Plot adjacent to Hillside Cottage, Linton
A new building plot has become available in the idyllic and highly desirable village of Linton in south Herefordshire. The site is located on a natural geological ridge running south east along a minor road (U70239) about 400 metres from the village centre. The naturally elevated site commands sensational panoramic and long range views of rolling countryside towards the Malvern Hills in the north east and the Welsh mountains in the south west. The plot is approximately one third of an acre in size and planning permission has been granted by Herefordshire Council for a three-bedroom home with a studio and large home workshop.
Planning Permission (P193314/F) was granted by Herefordshire Council on 26-03-20. A full copy of the approvals can be found on the Hereford Council website: www.herefordshire.gov.uk
There is also an opportunity to purchase a small and well managed woodland of approximately 1.5 acres adjacent to the site by separate negotiation. This tranquil little woodland is full of native English trees primarily Beech, Sweet Chestnut, Cherry, Ash and Sycamore and alive with wildlife and woodland flowers.
Location
Linton is a picturesque, rural south Herefordshire village, roughly five miles from Ross-on-Wye, a popular market town that offers a good variety of supermarkets, shops, restaurants and leisure facilities. The village is in the catchment area for a number of 'Ofsted' highly rated primary and secondary schools with access also to excellent six form provision in Hereford (15 miles away) and Degree level study at NMITE - Herefords new University, Hereford College of Arts and or the University of Gloucestershire in Gloucester (15 miles) and Cheltenham (25 miles).
Linton village is a vibrant and popular community formed around a grand and historic 13th-century church with a highly active Village Hall offering a range of activities for both young and old. Two local public houses: The Alma inn Linton and The Penny-Farthing pub in nearby Aston Crews (1.5 miles) offer fantastic pub food and real ales and a warm and friendly service to locals and all visitors. Each Summer, the Alma Inn hosts a number of small music festivals which are well supported by the local community with generated profits allocated to and benefiting a range of local charities.
For residents around Linton who are keen on outdoor activities, there is an abundance of country walks and bridleways and miles of interesting lanes for the enthusiastic cyclist. The nearby Forest of Dean also offers a wide range of stimulating walks and tracks for horse riding and cycling. Linton is within easy reach of other villages and amenities: The South Herefordshire Golf course and Ross-on-Wye Golf Club are less than a mile away. The local village of Gorsley is just over a mile away and provides a range of facilities including a community shop, public house and Gorsley Goffs Primary School, which is rated 'Good' by Ofsted. The village of Lea, two miles away, offers a village store, garage and Church of England primary school which is graded 'Good' by Ofsted.
Residents also benefit from an excellent network of main roads with the M50 motorway (approximately 1.5 miles away) enabling easy access and commuter links to the M5 and Birmingham in the North (1 hour) and Bristol in the South (1 hour). The A40 (3 miles away) leads to the M4 at Newport, giving good access to Cardiff (1 hour) and the rest of Wales.
The proposal at a glance
Architectural Plans have been commissioned to construct an environmentally sustainable, energy efficient home of a high-quality design that will provide flexible accommodation in an inclusive layout accommodating wheelchair and ambulant disabled users. The design of the proposed home has been extensively influenced by the site topography and the desire to reduce perceived mass – as a result an upside down living arrangement is proposed; the principal living area would be located in the upper storey (accessed from the roadside) designed as two separate 'living' pods linked by a glazed space with a sedum roof. This enables the whole space to appear as a single-storey building.
Meanwhile, the lower storey is designed to merge with the topography of the sloping landscape with only one rear elevation being visible – and this is the elevation facing the Malvern Hills in the north-east and away from the road and focal point. The design of the proposed building, particularly the form of its roof structure, takes its inspiration from the traditional form of hop kiln buildings in Herefordshire and the agricultural character of the local area. The design specifies that the proposed buildings would be roofed in a dark-grey standing seam with walls finished in blackened timber boarding and part of the lower storey built from masonry.
The material palette is one of high quality, using natural and environmentally sustainable materials celebrating vernacular traditions and simultaneously achieving a contemporary execution which is appropriate for a 21st century home.
The location and elevation of this new site with its wonderful countryside views and amenities must be seen to appreciate its potential. The adjacent woodland plot, as stated, is also available for purchase via a separate negotiation – and this would prove particularly advantageous to any potential purchaser who would want to preserve the fantastic views. Please contact Hamilton Stiller for further details about this.
Services
We understand electric and water are nearby to the plot (potential purchasers should make their own investigations into connection costs) Local Authority Herefordshire Council Directions From Ross-on-Wye, at the Travellers Rest roundabout, take the second exit and take the B4221 through Phocle Green and Upton Bishop.
Continue through and out of Upton Bishop and after about a mile take the right hand turning to Linton and Cross the bridge over the M50. On entering the village pass the Alma Inn on the left and go past the church on the left hand side and take the next immediate left. A short distance along take the right hand fork up onto Linton Ridge.
Continue along this lane passing the small area of woodland on the left and the plot is just after on the left hand side.
Ross-on-Wye 5 miles • Hereford 15 miles • Gloucester 15 miles • Monmouth 16 miles • Cheltenham 26 miles • Worcester 32 miles (All distances are approximate)
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