House For Sale £650,000
A Classic and Deceptively Spacious Detached 4 Double Bedroom Executive House with integral Double Garage and enclosed rear garden overlooking pasture, set in a quiet and exclusive enclave in the always popular village of Hampton Bishop, only 3 miles from the City.
Storm Porch – Entrance Hall – Sitting Room – Dining Room – Study – Kitchen/Breakfast Room – Utility – Downstairs WC – Principal Suite – Double Bedroom with Ensuite – 2 Further Double Bedrooms – Family Bathroom – Airing Cupboard – Integral Double Garage – Driveway Parking – Timber Gazebo with Hot Tub – Garden Shed – Store – Greenhouse – Patio & Gardens
Broxwood House offers a welcoming family home with characterful features including bay windows, inglenook fireplace and enjoys generous proportions throughout. Upstairs are no less than four Double Bedrooms, including two capacious suites, both with Dressing area and Ensuite shower room. French doors in both the Kitchen and Sitting Room open out onto a south-facing patio and wider beautifully landscaped and richly planted gardens overlooking open pasture. The timber Gazebo shelters a Hot Tub, a discreetly screened private spot for relaxing with only grazing horses for company.
Quietly located within a small enclave, the wider village of Hampton Bishop offers a thriving community spirit with vibrant village hall offering various classes; Pilates and Yoga. While the welcoming church offers choir and coffee mornings. Within easy walk are the Brunch of Carrots – country pub and restaurant and river walks along the Wye. Neighbouring Mordiford boasts an Ofsted “Excellent” primary school with nearby Haugh Woods offering 850 acres of protected ancient woodland with extensive hiking/cycle trails. The full City amenities of Hereford are only 3 miles.
The Property
Storm Porch – With the house name etched above, glazed double doors open into the Porch with practical stone paved floor.
Entrance Hall – The wide Hall with characterful and useful under-stairs void benefits from solid oak hardwood flooring throughout. Off the Hall also lies the Downstairs WC.
Study – Offering an ideal Home Office and quiet retreat, the Study with wood flooring extending from the Hall also benefits from a bay window framing lovely views across the Front Garden laid to beds of ornamental grasses.
Sitting Room – The inviting and carpeted Sitting Room features a stunning exposed brick inglenook fireplace home to a large Stovax wood burner and delights in dual aspect with French Doors opening out into the enclosed rear garden with open fields beyond.
Dining Room – Glazed double doors open from the Sitting Room into the delightful formal Dining Room. Offering ample space for the gathering of family and friends around a convivial table, the Dining Room further boasts a charming bay window overlooking the gardens.
Kitchen/Breakfast Room – With tile flooring the Kitchen/Breakfast Room offers a magnetic hub for family life with ample space for informal relaxing around a large dining table or on a sofa set beside French doors opening out onto the house-spanning rear patio providing an ideal spot for al fresco dining. The Kitchen is fully fitted with an array of units featuring integrated dishwasher beside the stainless sink and a half with integral drainer and 5 burner gas Britannia range cooker with stainless steel hood above. To the side are fitted full height units concealing integrated Fridge and Freezer, alongside Pantry cupboard with pull-out racking and further cupboard with pull-out, deep shelf crockery storage.
Utility – The Utility Room offers under-counter space for both washer and dryer, storage and a stainless steel sink with integral drainer. It is home to the gas boiler and benefits from an External Door opening to the side garden with bin store and gated access to the front drive and also a door into the Double Garage.
Bedroom 1 – The Principal Suite offers a stunning Double Bedroom enjoying dual aspect and characterful high vaulted ceiling. The carpeted room initially opens to flanking built-in double wardrobes with sliding doors. The Ensuite features a corner power shower cubicle, WC and pedestal basin, the suite completed with tile floor and heated towel rail.
Bedroom 2 – The spacious second Bedroom is a carpeted Double benefitting from dual aspect with views over the rear gardens and open pasture. A small Dressing Room area is off-set with built-in double wardrobe while the Ensuite with black tile floor has corner power shower cubicle, WC, pedestal basin and heated towel rail.
Bedroom 3 – The carpeted Double Bedroom offers ample space for an array of bedroom furniture and benefits from a south-facing window framing views over the private rear gardens and open fields beyond.
Bedroom 4 – The last of the Bedrooms is yet another generously proportioned and carpeted Double enjoying views over the rear gardens.
Family Bathroom – The Bathroom features full bath with mixer tap and shower attachment, WC, pedestal basin and is completed with heated towel rail.
Airing Cupboard – Off the landing opens the large Airing Cupboard, home to the hot water tank and providing ample, deep, batten shelf storage.
Integral Double Garage – The Double Garage features twin electric up and over doors and beyond sheltered secure parking for 2 cars conceals copious storage and Workshop space with lighting and power.
Outside
Gravel pathways wind through beds of ornamental grasses in the Front Garden bounded by beech hedging. While to the front of the Double Garage lies gravel Driveway providing additional parking for several vehicles with to the side, direct gated access to the bin store and rear gardens. The lovely south-facing and enclosed Rear Garden offers richly planted shrub and grass beds, flower borders and a mature trained Wisteria to the boundary fence. Discreetly tucked away among the plantings are both Garden Shed and Store while across on the opposite side lies the Greenhouse, with 2 log stores aside. The house-spanning paved patio offers an ideal space for outdoor dining and entertaining. While the true focal feature of the garden is the substantial timber frame Gazebo, sheltering a Hot Tub offering a private spot to relax and recoup.
Practicalities
Herefordshire Council Tax Band ‘F’
Gas Central Heating
Double Glazed Throughout
Mains Electricity, Gas & Water
Private Drainage
Fitted Burglar Alarm System in House & Garage
Superfast Fibre Available
Directions
From Hereford, at the far end of St. Owen’s St turn right onto Eign Road (B4224) towards Mordiford. Continue straight for 2 miles and once in Hampton Bishop turn first left into Rectory Lane. Follow the road bearing around to the right and take the right hand turn into The Orchards. The property is to be found directly ahead.
Council Tax Band: F
Tenure: Freehold
