Bromyard Road, Cotheridge, Worcester

Characterful detached former post office, set within over an acre, featuring wood-burning stoves, beams and countryside views from glorious wrap around gardens.

This charming detached former post office is packed with character features such as exposed beams, wood-burning stoves and an inglenook fireplace. The flexible layout includes both ground and first-floor bedrooms, while the acre plot provides sweeping lawns, patio seating and numerous outbuildings. Set well back from Bromyard Road amid open countryside yet convenient for Worcester, it presents a rare opportunity to enjoy rural living with scope for further enhancement.

• A detached period home offering three bedrooms, two bathrooms and three reception rooms within a generous plot

• Packed with original character including exposed beams, wood-burning stoves and an impressive inglenook fireplace

• Expansive lawned gardens with patio terrace, summerhouse and mature trees for outdoor relaxation

• Long gravel driveway leading to ample parking and space for garaging or outbuildings, with an attached store offering excellent potential for an annexe.

• Rural yet convenient setting near Worcester with access to amenities, schools and transport links

The kitchen
The kitchen forms the functional heart of the home, arranged in a galley style for ease of cooking. It is fitted with cream shaker-style cabinets topped with solid wood work surfaces and incorporates an integrated electric hob and oven. Exposed ceiling beams and a large picture window create a characterful feel and outlook across the grounds, while a door leads through to the adjacent reception rooms and utility.

The sitting room
The principal reception room, currently used as a sitting room, is ideal for larger gatherings and relaxation. Dominated by a striking brick inglenook fireplace with a wood-burning stove beneath a substantial oak bressummer, it also enjoys a series of exposed ceiling beams. A wide cottage window overlooks the front drive and a latch door opens into the kitchen, giving a natural flow between living spaces.

The dining room
Designed for family meals and entertaining, the dining room is set off the kitchen and enjoys views over the garden. A gently vaulted ceiling with painted rafters, a low cottage window and a rustic ledge-and-brace door lend period charm. The room also provides access to the third bedroom, adding flexibility to the ground floor accommodation, and there is access to the patio for summer dining.

The living room
The living room offers a cosy everyday sitting space at the front of the home. A cast-iron stove set into a tiled hearth with an oak mantel provides a warming focal point, complemented by painted wall panelling and exposed ceiling beams. This reception connects directly from the sitting room and is perfect for relaxing or as a snug.

The primary bedroom
The first-floor primary bedroom serves as a peaceful retreat tucked beneath the eaves. Character features include sloping ceilings with painted beams, a dormer window with shutters. There is space for a large bed and access to the en suite bathroom.

The primary en suite
The en suite to the main bedroom is finished in a traditional style. A panelled bath with mosaic tiled splashback sits next to a separate shower enclosed by an etched glass door, while a vanity unit provides storage below the basin. The suite also incorporates a WC and bidet, complemented by wainscoting, a heated towel rail and a sloping ceiling that enhances its character.

The second bedroom
A further double bedroom, located on the first floor, offers comfortable accommodation for family or guests. Exposed timber beams traverse the ceiling and a dormer window with shutters brings in garden views. Timber panelling lends warmth and there is integrated storage to one side of the room.

The walk in wardrobe/study
A flexible room accessed directly from the second bedroom, this useful space serves well as a walk in wardrobe or quiet study. It features a run of built in cupboards along one wall and a sloping ceiling with an exposed beam. A rooflight and window overlook the gardens, and the room could also accommodate a single bed if required.

The third bedroom
The versatile third bedroom lies on the ground floor and is currently arranged as a home office. A large skylight window floods the space. The sloping ceiling creates a cosy feel and the room offers flexible accommodation for a variety of uses.

The ground floor bathroom and WC
Serving the ground floor, the family bathroom and separate WC are neatly appointed. The bathroom includes a panelled bath with tiled surround and a traditional basin with brass taps set beneath a wide mirror, while the adjacent WC has wainscoting and a concealed cistern within a panelled unit. Both rooms benefit from windows to the side for ventilation.

The garden
Outside, the home sits within an extensive plot extending to over an acre, ideal for families and gardeners. Sweeping lawns dotted with mature trees lead down to a timber summerhouse and there is a sheltered patio beside the home for entertaining. A variety of outbuildings and a former barn in need of replacement offer storage and scope for future enhancement, and the grounds are enclosed by hedging with open farmland beyond.

The driveway and parking
Approached from Bromyard Road, the property enjoys a sense of privacy thanks to its long gravel driveway. The drive curves past hedged boundaries to a generous parking area capable of accommodating several vehicles. There is the footprint of a barn where a former double garage once stood, offering potential for new garaging or a workshop, subject to consents.

To the side of the home, an existing store with a boarded upper level offers scope for conversion to ancillary accommodation, such as an annexe, subject to the necessary consents. The building also incorporates a useful WC and wash basin.

The property occupies a rural position in the parish of Cotheridge along Bromyard Road surrounded by rolling farmland yet within easy reach of Worcester. Nearby villages provide everyday amenities including shops, pubs and medical facilities while the cathedral city of Worcester offers a comprehensive range of shopping, cultural and sporting opportunities. There are both primary and secondary schools in the surrounding area and the location provides good road links to the wider region including access to the motorway network. Rail services from Worcester enable travel to regional and national destinations making this an ideal country base with convenience.

The property benefits from mains electricity, water and drainage. There is also oil-fired central heating.

Broadband Speed: Ultrafast broadband available. Download speeds up to 1800 Mbps and upload speeds up to 220 Mbps (source: Ofcom checker).

Mobile Coverage: Likely available from EE, O2, Three and Vodafone. (source: Ofcom checker).

Flood Risk (Long-term forecast): According to the Environment Agency’s long-term flood risk data, the property is currently at very low risk for river and surface water flooding.

Council tax band E

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.

Compliance and Verification Fee

A Compliance and Verification Fee of £85 plus VAT (£102 inc VAT) per individual purchaser or related party requiring anti-money laundering, identity, source and proof of funds or financial verification checks is payable upon acceptance of an offer and receipt of the reservation fee.

This fee represents the cost of compliance administration and verification services undertaken in connection with the proposed purchase including anti-money laundering checks, sanctions screening, source of funds verification, proof of funds checks and associated compliance procedures.

The Compliance and Verification Fee shall be deducted from the reservation fee monies held by Andrew Grant.

No compliance or verification work shall be commenced until the reservation fee has been received in cleared funds.

The Compliance and Verification Fee becomes due immediately upon acceptance of the offer and receipt of the reservation fee and shall become non-refundable once any compliance or verification work has commenced, irrespective of whether the transaction subsequently proceeds to Exchange of Contracts or completion.

Where all or part of the reservation fee is refundable under the reservation fee terms, any Compliance and Verification Fees incurred shall first be deducted from the monies returned.