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3 bedroom detached house
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Charming and detached former Old Police Station
- Three spacious bedrooms & family bathroom
- Contemporary fitted kitchen, large utility room & W/C
- Lounge & additional recption room with parquet flooring
- Garage & large driveway
- Large outbuilding currently set-up as a cattery businuess
- Conservatory & extensive rear garden with enviable countryside views
- EPC - D
This charming former village police station is a must-see for those seeking a unique property with a rich local history. Built in 1937, this property boasts delightful period features throughout and is located in the highly sought-after village of Stoke Prior in Bromsgrove.
The ground floor offers a spacious lounge with parquet flooring and a cozy log burner, a second reception room also with parquet flooring, and a generous heated conservatory with commanding views over the rear gardens and countryside beyond. The modern fitted kitchen is equipped with a built-in five-burner gas hob oven, dishwasher, and larder, while a spacious utility room provides ample storage space, plumbing for a washing machine and space for further free standing appliances. The ground floor is completed by a convenient W/C, and a garage which is fitted electrical sockets and lighting. Rising upstairs, the first-floor landing offers a picture window framing enviable green space views to the rear, and three generous sized bedrooms, including and a family bathroom suite having shower over bath.
The extensive rear garden is mostly laid to well-maintained lawns and offers an ideal space for outdoor entertaining and relaxation. There is a large brick-built outbuilding that has been previously used as a cattery home business, which offers excellent potential to convert into a self-contained annex, home office, gym or similar (subject to relevant permissions). The garden backs onto expansive privately-owned farmers fields to the rear, providing a peaceful and secluded setting.
Further benefits include: mains gas fired central heating system and double glazing, and a large concrete resin print driveway for parking multiple cars.
This property is a rare find and offers a unique opportunity to own a piece of local history in a highly desirable location.
Nestled within an idyllic, sought-after location, the property is surrounded by open countryside and canal-side walks on the doorstep, great for avid walkers and dogs, local country pubs, shops, and amenities accessible within Stoke Prior village, surrounding places of interest include The Jinney Ring craft centre, Avoncroft museum, historical town of Droitwich Spa, Lickey and Malvern hills and Hanbury Hall. The property is within reach of Bromsgrove, a thriving market town, ranked 3rd best commuter town in the UK, being around 30 minutes by train from Birmingham, and only 2 miles from the M42 and 3 miles from the M5 motorways. Furthermore, there is well-regarded schooling, including state high schools North and South Bromsgrove, specialising in media and the creative arts, and foreign languages and IT respectively, as well as the prestigious Bromsgrove private school.
Rooms
Entrance Hallway
Lounge 5.54m x 3.38m
Reception Room 3m x 3.35m
Heated Conservatory 4.01m x 4.57m
Kitchen/Breakfast Room 4.42m x 3.56m
Utility Room
2.87m Min excl hallway x 3.43m
Ground Floor W/C 1.68m x 0.91m
Garage 4.55m x 2.29m
First Floor Landing
Bedroom One 3.05m x 4.67m
Bedroom Two 3.6m x 3.35m
Bedroom Three 2.4m x 3.4m
Family Bathroom 1.75m x 2.64m
Brick Built Outbuilding
17.22m max incl lobby x 3.07m max
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