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2 Bedroom detached house ● Pennyfathers Lane, WELWYN ● £950,000
Gorgeous Keeper’s Cottage is a truly magical character home, tucked away in a delightful countryside location yet within easy reach of all the necessities of modern-day life
*** GUIDE PRICE £950,000 - £975,000 ***
Keeper’s Cottage, Harmer Green
Gorgeous Keeper’s Cottage is a truly magical character home, tucked away in a delightful countryside location yet within easy reach of all the necessities of modern-day life
Thinking back over the years she spent at Keeper’s Cottage, the current owner has nothing but fond memories. She spent her childhood here, playing games with her friends in the woods and fields and looking for frogs and newts in the garden pond. “My parents moved to the house in 1978 and I grew up there,” she recalls. “It was such a beautiful cottage – they just fell in love with it as soon as they saw it. They loved the way it looked and the way it felt when they stepped inside. My mum set her heart on it and neither of them ever wanted to live anywhere else. It was a chocolate-box cottage that offered them everything they wanted, from an English country garden to beautiful beams and an open fire.”
ORIGINAL FEATURES
Keeper’s Cottage is believed to date back to the 1870s and would originally have been home to the gamekeeper at a country estate. It still presents a wealth of original features, from its heavy oak beams and leaded windows to its rustic open fireplace. “My parents renovated the cottage when they moved in, working their way through everything from the roof to the garden but they retained its character. They also built a garage, which has an inspection pit, and is where my father used to keep his vintage cars. This was designed by an architect to blend in with the cottage,” she says.
ALL SEASONS
While new owners may choose to redecorate Keeper’s Cottage in a style of their choosing, the enticing, two-bedroom property is ready to move into. It is a cosy, welcoming home and the owner has nothing but fond memories of her time there. “The sitting room was a lovely place to relax, especially in the winter months, when the open fire was lit,” she recalls. “This was also where everyone would gather at Christmas time. There are also French windows on to the garden from the sitting room. We would open these up in the summer and have barbecues out in the garden.”
A PEACEFUL PLACE
Family meals were enjoyed in the dining room, which conveniently adjoins the kitchen. New owners may decide they wish to look into opening these two spaces up to create one larger kitchen breakfast room. “My mother liked the dining room,” she remembers. “She used to enjoy sitting at the table in there doing the crossword. It was always a very peaceful place.”
There is also an attractive bathroom at ground-floor level. This features a huge, clawfoot freestanding bath, installed shortly after the family moved in. “It is a lovely bathroom,” she agrees. “But there is also a good-sized shower room on the first floor, which is very convenient.”
POTENTIAL EXTENSION
Both cottage-style bedrooms are also upstairs. It could perhaps be possible (subject to the relevant planning permissions) to extend the house to add more bedroom and bathroom space should that be required, the owner observes. “New owners may, of course, wish to make their own mark on the cottage and there are all sorts of things that could potentially be done, from converting the garage into a games room or additional accommodation to extending out to the back of the house. My mother also often wondered about adding a garden room.”
A GENTLE PACE
More than anything, she says, the family savoured the unique location of Keeper’s Cottage. “It felt like being in the heart of the countryside and yet it was always so quick to get into Welwyn Garden City and to the train station – you could then be in London in 25 minutes. The road and motorway connections here are also very good. My father travelled for work for many years and always found it very easy – but he always loved returning to this house at the end of the day: this was where he and my mother could enjoy a much slower pace of life.” Sad though she is to leave her childhood home behind, t
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Welwyn.Garden.City@chewtonrose.co.uk
01707935430
23 Stonehills,
Welwyn Garden City,
Hertfordshire,
AL8 6NA
Welwyn Garden City has a population of over 50,000 and is situated in the county of Hertfordshire, with locations such as Harpenden and Saint Albans just a short drive away. The area is home to the Ebenezer Howard Statue, the cool Barn Theatre and The New Maynard Gallery.
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