Ashfield Park Road, Substantial Period Property

Davenport House

An elegant Victorian residence set on a private road just moments from the heart of Ross-on-Wye. Extensively refurbished, this impressive six-bedroom home combines beautiful period features with modern living, offering generous accommodation, a stunning live-in kitchen, mature gardens of around a quarter of an acre, gated parking, and elevated views across the town and surrounding countryside.
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Location

Ross-on-Wye's town centre is a short walk (approximately one-quarter of a mile) from Ashfield Park Road. This offers a diverse range of shops, supermarkets, independently owned boutiques, a variety of restaurants, welcoming pubs, and various leisure facilities. There is a pleasant and level route towards the high street that leads past the town's tennis courts and lawn bowling club.
There are four schools dotted around the town - three primaries and one secondary - and the closest to Davenport House is Ashfield Park Primary School (approximately a five-minute walk away). In addition, a reputable nursery, Abacus 2000, is situated a few hundred metres from the home.
Ross also houses two GP surgeries, and both of these, plus the local community hospital, are approximately one-quarter of a mile from Ashfield Park Road.
While the property benefits from being a short distance from the centre of town, it is set on a private road away from the hustle and bustle of the high street. There are also numerous spectacular woodland and country hikes nearby, including the Town and Country Trail, Chase Woods and the John Kyrle circular walk, taking in fields and the River Wye.
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The Home at a Glance

Davenport House is approached via a private road in Ross-on-Wye, enjoying an elevated position overlooking the town's tennis courts and the iconic spire of St Mary's Church. Originally constructed during the Victorian era, this elegant residence was comprehensively refurbished and modernised in 2016, while carefully preserving an abundance of period charm. Throughout the home, original features such as ornate tiled floors, feature fireplaces, picture rails, and decorative ceiling roses remain beautifully intact.
Extending to approximately 4,000 sq ft, the property offers generously proportioned rooms, enhanced by impressively high ceilings that further emphasise its scale and grandeur. The versatile accommodation is currently arranged as a six-bedroom family home set over three storeys, with the additional benefit of a wine cellar. There are three reception rooms in total, alongside a wonderfully bright, live-in dining kitchen.
The property is discreetly set behind electric gates, providing both privacy and security. The front door opens into an enclosed, triple-aspect porch featuring coloured-glass windows and an original decorative tiled floor, which continues through to the light-filled entrance hall. This welcoming space offers an immediate sense of the home's character, showcasing features such as the original servants' bells and a central ceiling rose.
The ground floor hosts three elegant reception rooms, each with high ceilings, cornicing, picture rails, and ceiling roses. The sitting room is particularly inviting, featuring a beautiful bay window fitted with bespoke plantation shutters, a gas-burning stove set on a slate hearth, decorative tiled surrounds, and fitted bookshelves providing excellent storage. The formal dining room-formerly the drawing room-centres around a wood-burning stove within an inset fireplace. The study, historically known as the morning room due to its sunny aspect, features a cast-iron fireplace framed by original decorative tiles, along with French doors opening directly onto the garden.
At the heart of the home lies the live-in dining kitchen. Bathed in natural light from dual aspects and a roof lantern, this impressive space is fitted with a bespoke shaker-style kitchen by the highly regarded local firm TaylorMade by Stanton. The kitchen includes a wide range of integrated appliances, including a Miele dishwasher, an under-counter fridge, a Rangemaster electric oven with a five-ring gas hob, and a separate Mercury grill. Quartz worktops feature on both the units and the central island, while ample storage includes space for an American-style fridge/freezer. A wooden door leads down to the cellar, providing a cool, damp-proof storage area ideal for wine.
To one end of the kitchen is a relaxed dining and family area, complete with a gas stove and two sets of glazed doors opening onto the rear garden-perfect for indoor-outdoor living.
The ground floor is completed by a cloakroom-cum-utility room, fitted with a WC featuring a vintage-style cistern and a Savoy pedestal basin.

The first floor offers three bedrooms, all of which bear attractive cornices, picture rails, and ceiling roses. The principal bedroom enjoys elevated views towards St Mary's Church and benefits from a dedicated dressing room with extensive fitted storage, leading through to an en-suite shower room. This is fitted with a walk-in shower, twin Heritage basins, a WC, and a heated towel rail. The remaining two bedrooms are both generous doubles, with the larger also enjoying a bay window and the same striking outlook as the principal suite.
This floor also includes both a family bathroom and a separate shower room, each fitted with three-piece suites. In addition, there is a well-equipped laundry room with plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer, a sink, ceiling-mounted airer, and a cupboard housing the Worcester Bosch boiler and water cylinder. The landing provides further storage with a second airing cupboard, as well as access to the home's AV system.

The top floor comprises three further bedrooms, all with charming, pitched ceilings and exceptional elevated views across the rolling hills and countryside surrounding Ross-on-Wye. This level also includes an additional bathroom and a useful attic storage room.
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Outside Space

The garden extends to approximately a quarter of an acre and has been thoughtfully designed for both relaxation and entertaining. Adjacent to the kitchen/family room is a substantial wooden deck, sheltered by a pergola, creating an ideal setting for alfresco dining. A short distance away, a sunken patio set within the lawn provides a perfect spot for fire pits and evening gatherings. A variety of fruit and nut trees further enrich the garden, providing an abundance of cooking apples, pears, wild apples, and walnuts.
Parking is provided via the gated driveway, along with a single garage equipped with light and power. Planning permission is in place to replace the existing garage with a larger structure, should a purchaser wish to do so.
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General

Services: Mains water, electricity and drainage. Mains gas electricity. Telephone line and fibre broadband is available. The house has a Cat6 data cable, which is wired to a central point in a cupboard on the first floor. The system is all connected to a data switch. The broadband router is also plugged into this switch. There are two Ruckus Wi-Fi access points - these are commercial grade - suitable for older properties with thick stone walls.

Local Authority: Herefordshire Council. Tax band F.

Tenure: Freehold

Directions: From Ross-on-Wye town centre, take Copse Cross Street and head towards Walford Road and Stay on this road until you see the Prince of Wales Pub. The right-hand turning for Ashfield Park Road is directly opposite.

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Distances
Ross-on-Wye town centre 0.25 miles - Monmouth 13 miles - Hereford 16 miles - Gloucester 18 miles - Cheltenham 25 miles - (All distances are approximate)

Agent's note: Planning permission to replace the garage with a larger version was granted by Herefordshire Council in 2016 but is held in perpetuity. See reference P160880 on the Herefordshire Council planning portal for more details, or contact the sales team.

Please note the top floor loft rooms do have some height restrictions at the extremes (into the eaves) but this does not impact on the space and usability of these rooms.