4 bedroom detached house for sale

A Rare Opportunity to Buy a Detached Period House Approaching 2000 sq ft, Sitting Within a Double Plot, of Just Under 1/3 Acre, in One of Ledbury’s Most Sought-after Addresses. No Onward Chain. 

Porch - Entrance Hall - Sitting Room - Dining Room - Kitchen/Breakfast Room - Pantry - Utility Room - Shower Room - Four Bedrooms - Ensuite WC - Family Bathroom - Attic Rooms - Balcony - Cellar - Front & Rear Gardens - Off-Street Parking - Sheds 

Bank Crescent is one of Ledbury’s most sought-after roads, with incredible far-reaching views and convenient access to the town centre. Behind Bank Crescent is Dog Hill Wood, popular with dog walkers and runners. This property occupies a generous double plot on the town side of the road where uninterrupted westerly views over gardens, the town, and the countryside beyond can be enjoyed. 

The Property is constructed of pebble-dashed brick walls under a tiled hipped roof, with chimney stacks on three sides. At the front, there is a central single-storey porch, and at the rear right, there is a double and single extension forming a balcony. On the second floor, there is a dormer window for a loft conversion. There are aluminum and timber-framed double-glazed windows. 

The accommodation is arranged over three floors, with the ground floor comprising an entrance hall, dining room, sitting room, kitchen breakfast room, pantry, utility room, and shower room. On the first floor, a landing leads to three bedrooms and a family bathroom. On the second floor, there are attic storage rooms and a bedroom. Outside, there is a sloped pretty garden at the front and a parking pad for two vehicles. At the rear, there is a large terrace, a good-sized garden, and a first-floor balcony. The property has huge potential and incredible westerly views. 
 

Ledbury is a hugely popular growing market town in the southeast of Herefordshire, close to the Worcestershire and Gloucester county boundaries. Sandwiched between the Malvern Hills Area of Natural Beauty and the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the surrounding countryside is quintessential rural England at its best. The town is highly rated with its welcoming and Historic town centre well-adorned with independent shops, cafes, restaurants, public houses, and other amenities. 

The M50 motorway is 4 miles to the south of the town, and there is a mainline train station with direct trains to Birmingham and London. The Cathedral cities of Hereford, Worcester and Gloucester have a broader range of amenities and are all within easy motoring distance. 

The Property 

The property is approached via a wrought iron gate to concrete steps with double-sided handrails which lead down through the front garden to the porch, where there is a timber panelled door under an overhanging canopy porch. The front door opens into a bright and spacious L-shaped entrance hall with parquet flooring, a double aspect, and pendant lights. There are two windows at the front, a window at the back and stairs that rise to the first floor. There is an arched opening on the left to the reception rooms, an arched opening on the right to a vestibule with a cloak cupboard and a downstairs shower room. On the right, at the back, there is a door to the kitchen. The space under the stairs would make a good place for a desk. 

The reception rooms both have carpeted floors, and pendant lights and are interconnecting. The sitting room enjoys large sliding doors that open onto a sun terrace, and a fireplace with inset gas fire and timber surround. The dining room has the benefit of a bay window and coving. 

The kitchen has parquet flooring, ceiling-mounted spotlights, coving, and fitted base and wall cabinets with timber doors and shelves. There are laminate worktops with tiled splashbacks, an inset composite sink and a drainer with a mixer tap. There is space for an oven below an extractor hood and an integrated dishwasher. A door on the right leads to a pantry, and a door on the left leads to a utility room. There is a south-facing window filling the room with natural light with a view across the terrace. 

The pantry has linoleum flooring, a worktop, sockets and a window. The utility room, has quarry tile flooring, a part glazed aluminium door with obscured glazing and catflap, a window overlooking the rear garden, and strip lighting. There is a laminate worktop with tiled splashbacks, base cupboards and a stainless steel sink and drainer with a mixer tap. There is space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer, and a wall-mounted gas boiler.

The shower room has tiled effect linoleum flooring, ceiling light, obscured glazed window, WC, pedestal basin and a shower cubicle with electric shower and mermaid board tiling. 

Carpeted stairs rise to an L-shaped carpeted first-floor landing. It has a dual aspect, pendant lights, coving, an airing cupboard with slat shelving, and doors to three bedrooms and a bathroom. There is a further set of stairs that lead to the second floor. 

The main bedroom is a generously proportioned room with a dual aspect and far-reaching views. There is a wall of fitted wardrobes with fitted shelving, sliding doors and mirror doors. It has carpeted floors, a pendant light, and a louvre door to an ensuite WC with a basin and cupboard below with louvre doors. 

The second bedroom is at the back of the house. It has carpeted floors, a pendant light, a dual aspect from a side window and a part glazed timber door that opens onto a balcony with panoramic westerly views.

The third bedroom is at the front of the house. It has carpeted floors, a pendant light, and a window with a view over the front garden. There is a sink in the corner with a cupboard with louvre doors, and on the ceiling, there is a hatch to a loft.

The bathroom is well-proportioned and has carpeted flooring and a pendant light. It includes a WC, pedestal basin, panelled bath with tiled splashbacks and a cupboard with louvre doors. There is a window with views across the gardens and beyond to the Marcle Ridge.

Timber stairs rise and turn to a small landing with a dormer window. On the right, there is a carpeted storage/dressing room. It has a strip light and restrictive head height. On the right, there is a fourth attic bedroom with a dormer window and twin skylights. There are carpeted floors, ceiling-mounted lights and a storage room at the end, which leads to a further boarded loft space. 

Outside 

At the front of the property, there is a mature holly hedge which forms an arch over an iron garden gate which leads to the property. To the right of the hedge, there is a concrete parking pad creating off-street parking for two vehicles. 

From the front gate, concrete steps with handrails on either side lead down to the front door of the house. On either side of the path are terraced shrub and flower beds well-stocked with an array of mature plants. There are further paths crossing laterally. 

At the bottom of the steps, paved paths continue around both sides of the property. On the left of the house, there is a wrought iron gate to the rear terrace, on the left a steps lead down to a cellar which is below the utility room, and a further lower terrace with picket fencing and a washing line.

To the rear of the property, there is a fantastic paved terrace with dwarf walls and sloped flower and shrub beds beyond. Central steps lead down to the garden, and to the right steps lead down to a further terrace, and then steps beyond lead down to a timber shed and the lawn. The rear garden is terraced and has mature hedges and trees on the boundaries. There is a line of mature conifer hedges that split the garden with a further terraced lawn and timber storage shed beyond. 

Practicalities 

Herefordshire Council Tax Band ‘F’
Mains Gas, Electricity, Water & Drainage
Gas-fired Central Heating Throughout
Double Glazing Throughout
Ultrafast Broadband Available 
Freehold 
Not Listed
EPC ‘E’

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Head north up the high street from the Market House in Ledbury town centre. Take the first right turn into Bank Crescent. Continue up the hill, around the bend and continue straight. The property can be found on the left just before the brow of the hill.  There is a holly hedge and concrete parking pad with a Glasshouse Properties ‘For Sale’ sign.