House For Sale £1,750,000
A light and spacious house enjoying views across the spectacular landscaped gardens towards the distant Malvern Hills. It has early 1900s origins with later additions, including an eye-catching glazed garden room and orangery and a sitting room.
The front door opens to a vestibule, which leads through to a large reception hall at the heart of the house with feature arches, engineered oak floorboards, a door to the terrace and one to the formal cloakroom.
From the reception hall, double doors open to the elegant drawing room that has a bay window incorporating French doors to the elevated paved terrace and a working fireplace with a sandstone surround.
The large study has an inset contemporary stove fire and a range of built-in mahogany book shelves, including feature shelving around a doorway to the double aspect sitting room, with a bay window and oak beams to the vaulted ceiling.
The dining room has French doors to the open plan garden room and orangery, as well as the kitchen offering living space that flows from one room to the next.
The fitted kitchen with granite worktops has a mains gas fired AGA with an electric companion and there is space for a dishwasher and an American fridge freezer. Off the kitchen is a door to a utility/boot room with a door to a further cloakroom.
The kitchen is open plan to a superb glazed orangery, with French doors to a charming kitchen herb garden. The orangery flows through to the elevated octagon shaped garden room with French doors to a raised balcony-decked terrace.
Upstairs, the principal bedroom has an en suite with a walk-in double shower and the guest suite has a dressing room, currently in use as a study, and a large en suite . The three further double bedrooms are served by a family bathroom and a separate WC.
The ancillary cottage is attached to the house and includes a ground floor double bedroom and bathroom, with stairs to a galleried open plan living room and kitchenette with a glazed stable door opening to a Juliette balcony.
The gardens and grounds extend to about 3.83 acres and need to be seen to be appreciated; no written description can do them justice. They have been designed and landscaped by the current owners during the 30 years of ownership and are arranged in various compartments and include a helipad.
Electric gates open to a drive, flanked by pleached lime trees and leading to resin self-draining parking for several cars and an adjacent double garage, with an electric up and over door.
A second gated driveway leads to further rear paved parking in front of a triple garage, with an electric up and over door and an outbuilding comprising a studio/gym, single garage and a garden and log store. Nearby are also two green houses and a potting shed adjacent to the vegetable garden.
There is a raised west facing paved and decked terrace offering the perfect spot for al fresco dining whilst taking in a view of the gardens and far reaching views to the distant Malvern Hills.
Throughout the gardens are a range of mature trees including two Scots pines that are subject to tree preservation orders.
There is a kitchen herb garden with dwarf yew box hedging by the orangery and a rock garden adjacent to the garden room. The bog garden is formed from the original ha-ha, with a central square pool and fountain. Hidden behind well-manicured hedges are a knot garden and a water garden, with a rectangular pool and Cotswold stone rill leading to a smaller pool. One half of the scented garden is dominated by a low, wisteria clad pergola and here can also be found a fine summerhouse. A moon gate leads through to the large lower prairie garden with a rose arbour at the centre, as well as an apple orchard.
The front door opens to a vestibule, which leads through to a large reception hall at the heart of the house with feature arches, engineered oak floorboards, a door to the terrace and one to the formal cloakroom.
From the reception hall, double doors open to the elegant drawing room that has a bay window incorporating French doors to the elevated paved terrace and a working fireplace with a sandstone surround.
The large study has an inset contemporary stove fire and a range of built-in mahogany book shelves, including feature shelving around a doorway to the double aspect sitting room, with a bay window and oak beams to the vaulted ceiling.
The dining room has French doors to the open plan garden room and orangery, as well as the kitchen offering living space that flows from one room to the next.
The fitted kitchen with granite worktops has a mains gas fired AGA with an electric companion and there is space for a dishwasher and an American fridge freezer. Off the kitchen is a door to a utility/boot room with a door to a further cloakroom.
The kitchen is open plan to a superb glazed orangery, with French doors to a charming kitchen herb garden. The orangery flows through to the elevated octagon shaped garden room with French doors to a raised balcony-decked terrace.
Upstairs, the principal bedroom has an en suite with a walk-in double shower and the guest suite has a dressing room, currently in use as a study, and a large en suite . The three further double bedrooms are served by a family bathroom and a separate WC.
The ancillary cottage is attached to the house and includes a ground floor double bedroom and bathroom, with stairs to a galleried open plan living room and kitchenette with a glazed stable door opening to a Juliette balcony.
The gardens and grounds extend to about 3.83 acres and need to be seen to be appreciated; no written description can do them justice. They have been designed and landscaped by the current owners during the 30 years of ownership and are arranged in various compartments and include a helipad.
Electric gates open to a drive, flanked by pleached lime trees and leading to resin self-draining parking for several cars and an adjacent double garage, with an electric up and over door.
A second gated driveway leads to further rear paved parking in front of a triple garage, with an electric up and over door and an outbuilding comprising a studio/gym, single garage and a garden and log store. Nearby are also two green houses and a potting shed adjacent to the vegetable garden.
There is a raised west facing paved and decked terrace offering the perfect spot for al fresco dining whilst taking in a view of the gardens and far reaching views to the distant Malvern Hills.
Throughout the gardens are a range of mature trees including two Scots pines that are subject to tree preservation orders.
There is a kitchen herb garden with dwarf yew box hedging by the orangery and a rock garden adjacent to the garden room. The bog garden is formed from the original ha-ha, with a central square pool and fountain. Hidden behind well-manicured hedges are a knot garden and a water garden, with a rectangular pool and Cotswold stone rill leading to a smaller pool. One half of the scented garden is dominated by a low, wisteria clad pergola and here can also be found a fine summerhouse. A moon gate leads through to the large lower prairie garden with a rose arbour at the centre, as well as an apple orchard.
Pershore 4 miles, Worcester 13 miles, Cheltenham 14 miles, Stratford-upon-Avon 24 miles, Birmingham 39 miles, M5 (J7) 9 miles, M5 (J9) 7 miles, M50 (J1) 9 miles (distances approximate).
Directions – WR10 3AZ
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The Lenches is located in the thriving village of Eckington, which is set at the foot of Bredon Hill in this popular part of the Worcestershire/Gloucestershire borders. Village amenities include a church, village hall, primary school, store, two hairdressers, two public houses and a hotel with a restaurant and cookery school.
The nearby Georgian market town of Pershore offers a wide range of everyday amenities including a range of independent shops, health centre, cottage hospital, public library, community arts centre, public houses and restaurants. Recreational facilities include cricket, football and rugby clubs, a leisure centre with swimming pool, the historic Abbey and surrounding park, and the River Avon.
In Pershore there is also educational provision from nursery/pre-school through to high school and a Sixth Form College available at Pershore High School. Of particular importance is the number of good private schools in Worcester, Malvern and Cheltenham.
Broader shopping and services can be found in Worcester, and Cheltenham is known for its specialist shopping. Worcester has county cricket in the setting of Worcester Cathedral and horse racing on the banks of the River Severn. There is international cricket at Edgbaston and hunt racing at Cheltenham and Stratford.
Eckington is in an enviable position with excellent walking and riding over Bredon Hill as well as being located on the border of The Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with its pretty villages and towns.
Eckington has excellent links to the north and south via the M5 Junction 7 & 9 and to Wales via the M50 Junction 1. Rail links from Pershore run directly to London and Birmingham.
