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It has the advantage of full gas central heating, making it very
easy to be comfortable at any time of year. The main living space
in Bens is an open plan kitchen/living area (about 7m x 4m). The
shaker style kitchen is handbuilt in wood with solid beech worktops.
A modern‘range’ type electric cooker with ceramic hob is inset,
and there is a full range of the latest equipment including dishwasher
and microwave.
The Interior
The living area has had
to be well thought out as space is at a premium. It is very light
and airy as there are two of the original roof lights as well as
stable doors and a large west facing French window. There is a modern
leather sofa and Scandinavian easy chairs, an attractive antique
circular dining table and chairs and video TV combination. The floor
is made of polished maple and with the high vaulted ceiling and
pale décor the whole effect is modern light and airy.
Sleeping accommodation
is arranged in two bedrooms at the other end of the cottage both
leading off a corridor which runs along the back of the cottage
to the bathroom. One is a double bedroom, the other is L-shaped
and has twin 3’ beds.
The bathroom, in
the far back corner of the cottage, contains a full sized bath and
thermostatic power shower, along with washbasin and loo. Also in
the bathroom is the wallhung ‘combi’ gas boiler which heats the
water and supplies radiators in every room, and a full sized washer
drier.
The
Outside
A french window opens
from the end of the cottage directly onto a private patio facing
south west away from the yard, and there is a reserved walled garden
area formed out of the corner of the farmyard. Ben’s has a rather
more private aspect than the Flower House, though it is close to
some of the older farm buildings which are still used for storage
of equipment and materials. |
