Welch Gate, Bewdley

A substantial Grade II Listed historic six-bedroom terraced property in the heart of Bewdley town, benefiting from a detached garage providing private parking approximately five minutes walk away, together with on-street parking nearby. Formerly a coaching inn and public house, Star & Garter House boasts a wealth of history and has served as a private residence for around a century.

Offering versatile accommodation arranged over three floors, plus a cellar, the property has been extended and modernised over the years, while still offering excellent potential for further enhancement. Features include two bright reception rooms with period features, an open plan garden room, ground floor wet room, six double bedrooms, a modern shower room and a large Jack and Jill master bathroom.

The home also enjoys attractive first floor views over Bewdley and St Anne's Church, a delightful rear courtyard garden with an outbuilding with access from the front via a private sheltered alleyway. This property presents a rare opportunity to acquire a historic home of considerable character in one of Bewdley's most sought-after locations. Available with no upward chain. EPC = E.

Approach:
From the pavement, the front door opens into a private alleyway.

Alleyway:
A sheltered alleyway with lighting, doors to the living room and hallway and a door to the rear garden, providing easy front to rear access.

Living Room:
A generous reception room featuring a large window to the front elevation and two front-facing external doors allowing for further access if necessary. The room includes a night storage heater and a brick fireplace with a quarry tiled hearth. A door leads to the hallway, and a further door provides access down to the cellar.

Cellar:
A good sized space offering excellent storage potential, complete with lighting and power and an access hatch to the rear garden patio.

Hallway:
With stairs rising to the first floor and doors leading to the dining room, kitchen, and access back to the alleyway.

Kitchen:
Fitted with a range of wall and base units with tiled worksurfaces and incorporating a one and a half bowl sink drainer unit with a mixer tap. Integrated appliances include a four-ring electric hob with a cooker hood above and an electric oven. There is space for a fridge freezer and undercounter space and plumbing for a dishwasher and washing machine. Further benefits include character wooden flooring, a window to the rear elevation, and a door to the dining room.

Dining Room:
Featuring wooden flooring, an electric storage heater, window to the stairwell, and a double-glazed roof window providing additional natural light. The room has open plan with the garden room.

Garden Room:
Forming part of the extension to the rear of the property and including tiled flooring, a door to the wet room, double-glazed door to the garden, and double-glazed French doors and a double-glazed window to the greenhouse.

Greenhouse:
A useful additional space with uPVC double-glazed surrounding windows, two doors opening onto the garden patio, tiled flooring, and lighting.

Wet Room:
Fitted with a Triton electric shower, WC, and wall-mounted wash basin with mixer tap. Finished with tiled walls and flooring, a uPVC double-glazed window to the side elevation, and a wall-mounted electric radiator.

First Floor Landing:
With doors to the four first floor bedrooms, a shower room, and the Jack and Jill bathroom. Further stairs continue to the second floor.

Master Bedroom:
A good-sized double room with a window to the rear elevation with elevated views over Bewdley and St Anne’s Church, a night storage heater, and a door to the Jack and Jill bathroom/ensuite.

Bathroom:
An en-suite bathroom with Jack and Jill access from both the landing and master bedroom and appointed with a white suite comprising a panelled bath with a mixer tap and telephone shower attachment, low level flush WC and a pedestal wash basin with twin taps. There is a sash window to the rear elevation, a loft access hatch and an airing cupboard housing the immersion heater.

Bedroom Two:
Forming a double room currently used as a study and including a secondary-glazed sash window to the front elevation.

Bedroom Three:
A double room with two secondary-glazed sash windows to the front elevation and a night storage heater.

Bedroom Four:
A further double room featuring a sash window to the rear elevation and a night storage heater.

Shower Room:
Comprising a modern white suite with a corner shower cubicle housing a Triton electric shower with mosaic tiled surrounds, WC, and a pedestal wash basin with mixer tap. Additional benefits include tiled walls and flooring, an electric towel radiator, and a double-glazed window to the rear.

Second Floor Landing:
Providing access to bedrooms five and six, and a good-sized loft storage area which is fully boarded, insulated, and benefits from lighting.

Bedroom Five:
A double room featuring a secondary-glazed window to the front elevation.

Bedroom Six:
A further double room with a secondary-glazed window to the front elevation and an access hatch to the loft, which is fully insulated.

Courtyard Garden:
A private walled garden including a pebble patio, multiple seating areas, mature planting and a brick outhouse with scope to be a useful utility space fitted with a window, lighting, power, and a WC.

Parking:
On-street parking is available close to the property. In addition, a detached timber garage provides private parking and is situated on a private road approximately a five-minute walk from the property.

Garage: 15'11" x 8'11"
Please note that, due to the position of the roof timbers, the garage has a maximum internal head height of 5'11". The garage stands on a concrete hardstanding and is located in a tucked-away position down a private road. There are no services connected.

Viewing is essential for this impressive period home and for its characterful features, generous accommodation and distinguished history to be fully appreciated. Early appointments are recommended to avoid disappointment.

Location:
Situated on the banks of the River Severn and the edge of the Wyre Forest, Bewdley has been described as “the most perfect small town in Worcestershire”. The town enjoys a good choice of pubs, cafes and restaurants, along with small independent shops, craft studios, a brewery, a local museum, a selection of sports clubs, and a number of churches. Being approximately 20 miles southwest of Birmingham and 15 miles north of Worcester, Bewdley is served by a good motorway network with excellent links to the M5, M6, M40, and M42. Birmingham International Airport is approximately 45 minutes away and the mainline train station in Kidderminster has regular services to and from Worcester, Malvern, Birmingham, and London.

Schooling:
The town is fortunate to benefit from two primary schools and a high school, all rated as Good by Ofsted in their most recent inspections. The independent sector is also well catered for locally with a fine selection of schools available nearby in Kidderminster, Chaddesley Corbett, Abberley, Bromsgrove, and Worcester.

Tenure:
Freehold

Services:
All mains services are connected. Heating via electric storage heaters on the economy 7 tariff and electric radiators.

Local Authority:
Wyre Forest District Council

Council Tax:
Band D