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Joanne Ridout

Dream home close to Cardiff with a seven car garage the size of a house

If you love your cars, then your cars are going to love you if you have the budget to buy this country home - it has a detached garage that offers seven of them a comfy place to call home.

Bigger than many people's whole house, the garage can accommodate people too because if you want to sleep near your favourite car, the coach house and garage has two self-contained one-bed flats above it too.

Of course, if you love your granny or your children more than your motors, there might be the chance to convert this substantial bonus building totally into a whole house for one or more members of the family, subject to planning.

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But there's so much more to this house than it's impressive garage coach house - there's plenty to entice the humans too.

Located on the fringe of the hamlet of Pentre Meyrick, a few miles outside the popular county market town of Cowbridge, the home is well located for socialising and shopping as well as strolls through the rural landscape of Vale of Glamorgan.

The amazing cliffs and coves, beaches and bays of the glorious Glamorgan Heritage Coast are just a few miles to the south, and with the M4 to the north, there's easy access to the rest of Wales, including Cardiff and Swansea.

Back at this welcoming dream home that sits within three acres of land and the stone columned entrance beckons you into a stylish property that has family at its heart.

Each reception space can accommodate large numbers of people and each space easily flows into the next, whilst also offering spaces for some quiet solitude too.

Welcome to a country pad full of surprises (PA Black Cowbridge)
Three acres of land (PA Black Cowbridge)
Monster garage is a coach house built in 1999 that has accommodation above too (PA Black Cowbridge)

The five bedroom dream home has been recently updated and it shows, with stylish interior design in every room inviting you in to enjoy the level of work that's been done here.

The house is the perfect example of never judging a book by its cover, because at the heart of this home is a charming period property.

A mix of eras but the original house is an 18th century farmhouse (PA Black Cowbridge)
Pretty stone porch greets you (PA Black Cowbridge)

According to the estate agent the property, called Tewgoed House, is originally an 18th century farmhouse, greatly extended around 1978 and with the addition of the coach house garage in 1999.

So inside the home there are restored period features to find, from exposed stone walls to ceiling beams.

Fireplace bursting with character (PA Black Cowbridge)
Monster fireplace is a mesmerising focal point (PA Black Cowbridge)

There are also two very robust stone fireplaces to find - one in the main lounge and one in the family room - that are mesmerising focal points as well as sources of heat in the depths of winter.

From entering the house through the central front door, there's a formal dining room to the right and this first welcome to the inside sets the expectation high for a special home waiting to be further discovered.

Instead of a standard door, or even double door, the majority of the wall between the hall and the dining room has gone and been replaced with glass and stripped wood bi-fold doors.

These clever and somewhat surprising doors do a fantastic job of seamlessly connecting the spaces - it is so easy to drift into this amazing first reception room and it would be very hard to resist.

Clever design idea - character internal bi-fold doors opens the space up so the central hall feels larger and lighter (PA Black Cowbridge)
Very pretty and sunny formal dining room (PA Black Cowbridge)

The dining room is a wonderfully sunny and light room thanks to dual aspect windows and French doors leading out into the immaculately manicured surrounding garden.

Whatever the standard of the food being served at the table, this elegant room is sure to get a very hasty 'yes' from any guest invited round for a meal.

The room also gives a taste of the interior design within the home - soft tones, tactile textures, sophisticated furniture choices but with comfort and cosy in the mix too.

The house is practical as well as pretty, with two separate downstairs cloakrooms, a large utility room and a handy boot room for muddy dogs and their owners after time spent exploring the stunning, surrounding countryside.

Further down the hall is the kitchen diner and it too can offer visually pleasing character and personality.

Kitchen diner is full of personality too (PA Black Cowbridge)
Utility room as big as many people's main kitchen (PA Black Cowbridge)
Handy boot room for muddy paws and muddy people (PA Black Cowbridge)

The high ceiling slopes down to the walls where it is met by an intriguing and successful design idea.

There's a band of dark green paint on the walls that marks the start of the kitchen below.

It is being used as a visual marker, breaks up the waves of white, and adds extra personality to the space, as well as making the room even more visually interesting.

Add to that the triple Aga in bright red, the oak worktops, the sociable kitchen island that includes a breakfast bar and oodles of light streaming in from wall and roof windows and the room is a very pleasing place to peel the potatoes and have a good chat with the family about their day.

Lovely large lounge with lovely large fireplace (PA Black Cowbridge)
Room for the whole family, and some (PA Black Cowbridge)

Into the first of the lounges and it's a sizeable space where a monster corner sofa can easily fit and happily accommodate the whole family, and some of their friends too.

There are white-washed beams above and an inglenook fireplace with a substantial log burner nestled inside which, looking at its size, can easily throw out enough heat to fill this large room.

The ceiling might be lower than some of the other rooms but the white decor and windows on either side means it feels light and airy, as well as cosy and welcoming.

Doors to a courtyard garden and spiral stairs to a guest suite above (PA Black Cowbridge)

Through into the family room at the end of this wing of the house, and it's a wonderful space filled with tactile stone walls and white-washed beams that are the perfect period wrapping paper to bring character to the room.

There are a surprise set of French doors too, opening the cosy space out into the courtyard garden for the all important indoor outdoor connection.

The fireplace, with the beautiful old wooden beam mantel arching over the top, is a beast of a brilliant feature and surely competes with the television for people's attention and surely their admiration too.

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To the right of the fireplace is an intruding and surprising addition to the space - a metal spiral staircase.

This leads to an ensuite guest bedroom above that is maybe the coolest place in the home to lay your head for a night or two.

But there are four other bedrooms in the main house, and two in the coach house above the garages, to choose from and all have luxury interiors reminiscent of staying in a fancy country hotel.

Master bedroom might remind you of a stay in a fancy hotel (PA Black Cowbridge)
The style goes contemporary on the first floor (PA Black Cowbridge)
Bespoke storage in most bedrooms (PA Black Cowbridge)

There are bespoke wardrobes and storage in each space, plus a peaceful palette of shades of grey and fresh white, punctuated by pops of colour or pattern, or both.

The master bedroom has a spacious ensuite that includes a double walk-in shower, the bedroom next door also has its own bathroom, and the two remaining double bedrooms share the family bathroom.

Luxury continues in the bathrooms (PA Black Cowbridge)
Three bathrooms and two cloakrooms in total (PA Black Cowbridge)

Each bathroom has high end fixtures and fittings worthy of a house in this price bracket and continuing the luxury hotel feel to this upper floor.

Each bedroom can boast its own unique country view that can detract from the interiors and easily tempt you out into the garden.

Out in the garden you will find three acres to enjoy, including patios for alfresco dining but also some surprises including a full size outdoor swimming pool and a detached, 22 foot games room.

The house with family and fun at its core enveloped with stylish and characterful surroundings is for sale with no chain for £1.65m with PA Black, call their Cowbridge branch on 01446 772857 to find out more.

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