"Ashe Cottage" Heywood nr Westbury, Wiltshire
A charming Character house with separate 3-bed self-contained ground-floor annexe cottage and heated swimming pool in a quiet hamlet on the Wiltshire/Avon border. Heywood is 5 miles from Bradford-on-Avon, just 20 mins from Bath and 90 mins from London by rail. Set in private gardens and backing onto open countryside this fabulous home offers spacious and adaptable accommodation and is ideally place for the M3/M4 corridors. The annexe can provide independent accommodation for family/relatives or a rental income.

Property Details:
Ashe Cottage; Entrance porch to; large living room with french doors and very large log burning stove with opening front doors. Door to Kitchen, fully fitted with floor and wall units, space for dishwasher and cooker. Utility room with plumbing for washing machine, airing cupboard housing oil bolier and Megaflow pressurised water cylinder, door to rear patio. Door to Study/bedroom 5. Also from living room; door to dining room and on to large PVCU conservatory with doors on to patio. Stairs to first floor;

Bedroom 1, double, with dual aspect, oak beams in eaves. Family bathroom with bath, shower cubicle, WC and basin. Bedroom 2; double/twin with views over rear garden and en-suite shower room. Bedroom 3, double/twin, dual aspect. Bedroom 4, small single or box room. Additional shower room with WC and basin.

Annexe Cottage; 1 double bedroom, 2 Twins, bathroom with shower over, sep WC, magnificent kitchen/living room, boiler/laundry room to rear.

Small garden to front, lawns,and flower beds, parking area for 2 cars. Further lawns & beds plus BBQ patio between cottages. Heated outdoor pool with plant room, ornamental fish pond, teraaced area. Large rear garden overlooking open countryside. About 1/3 acre in total.

History; Ashe Cottage was once part of the estate of Heywood House, a country mansion just half a mile away. During the 17th Century the whole region began to develop as a manufacturing centre for textiles, particularly wool, and in 1645 the whole estate was bought by the wealthy clothier John Ashe. He re-employed all the farm workers as spinners and weavers, working from their own homes. Ashe cottage was one of these workers cottages and it is now named after John Ashe. Heywood House is now the headquarters of the National Trust. The Annexe was converted from old workshops in 2002 and is just 20 yards down the garden. It is detached and fully sef-contained, including a beautiful rustic living/dining/kitchen area with oak beams and floor.