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3 bedroom cottage for sale

Fromes Hill, Ledbury, Herefordshire
Study
Sold STC
Cottage
3 beds
2 baths
2,109 sq ft / 196 sq m
EPC rating: D
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Features and description

  • Detached Country Cottage
  • 3 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms
  • Gated Private Driveway
  • Period Features
  • Outbuilding
  • Southwest Facing Garden
  • Enclosed Garden
  • Fireplaces with Stoves
  • Garden Room
  • Recently Updated

A charming three bedroom detached cottage with outbuilding and a pretty garden, situated within the popular village of Fromes Hill in east Herefordshire.
 
Garden Room - Kitchen Breakfast Room - Sitting Room – Inner Hall / Study - Utility Room - Downstairs Shower Room - Three Double Bedrooms - Family Bathroom - Boiler Room/Study - Garden Stores - Gated Private Driveway - Enclosed Garden
 
This idyllic period cottage is believed to date back to the 17th century and was originally built as two cottages. It is mostly constructed of thick stone walls with some brick walls, and has a slate pitched roof and brick chimney. There is a superb oak-framed garden room that was added around 2007 with a slate hipped roof and brick chimney. To the side of the property is an attached outbuilding. There are enviable period features throughout, including exposed natural timbers and an impressive stone inglenook fireplace.
 
The accommodation is beautifully presented and arranged over two floors, with the living accommodation and a shower room on the ground floor, and the bedrooms and a further bathroom are on the first floor. The property has been updated recently and offers a comfortable and well-presented period home full of character and with surprisingly spacious rooms and good circulation spaces.
 
Outside there is a lovely enclosed landscaped garden with a covered sitting area, terraces, lawns, and well-stocked flower/shrub beds. There is a gated driveway with space for several vehicles, a further garden area for log stores, and a greenhouse.
 
Fromes Hill is a well-served hilltop rural village in east Herefordshire, close to the Worcestershire border and roughly midway between the cities of Hereford and Worcester. The village boasts a convenience store, a café, an Indian takeaway, a church, an Army Surplus and Outdoor store, and two pubs. The Hop Pocket shopping village is a short distance away and offers a selection of independent retailers, including a garden centre, food hall, gift shop, café/restaurant, and a toy store. For pet owners, there’s also a cattery and an off-lead dog walking area nearby. This part of Herefordshire is known for its lovely countryside and far-reaching views of the Malvern Hills. There are plenty of footpaths in the area including the Herefordshire Trail.
 
The neighbouring towns of Malvern and Ledbury provide a wide range of services, including mainline train stations, supermarkets, banks, restaurants, medical facilities, and a mix of local and national retailers. Malvern also boasts a Waitrose supermarket and a theatre.
 
The cathedral cities of Hereford and Worcester are easily reached, offering all the amenities you’d expect from larger cities. Ledbury, about 6.5 miles away, is home to the nearest mainline train station, while the M50 motorway, located just south of Ledbury, is around 12 miles away The M5 motorway is situated about 16 miles, southeast of Worcester.
 
Ledbury 6.5 miles - Malvern 7 miles - Bromyard 7 miles - Hereford 13 miles - Worcester 13 miles - M50 Motorway 12 miles - M5 Motorway 16 miles 

(Distances Approximate)
 
The Property
 
The property is approached via six foot timber gates that open into a gravel driveway with parking for several vehicles. From the driveway, there is a timber stable door that opens into the garden room.
 
The garden room is a fantastic space with vaulted ceilings, exposed oak timbers, and a brick fireplace with an inset multifuel stove with an oak mantle beam above. There are oak framed windows on three sides, including French windows and a stable door that opens into the garden. It has tiled flooring with electric underfloor heating, a pendant light, wall lights, and a tall wall-mounted radiator. There is ample space for a dining table and sofas. A stable door leads into the kitchen breakfast room.
 
The kitchen breakfast room has a homely and welcoming feel featuring copper slate tile flooring and beautiful natural beams and wall timbers. There are L-shaped fitted base cupboards and drawers with laminate worktops forming a peninsula, and further cupboards with glass-fronted cupboards above, creating the look of a dresser. There are tiled splashbacks, space for a range cooker, and an inset composite sink and half with drainer and a mixer tap below a window overlooking the garden. There is space for a breakfast table and doors to the doors to the sitting room, utility room, and an opening to the hall.
 
The utility room has a tiled floor and a range of wall and base mounted cupboards with laminate worktops with an inset sink and drainer with mixer tap. There is space and plumbing for a washing machine, dishwasher and fridge freezer.  There is a pendant light and a window to the garden room. 
 
The sitting room is a comfortable and inviting carpeted room with a dual aspect, giving it plenty of natural light. There is an impressive stone inglenook fireplace that has a large inset stove. There are exposed wall and ceiling timbers, and wall lights.
 
The inner hall is semi-open to the kitchen and has the same copper slate flooring. There is a space in front of a window that could be used as a dining or study area. There are carpeted stairs that rise to the first floor, a fitted storage cupboard, and a door to a downstairs shower room.
 
The shower room is well presented and benefits from a dual aspect with obscured glazed windows. It has copper slate tiled flooring and floor-to-ceiling subway-style tiling. There is a traditional-style pedestal basin and WC. In the corner, there is a shower cubicle with double shower heads. There is an extractor fan and ceiling light.
 
Carpeted stairs rise to a spacious first floor landing with carpeted floors, exposed timbers, a window, a pendant light and a hatch to the loft. There are doors to the bedrooms and bathroom.
 
The main bedroom is generously proportioned and beautifully presented. It benefits from a dual aspect with windows at the front and the rear.  There are recessed fitted wardrobes with tongue and groove style doors, and a further cupboard housing the hot water tank. There are exposed beams, carpeted floors and space for further bedroom furniture. There is a pendant light and wall lights.
 
The second bedroom has carpeted floors a window overlooking the rear garden. There are exposed timbers, a pendant light and corner spotlights.
 
The third bedroom is in the corner of the property it benefits from a dual aspect and has carpeted floors exposed timbers and a wall light and pendant.
 
The family bathroom has a large corner bath, tongue and groove panelling, a pedestal basin and WC. It has tiled flooring, an obscured glazed window and ceiling light.
 
Outbuildings
 
To the side of the house is an attached single-story outbuilding with a monopitched slate roof. It is divided into three spaces: a study/boiler room, and two garden stores. A plank and ledge door from the garden opens into a garden store with a concrete floor and high-level windows above. There is a door on the right which opens into a boiler room with a tiled floor which doubles up as a study. It has a window overlooking the garden, high-level windows above, and a small window on the opposite wall. There are exposed stone walls, a strip light and a pendant light. There is a Worcester oil-fired boiler and a radiator.
 
To the other side of the garden store a further storage space. There is a circular window at the front and high level windows above.
 
Outside

At the front of the property, there is a low level stonewall between the house and the road which extends around the side and increases in height, where it is topped with timber fencing, providing lots of privacy. Six foot timber gates open into a gravelled driveway where there is parking for several vehicles. As you enter the driveway, there is a lawn on the right. On the left, there is a further lawn with a greenhouse on a concrete base, various log stores, and the septic tank. A decorative fence panelled fence and metal gate separate the driveway from the main garden. A gravel path leads from the driveway around the garden room to a paved path at the front of the house.
 
The main garden is mostly lawned and enclosed with hedges and flower and shrub borders with assorted small trees. There are further flower beds, a brick paved terrace and a pergola with trellis sides. The house has various climbing plants across the front. There is an outdoor tap, outdoor lights and
 
The garden is well-stocked and nicely laid out, providing interest throughout the seasons.
 
Practicalities
 
Herefordshire Council Tax Band ‘E’
Mains Electricity & Water
Oil-Fired Central Heating
Private Drainage – Septic Tank
Ultrafast Broadband Available

EPC Rating ‘D’
Freehold
 
 
Directions – HR8 1HT – what3words: ///wiser.cackling.targeted
 
The property can be found in the middle of the village on the corner of A4103 and a lane next to The Wheatsheaf Inn. It is on the right if coming from Hereford, before the pub. The property is marked with a Glasshouse Properties ‘For Sale’ board.
 

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