Ivy Cottage, Main Road, Wyre Piddle WR10 2JB

A GRADE II LISTED TWO BEDROOM THATCHED COTTAGE SITUATED WITHIN THIS POPULAR RIVERSIDE VILLAGE WITH TERRACED GARDEN, RIVER FRONTAGE AND OFF-ROAD PARKING.

Canopied Entrance, Lounge/Dining Room, Feature Fireplace, Fitted Kitchen, Cloakroom/Utility, Garden Room, Two Bedrooms, Bathroom Suite with Shower, Gas Central Heating. Council Tax Band: D

Ivy Cottage is centrally situated within this popular village with crazy paved frontage providing off-road parking. This picturesque cottage is full of character with the exposed beams, mellowed brick fireplace and leaded windows together with a terraced garden leading down to a summerhouse and river frontage with riparian rights. The garden is south facing with steps and terraces from the garden room at the rear of the property.

In 2007 the property was rewired and plumbed and a new thatch covering using the Dorset system for safety reasons. The cottage is believed to date back to the 16th Century.

NB: The thatch was created in the summer of 2007 to comply with current building regulations, and it is the "Dorset model for thatching", with half hour flexible fire barrier. The roof is combed wheat and the ridge is performing for another two to three years. There is a Master Thatcher's report available for inspection.

The village of Wyre Piddle occupies a popular riverside position overlooking the River Avon and the various moorings to the riverside properties. There is a local public house and a village church together with a marina. There is a scenic walk to Pershore Town that takes in 'The Wetlands Wildlife Reserve.'

The historic 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 and hospital and 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 superb main shopping facilities. Worcester with its famous Cathedral and equally famous cricket club together with the River Severn and pedestrianised shopping centre.