Barton Road, Welford on Avon, Warwickshire, CV37

Sunfield, with an attractive rendered front elevation and hipped tiled roof, has been extensively remodelled and extended by the previous owners when they bought the property in 2016.

The gardens have been landscaped, and the garage block constructed at the end of the garden, with an electric car charging point. The house is now very well designed for modern living with underfloor heating to the kitchen and all bathrooms, wiring, TV points, plumbing and new bathroom and shower rooms, with towel rails heated by the central heating and with electric heating in the summer, oak doors and hard wearing flooring, UPVC double glazed windows, with wide south-facing windows to the drawing room and principal bedroom, as well as the bifold doors and large roof lantern to the family room, which also has windows to east and west.

The present owners have made significant improvements to improve energy efficiency and reduce running costs for the property with 16 solar panels with battery storage, a new air-source heat pump and improved insulation.

Dating originally from 1958, there is a recessed porch to the entrance hall with the staircase rising to the first floor. Coat cupboard. The dining room has a wide opening to the family room with its engineered oak floor and triple aspect views over the garden, making it a most lovely bright room to sit and relax and with the bifold doors can merge into the outside flagstone patio. Drawing room with fireplace with wood burner. Kitchen breakfast room with a window to the front and high-level Velux window providing additional light with an extensive range of modern kitchen units and quartz worktops. Sink with instant boiling and filtered water tap and integrated appliances, cooker with three ovens, one of which is also a grill with electric induction hob and extractor, microwave and dishwasher. American-style fridge/freezer. Matching island unit with breakfast bar. Walk-in fitted pantry with second sink and utility room with plumbing for washing machine and dryer and side door to the garden.

The principal bedroom is on the ground floor, giving flexibility for retirement living, with a range of fitted drawers to one wall and a wide south-facing window, a tiled en suite shower room with a large shower, WC and twin basins. Fitted dressing room with an extensive range of wardrobes and separate door to the hall. Study/double bedroom four with adjoining tiled shower room/ground floor cloakroom.

The staircase with an oak handrail rises to the first-floor landing. Double bedroom two with dormer and Velux window, fitted range of drawers and access to eaves. Double bedroom three with two dormer windows, cupboard and access to eaves storage. Tiled family bathroom with underfloor heating. Bath with over-bath shower, WC and basin.


Approached by an in-and-out-edged gravel drive and parking area, with a picket fence with shrubs and flowering cherry against the road. The drive continues past the side of Sunfield through electric gates to the garage at the end of the garden, with a hedge and shrub border to the boundary and a rose trellis screen to the garden. Behind the house is a wide flagstone patio. Lawn and fish pond with cascade and filter and paved edging. The lawn is framed by shrub and herbaceous beds and borders with a wide variety of plants and trees and with garden lighting. In front of the garage is a further paved patio and a former car turntable. Substantial oak-framed garage with two open-fronted garages and a further garage/workshop/man cave with power and light and TV point, sink and separate WC, with double doors to the front with a canopy over. Wooden garden store and wood store, rainwater collection butts.

Sunfield is situated close to the village centre within easy walking distance of village amenities and set back from the road.

Welford-on-Avon is a highly sought-after village situated about 6 miles southwest of Stratford-upon-Avon. The village has an excellent, active community with a fine parish church, public houses, general stores and a garage. There is an excellent range of shopping and leisure facilities in nearby Stratford-upon-Avon, which is also the home of The Royal Shakespeare Company.

There is a primary school in Welford-on-Avon with an excellent reputation, and in the area, there are state, grammar and private schools to suit most requirements, including The Croft Prep School, King Edward Grammar School for boys and Shottery Grammar School for Girls.

Birmingham International Airport is about 28 miles away, and intercity trains run from Warwick Parkway Station to London Marylebone and Birmingham and from Coventry to London Euston.

Racing is at Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick and Cheltenham, and there are several golf courses in the area, including a golf course in the village.