Upper End, Birlingham, WR10

A THREE BEDROOM PERIOD GRADE II LISTED COTTAGE IN NEED OF MODERNISATION SET WITHIN THIS POPULAR RURAL VILLAGE HAVING COTTAGE GARDEN AND GARAGE.

Canopied Entrance, Dining Room, Sitting Room, Kitchen, Lean-to Utility Area, Cloakroom, Rear Lobby, Three Bedrooms, Bathroom, Rear Garden, Garage.

This characterful 17th century Grade II listed period cottage is in need of modernisation. Once a groom's cottage to The Court, there is coach archway and drive to the rear garage which has been converted from stables. The cottage has a rear garden and access into the utility area and into the property where there is a kitchen and door into first reception/dining room. There is central fireplace and access round to the sitting room and the rear lobby (originally two cottages). Stairway leads up to a landing with two double bedrooms to the front and a bathroom and bedroom three on the rear. This picturesque cottage roof was thoroughly repaired in 1999, the garage roof in 2005 and also the chimney and it has recently been redecorated on the exterior. LPG bottled gas fuels the boiler and there is septic tank drainage shared by five cottages.

Birlingham is a popular residential village being approximately 1½ miles to the south of Pershore Town. To reach the village travel along the Upton upon Severn Road passing Tiddesley Wood and turning left at the top of the hill signposted Birlingham.

This village supports an active village hall and its various societies. There is a lovely village church and a local village public house. The village is set within a farming community being market gardening and livestock. There are scenic walks and a wildlife reserve with the River Avon on its course, under the slopes of Bredon Hill, on its way to Tewksbury to join the River Severn.

The market town of Pershore is Georgian styled and provides high street shopping facilities and supermarket together with an indoor market and leisure complex. The river Avon runs to the east of the town lending itself to scenic walks and leisure pursuits. There are two medical centres, a hospital and a town library, together with excellent educational facilities within the area. Pershore has Number 8 which is run by voluntary help and provides theatre activities, a cinema, ballet and yoga classes and is very much a part of Pershore community living.

The new Worcestershire Parkway Station has been developed to improve the access and destinations to the southwest, the northeast, London and the Thames Valley. So significantly enhancing Worcestershire's connectivity to outlying regions. The motorway is approximately nine miles distant at Worcester junction 7 of the M5, bringing Birmingham to the north and Bristol to the south within commutable distance. Other main centres are Stratford-upon-Avon with the theatre and racecourse; Cheltenham with National Hunt Horseracing, the Everyman Theatre and major shopping facilities; Worcester is approximately 10 miles distant with its famous Cathedral and equally famous cricket club together with the River Severn and main shopping centre.