Attractive period country house with self-contained apartments and cottage. Perfect for an extended family and/or letting investment. Over 15 acres with a field, woodland and a lake.
Heathfield Mansion is an attractive period country house set in the stunning West Wales county of Pembrokeshire. The property has been sympathetically renovated and refurbished over the years while retaining its character features. The mansion house offers generous accommodation space (5,088 sq ft) set over two floors. The North Wing of the Mansion has been converted providing a two bedroom apartment on the ground floor and a three bedroom maisonette on the first and second floors. Adjacent to the main property is a one bedroom self-contained cottage. The property sits in extensive landscaped grounds and gardens including a pretty driveway that passes its own lake, woodland and pasture field. In all, the property extends to about 15.4 acres.
Mansion Accommodation
Ground Floor
Curved steps lead up to the front entrance that opens into a large reception hall with an ornate open fireplace and natural light pouring in from the stunning double height arched head window at the end of the hall. A door on the left of the hall opens into the main reception room with a wood burning stove providing a warm focal point and views across gardens and land. Two sets of double french doors open off this room into a large sunroom/studio with door leading to the gardens. A door on the right of the hall leads into the dining room with double aspect views over the gardens and land.
An inner hall leads to the kitchen breakfast room at the rear of the house that features a beamed ceiling, a smart green Rayburn range with a stone surround, taking centre stage, fitted cabinets, integrated dishwasher, oven, and microwave. Off the kitchen are useful utility rooms and cloakrooms.
Cellar
Steps lead down off the inner hall to the large cellar that has four good size rooms for storage, freezers and workshop/ studio use.
First Floor
A fine staircase rises up from the end of the reception hall to the first floor accommodation that includes a spacious landing area overlooking the elegant double height arched head window. A door leads off to the principal bedroom suite with en suite bathroom and double aspect views over the front gardens and land. Two further bedrooms also enjoy en suite bathrooms (one overlooking the front and one the rear of the house). A fourth bedroom overlooks the front of the house and has use of a separate bathroom suite.
Attic Room
Stairs continue upwards to a useful attic floor providing extra storage space but could be additional bedroom space or studio/office space or play room etc (stp subject to planning).
Externally
Further separate accommodation space
Over the years the North Wing of the mansion has been re-configured to provide self-contained living accommodation for letting purposes with their own separate entrances. The accommodation blends character features like exposed stone walls and beamed ceilings with modern comforts to provide comfortable places to stay.
Nook
The ground floor of the wing provides a two bedroom apartment with an open plan kitchen living dining room and a separate shower room.
Meadow View
This maisonette occupies the first floor and second floor of the attached wing. On the first floor is a large open plan kitchen living dining room with beamed ceiling and a separate shower room. On the second floor are three bedrooms.
Cottage
Adjacent to the above accommodation wing (and attached on one corner) is a one bedroom cottage. It provides an open plan kitchen living dining room on the ground floor with an impressive Inglenook fireplace with wood burning stove. A characterful sturdy cast iron staircase rises up from the open plan living room to the first floor bedroom that has a striking vaulted ceiling with exposed A-frame roof timbers and a shower and separate cloakroom.
Gardens and Grounds
The property enjoys a pretty driveway with views across its own field on one side and woodland and a lake on the other as you approach the Mansion. Large lawned areas lie around the property together with an orchard area with apple and cherry trees, other mature trees, hedges, bushes, shrubs and flower borders.
Outbuildings
In the main gardens is a charming stone outhouse/ old animal shelter that has been re-built and re-roofed over the years and provides an exciting template to convert into an studio or office etc (stp).
Set away from the Mansion and below the main driveway is an area with some useful old outbuildings including a garage/ workshop and general storage barn. These could be adapted/re-configured into stabling or livestock shelters if required or instead clear the space to build new ones, (stp).
The Land
The property has a large pasture field opposite the Mansion and a large parcel of woodland on the other side of the entrance driveway, that surrounds the stunning lake. The pasture field would be perfect for the keeping and grazing of some livestock or ponies/ horses etc and hay making. The woodland provides a perfect habitat alongside the lake for wildlife and nature to flourish.
Potential Sporting Rights TBC
We understand from the vendors that the property was bought by their parents with sporting rights on adjoining farmland shooting rights and fishing rights on the Western Cleddau river. The vendors and the estate solicitor will confirm these sporting rights as soon as possible.
I love the character features of the period country house. In addition, the space, buildings and land make this a perfect place to run your own lifestyle venture, while enjoying the idyllic countryside in this scenic part of West Wales.
Daniel ReesProperty agent