Guide Price £1,800,000 7 bedroom detached house for sale Malvern Wells, Gloucestershire/ Worcestershire border

Tenure: Freehold

Situation

Summer Hill Farm is situated between the villages of Hanley Swan and Malvern Wells on the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire/Herefordshire borders, within easy distance of the picturesque towns of Great Malvern, Tewkesbury, Ledbury and Upton upon Severn, all of which provide for everyday needs. The Regency spa town of Cheltenham is about twenty miles distant and offers a more comprehensive range of shopping and leisure facilities along with the well known literary, cricket and music festivals it holds. There is also the famous racecourse which plays host to the Gold Cup meeting every Spring.

Schooling in the area includes Bromsgrove School, The Elms and The Downs at Colwall, Malvern Girls and Malvern College as well as Cheltenham College, The Ladies College and Dean Close.

Sporting and leisure facilities in the area abound with golf at Cotswold Hills, Malvern, Broadway and Evesham; Rugby at Worcester and Gloucester, theatres at Cheltenham, Malvern and Stratford upon Avon; cricket at Worcester and Gloucester and as mentioned racing at Worcester and Cheltenham.

Communications are excellent with access to the motorway networw at Junction 8 of the M5 being about eleven miles away and the M50 at Junction 1. There are also fast train services from either Great Malvern or Worcester to London Paddington and Birmingham.

Description

Summer Hill Farm is a wonderful house with stunning, panoramic views across south Worcestershire to Bredon Hill and also the Malvern hills. The property was redeveloped by the present owners about eight years ago, is situated at the end of an unmade lane and benefits from a peaceful location. It now offers spacious accommodation within a substantial country home.

The main house includes many features such as exposed timbers, individually designed wrought iron candelabras and wall mounted lights in the bespoke Osborne kitchen. On entering the house one is greeted by a substantial reception hall which has an impressive wooden, split direction staircase, full height windows and glazed doors to either side of the room. The impressive drawing room includes exposed timbers, a large fireplace with wood burning stove and doors out to the pool area whilst the bespoke kitchen has many integrated appliances as well as an oil fired Aga. The bedrooms are all located on the first floor and include a wonderful master bedroom suite having an en suite bathroom and dressing room, two guest bedroom suites and two further bedrooms with a family bathroom.

In addition to the main house is The Old Dairy which is arranged over one storey and comprises a reception hall, open plan living room/kitchen, two bedrooms and a bathroom.

Adjoining The Old Dairy is a secure gardener's building and a wood store whilst the courtyard to the front of the property has a detached triple garage with storage over. The former sties are now used as kennels, further garden storage and an outside wc.

The property is approached along an unmade road to a gravelled driveway leading to a formal parking area at the front of the house and onwards to further parking in the courtyard with garaging. The gardens were landscaped about eight years ago when the property was redeveloped and now benefit from many shrubs, tress and plants along with a laurel hedge. The outdoor swimming pool is sheltered by a reclaimed red brick wall and mature shrubs and offers a paved area ideal for barbecues and al fresco dining. It has direct access back to the house through either the drawing room or kitchen.

Accomodation

Reception Hall, Drawing Room, Dining Room, Sitting Room, Playroom, Study, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Family Room, Two Cloakrooms, Utility Room, Boot Room

Master Bedroom with En Suite Bathroom, Two Further Bedroom Suites, Two Further Bedrooms, Family Bathroom

The Old Dairy comprising: Siting Room, Kitchen, Two Bedrooms, Bathroom, Cloakroom

Garden Store, Wood Store, Triple Garage with Storage Over, Outside WC, Dog Kennel, Further Stores

Attractive Gardens, Outdoor Swimming Pool, Further Stores

In all about 9.7 acres

Directions

From Upton upon Severn take the A4211 towards Hanley Castle. At Hanley Castle turn left onto the B4209 signposted to Hanley Swan. Follow the road through the village of Hanley Swan and at the crossroads with the traffic lights next to the Three Counties Show Ground, continue towards Malvern Wells. After about half a mile turn left into an unmade road, Shuttlefast Lane. Follow the road and Summer Hill Farm will be found at the end.