Sympathetically Renovated Cottage!
A credit to the current owners, for this striking cottage has been modified and enhanced throughout whilst retaining the many timeless original features. Offering an open-plan kitchen/breakfast room, four bedrooms and a private walled garden, it has it all.

Where House Beautiful meets The Holiday!

A 19th century, two-story whitewashed picture-perfect cottage with bay windows and Welsh slate roof with wonderful existing paired ridge and gable chimney stacks topped with buff-clay pots to service the various working fireplaces that lay within.

Diamond-lead casement windows complete the picture of this wonderful gem which enjoys privacy by way of impressive surrounding sandstone walls. There are two entrances to Hill Cottage – the front pedestrian gate opens to a lush secret garden within, and a separate pebbled vehicular driveway to the left-hand side of the property, again with impressive sandstone boundary walls, can accommodate up to three cars and leads to a single garage.

The location is second-to-none. Heswall is a lively, cosmopolitan town in the western side of The Wirral Peninsula and offers an array of fantastic eateries where independent shops sit side by side with more recognised national household names, and there a real sense of community. Heswall enjoys stunning views across to the Dee Estuary, and when you exit Hill Cottage, and turn Right, you immediately face these magnificent views towards North Wales.

This semi-detached unique home has been rightly described by its current owners as ‘The Tardis that keeps giving’. It has over 1796 sq. ft of living accommodation which backs on to Hill House Gardens. The location is particularly attractive to those who enjoy the great outdoors and also wish to be in the heart of a thriving community.

As you enter Hill Cottage, you will be immediately struck by the finish – Farrow & Ball colour palettes, wonderful fireplaces, wooden floors, antique French chandeliers and lanterns marry together to create a truly unique and welcoming home.

The Dining Hall, which easily accommodates an eight-seater table and chairs, is filled with light from the wonderful bay window and also from the five-arm antique brass chandelier. This room is very inviting with its rich colour palette perfectly framed by a large working fireplace.

Located across the hall is the Sitting Room where there is a matching bay window that draws your eye to the captivating private garden outside – a perfect reading area. There is a solid fuel stove which sits within a large sandstone setting, twin alcoves accentuate more personal items like art and glass, there are unique deep windowsills, covings and a matching antique chandelier.

The heart of the home is the kitchen/breakfast room which has extensive cupboard space, a feature window looking out to a barbecue area, endless Silestone countertops, a cooking range, American fridge freezer and large larder cupboard. You can enjoy breakfast at the purpose-build oval island, with additional storage space, and again finished in Silestone. This backs on to another very large feature sandstone fireplace.

From the kitchen, you access the conservatory where you are immediately enveloped in 40 shades of green. The conservatory is a favourite area for enjoying the outside whilst inside! If you look up, you can observe as nature cascades from the sandstone rockery and exterior ivy clad walls. Here, you can really appreciate the creatures who inhabit the RHS award-winning Hill House Gardens located adjacent to the house. Expect to see squirrels, butterflies and all manner of birds as they meander through the abundant trees above.

Hill House has four bedrooms with the smaller bedroom being currently used as a home office. The other three bedrooms are all doubles. The main bedroom has the most beautiful cast iron fireplace which is really rather special; this room also enjoys a leafy view to the front garden. A hand crafted four panelled built-in wardrobe, with sliding plantation shutters completes this room. A second bedroom also enjoys a view of the front garden and has a lovely fireplace. The third bedroom is to the back of the house and can accommodate a full bedroom suite to include study desk. All rooms are painted with soft tones from the Farrow and Ball range.

The bedrooms are facilitated by an impressive family bathroom – natural stone floor to ceiling tiles, underfloor heating, an inviting freestanding Victoria and Albert bath with chrome floor taps and a separate walk-in shower.

Although Hill Cottage is wrapped in history, the current owners wanted to bring it into the 21st Century and help reduce its carbon footprint. To this end, last year, an air sourced heat pump was installed; all exterior walls and roof were fully insulated; a new dual boiler was fitted, and this was all topped off with an investment of
16 solar roof panels. As a result, running costs for this home are greatly reduced, you can also sell back to the grid, and the cottage now enjoys an impressive ‘C’ Energy Performance Rating.