In a quiet village nestled within the glorious Vale of Glamorgan countryside, a locally much-loved thatch cottage was looking for an update in January 2022, offering a rare combination of enviable location, oodles of character and the chance to add value by creating a dream home.
This remarkable house is quite rightly categorised by Vale of Glamorgan county council as a 'County Treasure', and is thought to date back to the 17th century. According to community website St Hilary, the cottage appears on the first edition of the ordnance survey map of 1878 as a row of three cottages.
But by 1958 this trio of homes had become a problem, deteriorating into a condemned state and considered an eyesore, located right in the heart of St Hilary village for all to see. According to the Glamorgan County Times in 1958, the cottages were blamed by many as one of the main reasons why the village had not won the D.C Jones Challenge Cup for the 'Best Kept Village in the Vale of Glamorgan'.
