Sutton, Tenbury Wells

Charming country home in a beautiful rural setting with superb grounds, triple garage and generous accommodation.

April Cottage is a spacious detached country home set in around 0.75 acre of glorious gardens and woodland, tucked away in the peaceful village of Sutton. Built in the 1998 to a high standard, the accommodation includes three double bedrooms, a stylish family bathroom and a modern shower room. The interiors are bright and welcoming, ideal for both relaxed family life and entertaining, with interconnecting reception spaces, a well-fitted kitchen and a large sitting room. There is also a study/dressing room upstairs, offering flexible living space.

Outside, the property is enveloped by established gardens and a private area of natural woodland. A gravelled driveway provides plenty of parking and access to the triple garage. The detached garden room offers further scope for home working or hobbies. Situated just three miles from Tenbury Wells, April Cottage offers the best of rural living with excellent local amenities.

• A spacious three-bedroom country cottage built to a high standard.

• Light-filled accommodation with large sitting room and two sets of French doors.

• Beautiful gardens with lawn, terraces and woodland.

• Ample parking and a detached triple garage with power, lighting and gym potential.

• Peaceful village location close to Tenbury Wells, Bromyard and Ludlow.


The kitchen
The kitchen is well-appointed with light oak units, granite worktops and integrated Neff appliances including double oven, fridge, freezer, dishwasher and induction hob. A one-and-a-half bowl sink is set beneath a window with views over the garden. Ceramic tiled flooring and a breakfast bar add to its functionality and charm. A door leads into the adjacent utility room, which includes a sink, storage, and plumbing for laundry appliances with access to the side garden.


The dining room
With solid oak flooring and double glazed French doors onto the garden, the dining room offers a bright and peaceful space to enjoy meals with views of the mature planting outside. It connects via double doors to the sitting room, creating an ideal layout for entertaining.


The living room and sun room
A particularly generous room with dual aspect windows and French doors leading through the sun room and out to the garden. A stone fireplace and tiled hearth form a charming focal point for the room. Double doors link back to the dining room. The sun room provides a lovely place to enjoy morning coffee, with views onto the garden. The glazed roof and walls create a peaceful retreat and an excellent link to the outdoors.


The hallway and shower room
A welcoming entrance hall with solid oak flooring leads to the principal ground floor rooms. The staircase rises to the first floor, with an under stairs cupboard providing storage. Towards the kitchen is the contemporary ground floor shower room, featuring a Matki cubicle with Mira shower, vanity unit with WC, wash basin and an airing cupboard housing the Worcester Bosch boiler.


The primary bedroom
The primary bedroom is a large and airy double room with a Velux balcony window offering outstanding views across the garden. There is also a wash basin with tiled splashback, radiator and alarm point. Currently used as a study, the primary bedroom features an additional space with front-facing window, built-in storage and space for a desk or wardrobe, making it suitable as a dressing room, study or nursery.


The second and third bedrooms
The second bedroom is a generous double room with front-facing window, built-in wardrobe, radiator and laminate-style flooring. A peaceful and private space that can easily accommodate a double bed and furnishings. Set at the rear of the home with a Velux window framing treetop views, the third bedroom is another double room full of natural light, ideal for guests or as a further office.


The bathroom
Finished in modern neutral tones, the bathroom includes a panelled bath with shower over, pedestal basin, low flush WC with vanity surround, bidet, towel radiator and useful storage cupboards. A Velux window draws in light and ventilation.


The gardens and grounds
The gardens at April Cottage are a true sanctuary, offering a remarkable variety of settings across approximately three-quarters of an acre. Thoughtfully landscaped and full of seasonal colour, the grounds wrap around the home and extend into natural woodland. A particular highlight is the expansive lower lawn, a wide, open space bordered by mature hedging and trees, ideal for family use, recreation or quiet enjoyment.

To the rear of the property is a large paved entertaining terrace framed by rose beds and flowering borders. A mixture of fruit trees edge the lawn. This area is perfect for al fresco dining, with easy access from the sun room and dining room. The terrace steps down to lawns and woodland, forming an effortless connection between the house and the landscape beyond. Across from the terrace sits a detached timber-framed garden room, with power and insulation, it would be ideal as a home office, hobby space or studio. French doors and large windows make the most of the surrounding garden views.

A key highlight of the grounds is the natural woodland area at the rear, interspersed with silver birch, horse chestnut, fir, juniper, hazelnut and rhododendrons. The woodland floor is carpeted with wild grasses and native planting, with a feeling of total privacy. Beyond the main lawn, the grounds open out into a lower lawned area with fruit bushes such as blackcurrant, raspberry and gooseberry and a magnificent mulberry tree.


The driveway and parking
The cottage is approached through double timber gates, leading to a gravelled driveway. The front is enclosed by picket fencing and includes well-established cherry and apple trees and a central pathway to the front door. There is ample space for multiple vehicles and access to both the house and triple garage. The triple garage is detached with twin roller doors, power and lighting. Currently partly used as a gym, it also offers excellent scope for storage, car enthusiasts or workshop needs.

April Cottage sits in the hamlet of Sutton, in the heart of the Kyre valley countryside. The nearby market town of Tenbury Wells (3 miles) provides excellent everyday amenities including shops, cafes, a doctors’ surgery, leisure centre and primary and secondary schools.

Further afield, Bromyard (7 miles), Leominster (11 miles) and Ludlow (13 miles) offer wider shopping, dining and cultural opportunities. The area is rich in walking, cycling and riding routes, with easy access to the Malvern Hills and Teme Valley. Rail services can be found in Ludlow and Leominster, and the M5 motorway is accessible via Worcester, making commuting possible while enjoying rural life.
The area is well regarded for its natural beauty and community feel, making it ideal for families, remote professionals or anyone looking for a rural retreat with convenience.

The property benefits from mains electricity and water. There is also private drainage via a septic tank, oil fired central heating and solar thermal panels for hot water heating.

Council tax band F

Reservation Fee - refundable on exchange

A reservation fee, refundable on exchange, is payable prior to the issue of the Memorandum of Sale and after which the property may be marked as Sold Subject to Contract. The fee will be reimbursed upon the successful Exchange of Contracts.

The fee will be retained by Andrew Grant in the event that you the Buyer withdraws from the purchase or does not Exchange within 6 months of the fee being received other than for one or more of the following reasons:

1. Any significant material issues which individually are more than 1% of the agreed purchase price and are highlighted in a survey and were not evident or drawn to the attention of you, the Buyer, prior to the Memorandum of Sale being issued.
2. Serious and material defect in the seller’s legal title.
3. Local search revealing a matter that has a material adverse effect on the market value of the property that was previously undeclared and not in the public domain.
4. The vendor withdrawing the property from sale.

The reservation fee will be 0.5% of the accepted offer price for offers below £800,000 and 1% for offers of £800,000 or over. This fee, unless specified otherwise, is payable upon acceptance by the vendor of an offer from a buyer and completion of an assessment of the buyer’s financial status and ability to proceed.

Should a buyer’s financial position regarding the funding of the property prove to be fundamentally different from that declared by the buyer when the Memorandum of Sale was completed, then the Vendor has the right to withdraw from the sale and/or the reservation fee retained. For example, where the buyer declares themselves as a cash buyer but are in fact relying on an unsecured sale of their property. The reservation fee will not be refunded where there is an inability on the part of the Buyer to raise any required mortgage after the Memorandum of Sale is completed.

Once the reservation fee has been paid, any renegotiation of the price stated in the memorandum of sale for any reason other than those covered in points 1 to 3 above will lead to the reservation fee being retained. A further fee will be levied on any subsequent reduced offer that is accepted by the vendor. This further fee will be subject to the same conditions that prevail for all reservation fees outlined above.