House For Sale £715,000
Barley, The Hops, 2 Alfred Street, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13

A bespoke development of 3 superb Grade II listed homes situated in the heart of this Wiltshire market town.

Description

The Hops development formerly The Lopes Arms, is a collection of 3 stunning, grade II listed houses that have been beautifully re-developed and redefined into houses of the highest quality whilst retaining the history and features of the original property. Each house comes with 2 off street parking spaces complete with electrical vehicle charging point and a 10 year warranty, all situated within the pretty town of Westbury.

Upon arrival at the development you will see landscaped gardens, including an array of flora and fauna comprising silver birch, lavender box and hydrangeas. There is automatic lighting leading along each path to the houses.

Barley, located in the centre of the development has just over 2,100 sq ft of accommodation and like Blossom is entered through the garden with an illuminated path up to the patio terrace and entrance. The front door opens out onto a large entrance hall with built in cupboards and a study/snug to the right. The kitchen/ dining room, WC and separate sitting room can be entered from the rear of the hall. The open plan kitchen/dining room is the real heart and home of this property with beautiful dark blue tones running through it. The kitchen has Hotpoint and Elica built in appliances with base cupboards and butchers block light oak work tops finished and sealed with Danish Oil. The dining room has a large and bright bay window with views onto the pretty market square.

Accessed from both the kitchen and the hall is the carpeted sitting room with feature fireplace and double doors leading out to the market square. There is also underfloor heating in the rear hall, kitchen/dining room and sitting room with column radiators throughout the rest of the property. The chimney is lined and ready for a wood burning stove.

Upstairs is carpeted and has four double bedrooms, one with a decorative fireplace, a family bathroom and a utility room. The principle bedroom has an ensuite shower room with sash windows.

Outside

The garden offers a great space for al fresco dining with both upper and lower patio terraces, landscaped garden with hedged borders and hydrangeas.

Location

The Hops is situated on a residential road just off the attractive Market Square. The market town of Westbury has a good variety of facilities to meet all day to day needs. More comprehensive cultural, leisure and sporting opportunities are available in the nearby city of Bath which lies to the north. One of only three UK World Heritage Cities, Bath is internationally acclaimed for its spring music festival and classical architecture. The beautiful cathedral city of Salisbury lies some 25 miles to the south east and the regional centre of Bristol lies approximately 25 miles to the north west.

Communications are good with the A303 lying 18 miles to the south providing a link to the south west of England and to London via the M3. Westbury's mainline railway station is approx. 1.1 miles distant, with direct services to London Paddington (journey time from 70 minutes). Dilton Marsh station (approx 2.2 miles) and offers a useful connection to this direct service.

The area is excellently catered for in terms of education, with a range of private schools in the area including Warminster, Downside, Wells, Stonar and Dauntsey's. State primary schools are at Southwick and Berkley, with further schools at Westbury and Warminster nearby.

Square Footage: 2,126 sq ft



Directions

Proceed to Westbury and the market place. Follow Alfred Street which is situated to the left of the Town Hall.

Additional Info

History

The current 18th century building is believed to stand on the site of a fourteenth century inn.

In the late 1500s it was called the George and Dragon. Renamed the Lord Abingdon Arms in 1754 in honour of the local landowner, it became the Lopes Arms in about 1809 when Sir Manasseh Lopes bought the manor.

By the late 19th century, it was thriving as a commercial and family hotel with horse-drawn transport for hire.

An omnibus was sent to meet every train arriving at Westbury station and bring passengers to the hotel.
It was also the venue for several local inquests and auction sales.

At the start of the First World War, it was briefly used to accommodate officers from the Army Service Corps.

Towards the end of the 20th century, it was renamed again and became the Westbury Hotel, before reverting to the Lopes for its final few years as a public house.