Upper Ferry Road, Penallt, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25

Situation

Whitehall Farm is situated in the historic part of the popular village of Penallt which enjoys a thriving community surrounded by the beautiful countryside of the Wye Valley AONB. It has an ancient church and two pubs, tennis and cricket club. The valley village of Redbrook is within walking distance over the nearby footbridge, offering a Post Office and shop, bus route, pub and primary school. There is another nearby primary school at Trellech and the town of Monmouth is within 5 miles offering a broad range of independent shops as well as Waitrose Marks and Spencer etc. and excellent schools including Haberdashers’ Monmouth School (co-educational) and Monmouth Comprehensive. Whilst being set in a quiet rural location, Penallt has easy access to the major road networks, and Bristol, Cardiff, Gloucester and Hereford are within a one-hour drive.

Accommodation

The substantial porch opens into a generous Reception Hall with a tiled floor and staircase up to the first floor. The hall leads to the Drawing Room, a light and spacious room with French doors opening to the garden and an original sash window with shutters. There is also an impressive, marbled fireplace with wood burning stove. Large paneled double doors open through to the Dining Room with a marbled fireplace with wood burning stove and sash window looking out to the valley and river, and a further French door opening to the garden with a Regency-style lead-roofed porch.

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A passage leads to the Kitchen, with a Downstairs Cloakroom to the side. The handcrafted wooden kitchen has a large Belfast sink and a two oven Aga with wooden mantel over and a quarry tiled floor and stable door opening to the garden. Off the Kitchen, in the oldest part of the house is a Breakfast Room/Snug with inglenook fireplace and wood burning stove with back boiler. A door from this room opens to steps up to the adjoining outbuilding.

First Floor

The first floor is accessed by a Regency-style staircase. The landing has a lantern and loft access. The Master Suite features an attractive Dressing Room with fitted wardrobes each side and an En Suite Bathroom enjoying superb views of the river and valley. Off the landing is the Family Bathroom with a cast iron roll-top bath, part paneled walls, linen cupboard and solid ash floorboards. Windows look over the principal lawn. Steps lead up from the landing to Three Further Bedrooms all enjoying wonderful views towards the river and one having a fireplace and ebonized floorboards.

Outbuildings

Behind the house is a large stone outbuilding which has great potential to make further accommodation. It has a current planning permission to convert into a generous two storey two-bedroom annexe (Monmouthshire Planning ref. DM/2021/00768). Double doors at the front provide access to its current use as a workshop/garage. This continues into a further stone outbuilding which was formerly used as calf cots and now used for storage. This could also be converted to alternative use subject to consent.

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To the lower side of the house there is a stone walled two-bay machinery shed with galvanized iron roof and further long stone walled building which could be re-roofed to form stables or alternative uses.

Gardens and Land

Next to the house, the gravelled yard provides parking for several cars. Below the house, a gravel driveway leads to a large turning and parking area with stone steps and iron gates to the front of the house. The garden enjoys large areas of lawn with mature trees and meticulously stocked borders. Beyond the garden is an old orchard with dry stone walls. The main fields follow the banks of the Wye, running up to the woodland on the top side. It has alternative road access to the south with a gate onto Lone Lane. The land is in good heart and has been used for a range of equestrian and livestock uses, as well as haymaking. It is currently used for grazing with sheep.

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The land is an outstanding feature of this property and provides direct access by the owner to the River Wye for recreational uses such as water sports, fishing (subject to appropriate licences) or enjoying the abundant wildlife.

Services

Private water, Mains electricity, Private Drainage – Septic Tank, Oil fired central heating, Full Fibre Broadband

EPC

Band E

Local Authority

Monmouthshire County Council

Viewing

Strictly by appointment with the Agents: David James, Monmouth