
* Beyond the kitchen is a walk-in pantry / wine store providing capacious storage with room remaining for a tall freezer.
* To the first floor a central landing area has doors leading to all bedrooms and to the family bathroom; a fixed staircase leading up to an attic room.
* The master bedroom is a more recent addition to the property offering a generous bedroom area open to the pitch of the roof with its own adjacent shower room and dressing area with walk-in wardrobe.
* Bedrooms two and three look to the front and rear of the property respectively while a fourth bedroom / study also looks over the front garden onto Cowbridge Road. These bedrooms all share use of a period style "Heritage" bathroom suite.
* The attic has been converted to provide a great study / studio / storage space with three Velux skylight windows to the rear elevation.
 

GARDENS AND GROUNDS * Fairfield is set in a generous plot running parallel to Cowbridge Road and backing on to 'Heritage Gate' yet screened from the same behind wrought iron railings and hedging to the front and, to the rear, by fencing, mature hedging and trees.
* The largest portion of the garden is to the rear of the property and enjoys a westerly aspect and being situated away from the road and providing a sheltered, private space.
* From the roadway, a broad opening opens onto a generous off-road parking and turning area with room for a number of cars.
* A gated entrance from here leads through a low maintenance garden with a path running to the front, principle entrance and a gated entrance leading to the rear of the property.
* A glazed verandah runs to part of the rear, providing additional shelter and a covered walk way between the conservatory and the laundry room.
* The largest portion of garden is to the westerly / rear side of the property. It has been thoughtfully created over a number of years to offer various different "garden rooms" including a sunken garden to enjoy the last of the afternoon and evening sun; a paved seating area with pergola-cover hot tub (to remain); a productive vegetable garden with greenhouse to remain.
* To the southern end of the garden is a bespoke timber workshop / garden store with two rooms divided by timber partition (approx. max 6m x 2.9m and 3m x 2.9m respectively). Power connected.
 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Freehold. Mains electric, water and drainage connect to the property. Air-source heating. Also solar panels supplement the electric supply to the property. Council tax: Band G 

DIRECTIONS From our Cowbridge Office, travel along High Street into Westgate and bear left onto Llantwit Major Road. After approximately 2 miles, turn left at the T-junction at Nash following the signs for Llantwit Major. Continue on this road in a southerly direction for a further 3 miles. Continue straight ahead at the large roundabout in to Cowbridge Road. Fairfield will be to your right after about 100 yards. 

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