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5 bedroom village house
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Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- 5 bedrooms
- 3 reception rooms
- 6 bathrooms
- 12.50 acres
- Period
- Equestrian
- Garden
- Parking
- Rural
- Stabling
Worcestershire countryside, Lanehouse Farm occupies an elevated position northeast of the charming village of Alvechurch.
The house incorporates attractive conventional features with leaded light oak framed windows, traditional exposed timberwork, timber ledge, and brace doors.
The drawing room has an inglenook fireplace, a wood burner, and a south-facing bay window.
The kitchen and breakfast room have fitted kitchen units and appliances under granite tops, a range cooker, an open fireplace, a wine rack and an island which opens to the south-facing sitting room with a wood burner. There is a large games room with a bar, snug, utility room and cloakroom.
A heavy brick and timber staircase rises to the large landing on the first floor with an attractive bow window, giving access to three double bedrooms with en suite shower rooms, the principal bedroom being dual aspect. A further bathroom has a claw foot bath, separate shower, shower room and large useful store room.
To the second floor are two further double bedrooms with ample built-in cupboards, an inner landing/dressing/study area, en suite shower room with access to attic storage.
In all, the house extends to over 4,000 square feet.
A large single garage with a paved block forecourt is attached to the house.
The house is set back from the road with a roadside hedge, five bar gate, and brick tile-capped piers. The gardens comprise expansive lawns, a paved patio behind the house with shrubs and fine specimen trees, and a drive to a turning circle on the south side of the house, with ample parking and an open-fronted triple garage. The gardens and grounds provide an exceptional setting for the property. Deck with pergola, hot tub and summer house. The views from the home and lawns are exceptional.
A secondary drive gives access to the stable yard, with ample hard standing and an extensive range of timber stables with a covered walkway in front, a concrete yard, tack rooms and stores. Beside the stable yard is an all-weather well-drained ménage about 40 x 30 metres, timber fencing, and an adjoining turn-out paddock.
Below the stables and beside the secondary drive are further large grass paddocks running down to a boundary
stream.
Lanehouse Farm lies in a very convenient and popular area of North Worcestershire near the hamlet of Wythall and the attractive village of Alvechurch. The popularity of Alvechurch owes much to its strategic location and amenities of the village, including an excellent selection of shops for all everyday requirements, a post office, doctor's surgery, dental practice, optician, library, public houses, and restaurants. The village also has playgroups, a nursery and a primary school. Other local amenities are available within Wythall, which also has a railway station (approximately 2½ miles away) and the village of Alvechurch.
Lanehouse Farm is well situated for easy access to many regional centres, including Bromsgrove, Redditch, Stratford upon Avon, Solihull and Central Birmingham, which is just 11 miles distant. The property is very well located for both Junctions 2 and 3 of the M42. The M5 is just a few miles to the west whilst it is only some 5 miles to the M40 (Junction 3A), the principal route to London from the West Midlands. Birmingham International Airport, the NEC and Birmingham International Railway Station are located off Junction 6 of the M42, approximately 14 miles distant. Regular inter-City rail services operate from Birmingham International to London Euston, whilst local trains from Alvechurch and Wythall connect into Birmingham.
Central Birmingham 11 miles, Bromsgrove 11 miles, Stratford upon Avon 23 miles, Worcester 24 miles, M42 (Junction 3) 1½ miles, M40 (Junction 3A) 5 miles, M5 (Junction 4A) 10 miles, Birmingham International Airport/NEC 14 miles (All distances and times are approximate)
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