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Through The Keyhole
This month we discover Penheligan House in Herefordshire, a spacious and stylish family home, which is perfect for modern family living
Overlooking open countryside in a rural hamlet just 4 miles from Ross-on-Wye is this superb individually designed modern family house. It stands within private, beautifully landscaped gardens professionally designed for ease of maintenance, sunny throughout the day and bordered by a spring fed stream. The property was built to the vendors’ exacting specification and is still under an NHBC guarantee. It provides a spacious and stylish family home perfect for modern living, featuring as it does a huge fitted kitchen family room, together with five double bedrooms, most with wardrobes and two enjoying the benefit of having en-suite facilities. The two, second floor bedrooms and bathroom could be ideal for teenagers especially as Superfast Broadband is available and the mains gas central heating and water is controlled by Nest.
Pontshill where the house is situated is a small hamlet in the Parish of Weston Under Penyard, which is just over a mile from the market town of Ross-on-Wye. Mentioned in the Doomsday
Book, in 1066, Pontshill was part of the Lord Gunnar’s estate with 6 households with a total value to the Lord of the equivalent of 33 pence in today’s money and boasting 3 ploughing teams to boot! Outside the house is the village Noticeboard that maps the numerous footpaths that offer a network of wonderful walks in the immediate locality.
The nearest town is Ross-on-Wye, which is well known as ‘The Gateway to the Wye Valley’ and is a market town overlooking the famous horseshoe bend on the River Wye. The ancient town has attracted visitors since the 18th Century, who came to escape the industry of the cities and enjoy the scenic Wye Valley and surrounding countryside. At it’s heart stands the thirteenth century St Mary’s church a conspicuous landmark that together with The Royal Hotel, can be seen for many miles around. The centre of the town is famed for it’s 17th century market house and Tudor framed houses and is now a bustling market town with markets held regularly on a Thursday and Saturday and a wide
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