Barn conversion for sale in Canon Bridge, Madley, Hereford HR2

An Architecturally Stunning and Unique Barn Conversion, providing supremely malleable multi-generational living space and offering up to 4 Double Bedrooms including potential for fully Self-Contained Annexe, all set in a quiet hamlet amid rolling Herefordshire countryside.

Entrance Hall – Second Storey Sitting Room – Open Plan Kitchen/Dining Room – Utility – Plant Room – Family Room/Study – Wet Room – Principle Bedroom with Ensuite – Further Double Bedroom – Family Bathroom – Attached Garage – Driveway with Parking – Paved Patio – Enclosed Landscaped Garden

The Cart House offers a truly unique property with the curving main body of the original cart lodge being a thing of beauty. The property offers a most unexpected malleability of living space to suit the myriad demands of modern and even multigenerational family life. The Attached Garage could be readily converted and combined with the Family Room and Wet Room into a fully Self-Contained Annexe with its own independent entry (planning permission not required for these works). Even the expansive second floor Sitting Room with its exposed timber roof has been designed to accommodate an additional bedroom and provisions for additional ensuite.

Enjoying a rural location in a quiet hamlet, the property is well situated to benefit from ready access to either the north or south of the county. The neighbouring village of Madley is 1.5 miles away providing local shop, 2 pubs, picturesque church and Ofsted “Good” primary school. Amenity-rich Belmont is 6 miles offering supermarket, petrol station, library and gp, with Hereford City itself only a mile further.

The Property

Entrance Hall – Beyond the secure high privacy gates the central pathway dissects the lawn and leads across the wide paved patio to the fully-glazed Front Door beside the flight of external stone steps. The door opens into the Entrance Hall where underfloor heating is set beneath the limestone flooring that runs harmoniously throughout much of the downstairs. The Hall features a charming oak coat rail repurposed from the cart house’s original saddle hooks.

Sitting Room – Upstairs, the stunning Sitting Room basks in the drama of the exposed timber roof trusses. Full of character the room is made welcoming by the focal feature of the wood burner and the honey tones of its solid oak flooring. Benefitting from triple aspect, twin anthracite grey fully-glazed doors frame lovely views over the garden with one door allowing garden access down the external stone steps. The twin windows flanking a grey period style radiator overlook the No-Through lane and country landscape beyond. The expansive nature of the room would allow for easy partitioning of the space to create a further Double Bedroom; with pipes already installed for an ensuite.

Open Plan Kitchen/Dining Room – Occupying the majority of the extraordinary curving body of the original cart lodge the Dining Room and Kitchen revel in 4 sets of bi-fold doors. With the same paving used for both house and patio and with exquisite attention to detail, the limestone has been cut to visually allow a seamless transition between house and private garden. The character of the original brick peers, and oak roof trusses echoed in the oak beams set upon saddle stones creates a truly convivial dining space for gathering family and friends and an ideal entertaining space where summer parties can happily spill out onto the patio and garden beyond. The Kitchen is fully fitted in inky grey painted units smartly contrasted by white quartz countertops. The island is home to stainless steel underslung double sink with drainer and integrated dishwasher. While the multi-fuel 5 burner with wok ring Rangemaster cooker has glass splashback with black hood above, flanked by deep pan drawers. There is also space for a us style fridge/freezer.

Utility – Offering space for both washer and dryer the Utility is fitted with a stainless steel sink with integral drainer.

Plant Room – The control centre for the house, it is home to the underfloor heating manifolds, integrated internet hub and next generation Worcester hydrogen-ready boiler. Provisions are also in place for supplementing the energy demands, with solar panels installed to the garage roof.

Entry Lobby – The second entry hall with fully-glazed Door would allow for entry into a fully Self-Contained Annexe if desired and usefully provides space for the divestment of muddy boots and work clothes before the Wet Room.

Wet Room – The Wet Room provides open Rainhead shower, WC and bespoke vanity unit with white quartz countertop and rectangular table-top basin. It is completed by heated towel rail.

Family Room/Study – Offering the most eminently malleable space in the property, the Family Room would readily provide a more informal space for family relaxing making a great Cinema/Games/Music Room, Play Room for younger children or Rumpus Room for teenagers. It obviously also offers an ideal Study or Home Office and with its proximity to the Wet Room provides private Guest Accommodations. As an Annexe the lower area with Limestone flooring offers space for Kitchen/Diner while with a step up to the original 150 year old oak flooring is defined a Sitting area enjoying window to the front country lane.

Attached Garage – With internal door access from the Family Room, the Garage currently provides copious storage and Workshop space, with further conversion potential into a double bedroom for an Annexe.

Bedroom 1 With Ensuite – Delighting in exposed stone wall, timber beams and bi-fold doors opening into the private garden, the Principle Bedroom is a spacious Double with limestone flooring. The Ensuite Wet Room provides open shower with both Rainhead and regular showers, WC, vanity with table-top basin and is completed with heated towel rail.

Bedroom 2 – A Double Bedroom also benefitting from exposed beams and bi-fold doors opening onto the house-spanning patio.

Family Bathroom – The Wet Room provides full bath, WC, open shower with both Rain and regular shower heads and is completed with vanity unit with white quartz countertop and table-top basin.

Outside

Beside the Attached Garage and before the secure high privacy double gates lies a gravel Driveway providing parking for numerous vehicles. Beyond the gates opens the private landscaped garden with house-spanning limestone paved patio and gravel pathways. The main lawn with buried lpg tank is bounded by mature pleached and specimen trees including multi-stem Silver Birch and both green and copper Beech while the bisecting gravel path leads across to the patio and both glazed Entry Doors. Beneath the external flight of stone steps an arched recess serves as a charming Log Store while beside the Garage is a Dog Wash with outside hot & cold taps.

Practicalities

Herefordshire Council Tax Band ‘E’
Gas Central Heating
Double Glazed Throughout
Mains Water & Electricity
lpg Gas & Private Drainage
Fibre Broadband Available

Directions

From Hereford take the A465 Belmont Road towards Abergavenny. Turn right onto the B4349 to Madley and continue straight for 4miles. In the centre of Madley village turn right to Canon Bridge. Proceed straight for 1.5miles bearing right to follow the sign for Canon Bridge. The property is shortly to be found directly ahead as road bears right, marked by its curving stone wall and Eaton Bishop signpost.

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