House For Sale £1,250,000
Lower Hollin is a Grade II listed former farmhouse extending to 7,375 sq ft with origins dating back to the 18th Century with later additions and alterations. It offers beautiful proportions, including large reception rooms and bedrooms with far-reaching countryside views.
The original features within the property include fine fireplaces, panelled doors, high ceilings, sash windows, window shutters and ceiling roses to certain rooms, traditional built-in cupboards and flooring that includes quarry tiles and original floorboards.
The current owners have made several improvements, including reconfiguring the accommodation to create a sitting room and cloakroom, re-fitted kitchen including roof alterations, new radiators throughout and rewiring in about 2006.
The front door opens to the entrance hall, which features a wide oak staircase with a wreath handrail to the first floor. The reception hall leads to an inner hall with a side entrance door and a back staircase.
Principal reception rooms include a large drawing room with an Adam working fireplace and a large dining room with a central working Inglenook fireplace. From the kitchen, crittall doors open to a sitting room with a fireplace housing a wood burner, French doors and a solid oak door opening to the raised paved terrace and a further set of French doors on the opposite side of the room. The study has a feature fireplace, built-in bookshelves, and a door to the boot room that is accessed off the utility room and provides access to a side terrace with steps down to an external cellar door.
The fine re-fitted kitchen/breakfast room is contemporary, with a double Belfast sink, granite worktops, and large limestone floor tiles that continue into the sitting room. A central breakfast island includes a ceramic hob, a double electric oven and a wine store. There is also an electric AGA module and space for a dishwasher and an American fridge freezer.
Off the kitchen is a large utility room with a double Belfast sink, space for a washer and dryer, and various other appliances. Off the sitting room is a cloakroom.
On the first floor is a large principal bedroom with steps down to an en suite with a shower enclosure, roll-top bath and a vanity unit with a marble top. There are three double bedrooms, two of which are connecting rooms and served by an en suite with a walk-in double shower. The family bathroom has fitted linen cupboards.
There are two staircases to the attic rooms. One of these staircases rises to accommodation at the front of the house, including an extensive study landing of a family shower room. It serves two large double bedrooms with exposed timber frames. The second staircase leads to attic rooms at the rear of the house with exposed beams.
Gardens and grounds
A 5-bar gate opens to gravel parking for several cars. From here, steps rise to a paved terrace with a gate opening to a secure side courtyard and log store where a side entrance door can be found to the inner hall.
A pedestrian gate opens from the road to the front walled garden with a path extending to the front door with a fine pedimented door. This walled garden has a range of productive fruit trees.
At the rear of the house is an enclosed upper paved terrace offering superb countryside views and steps down to a lower paved patio adjacent to a traditional brick garden store.
An expanse of lawn attracts the all-day sunshine and includes a pond surrounded by mature trees and a playhouse.
A public footpath extends to the neighbour's field across the drive and parking area. Further details are available from the agent.
Services
Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil-fired central heating. Electric fired AGA.
Local Authority
Wyre Forest District Council, tel[use Contact Agent Button]
Council Tax Band: F
The original features within the property include fine fireplaces, panelled doors, high ceilings, sash windows, window shutters and ceiling roses to certain rooms, traditional built-in cupboards and flooring that includes quarry tiles and original floorboards.
The current owners have made several improvements, including reconfiguring the accommodation to create a sitting room and cloakroom, re-fitted kitchen including roof alterations, new radiators throughout and rewiring in about 2006.
The front door opens to the entrance hall, which features a wide oak staircase with a wreath handrail to the first floor. The reception hall leads to an inner hall with a side entrance door and a back staircase.
Principal reception rooms include a large drawing room with an Adam working fireplace and a large dining room with a central working Inglenook fireplace. From the kitchen, crittall doors open to a sitting room with a fireplace housing a wood burner, French doors and a solid oak door opening to the raised paved terrace and a further set of French doors on the opposite side of the room. The study has a feature fireplace, built-in bookshelves, and a door to the boot room that is accessed off the utility room and provides access to a side terrace with steps down to an external cellar door.
The fine re-fitted kitchen/breakfast room is contemporary, with a double Belfast sink, granite worktops, and large limestone floor tiles that continue into the sitting room. A central breakfast island includes a ceramic hob, a double electric oven and a wine store. There is also an electric AGA module and space for a dishwasher and an American fridge freezer.
Off the kitchen is a large utility room with a double Belfast sink, space for a washer and dryer, and various other appliances. Off the sitting room is a cloakroom.
On the first floor is a large principal bedroom with steps down to an en suite with a shower enclosure, roll-top bath and a vanity unit with a marble top. There are three double bedrooms, two of which are connecting rooms and served by an en suite with a walk-in double shower. The family bathroom has fitted linen cupboards.
There are two staircases to the attic rooms. One of these staircases rises to accommodation at the front of the house, including an extensive study landing of a family shower room. It serves two large double bedrooms with exposed timber frames. The second staircase leads to attic rooms at the rear of the house with exposed beams.
Gardens and grounds
A 5-bar gate opens to gravel parking for several cars. From here, steps rise to a paved terrace with a gate opening to a secure side courtyard and log store where a side entrance door can be found to the inner hall.
A pedestrian gate opens from the road to the front walled garden with a path extending to the front door with a fine pedimented door. This walled garden has a range of productive fruit trees.
At the rear of the house is an enclosed upper paved terrace offering superb countryside views and steps down to a lower paved patio adjacent to a traditional brick garden store.
An expanse of lawn attracts the all-day sunshine and includes a pond surrounded by mature trees and a playhouse.
A public footpath extends to the neighbour's field across the drive and parking area. Further details are available from the agent.
Services
Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil-fired central heating. Electric fired AGA.
Local Authority
Wyre Forest District Council, tel[use Contact Agent Button]
Council Tax Band: F
Bewdley 7 miles • Tenbury Wells 10 miles • Worcester 15 miles • Birmingham 29 miles • M5 (J5 & J6) 16 miles respectively (distances approximate)
Lower Hollin is situated on the edge of the historic village of Pensax within the beautiful Teme Valley that offers an abundance of footpaths and bridleways.
Local amenities are available in the nearby villages of Abberley and Great Witley, including primary schools, a Post Office, general stores, a garage and doctors' surgery. The property lies within the catchment area for The Chantry School at Martley, a highly regarded secondary school close by and also Abberley Hall Preparatory School.
More extensive local amenities can be found in the nearby Georgian market town of Bewdley and the ancient market town of Tenbury Wells.
To the southeast, comprehensive facilities can be found in the thriving Cathedral city of Worcester. They include extensive shopping and recreational facilities, including County cricket in the setting of the Cathedral and horse racing on the banks of the River Severn. There is excellent private and state schooling, including RGS and The King's School.
Trains run from Worcester stations directly to Birmingham and London; motorway access is via junctions 5 and 6 of the M5.
Directions - WR6 6AJ
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