Standen Cottage, near Newport, is in peaceful countryside.
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Location...Near Newport
Bedrooms...Four
Price...£435,000
Agent...Christopher Scott
Tel...01983 242121
COUNTRY living with no near neighbours, views over large gardens to unspoilt farmland and lovely walks on hand is the appealing lifestyle offered at Standen Cottage.
Yet you can jump into the car at the attractive detached former farm cottage and arrive in the centre of Newport and at local schools within a few minutes.
Standen Cottage is a good example of a superb, individual family home enjoying the best of both worlds.
The sympathetically upgraded and extended property with tasteful decor comes with delightful gardens of more than half an acre and is set off a short track from Long Lane.
Beyond the south-facing back garden are gently undulating fields, woods and pretty countryside crossed by footpaths but all this is only around two miles away from the capital town.
Dating from 1905, the house retained its character when the owners extended it about five years ago.
The new extension has created modern amenities so important for comfortable modern living — a spacious kitchen/breakfast room with adjoining cloakroom and WC, plus an upstairs en-suite master bedroom.
Another great space is the sitting room, which, like other main rooms, has a south-facing outlook over the attractive gardens to fields.
A gravelled driveway with ample parking space leads to a detached 18ft by 10ft garage with up-and-over door. From the front porch, with circular window feature and pale painted brickwork matching that of the rest of the house, is access to the sitting room.
Heavy ceiling beams enhance this welcoming 18ft by 12ft area, which has a wide brick surround to an open fireplace and stairs to the first floor.
Next door is the conservatory, ideal for relaxing while looking out over the south-facing part of the garden. It is of PVCu-framed structure with low brick walls, floor tiles and doors to the garden.
Beautiful Italian limestone flooring is complemented by classic Shaker-style units with beech block work surfaces in the kitchen/breakfast room. This is an airy triple-aspect space with a Rayburn at its heart, an Aga module available by separate negotiation, an integrated dishwasher, a circular side window plus windows and a door along the southern side.
Limestone flooring extends into the cloakroom with coat storage, WC and handbasin.
Also on the ground floor is a dining room looking out over the garden and a front-facing study with wooden floorboards.
The first-floor landing, housing an airing cupboard, leads to the four bedrooms and a well-appointed bathroom with tiled walls and floor, a bath with shower screen and separate deluge shower and a heated towel rail.
En-suite to large bedroom one, with garden and farmland views, is a tile-floored bathroom with part-tiled walls.
Three bedrooms have wardrobes and the smallest looks out over farmland.
Outside are lawned front gardens with a mature tree border, a lawned side area with vegetable plots and the large back garden with a fish pond, shrubs and trees and a paved terrace, ideal for outdoor meals.
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