The Old Manor

Surrounded by extensive gardens, high garden walls and mature tree lines, The Old Manor is a superb detached family home set in a very private and peaceful location within easy reach of a range of village amenities.

Purchased by the owners in the year 2000, the house has undergone a comprehensive restoration that has included the addition of a two storey wing that has been cleverly linked to the original manor house with a full height, vaulted glazed link complete with a galleried walkway.

Extending to approximately 3,911 square feet over two floors, the house enjoys excellent proportions throughout with almost all of the main rooms benefitting from a multi-aspect and therefore being naturally light. As part of the restoration in 2000, great care has been taken to revive and enhance period features in the original part of the house, the drawing room and dining rooms both focusing on attractive ingle-nook fireplaces, with original, stripped back timber beams.

The full height glazed reception hall links the original manor house with a modern two storey addition so balancing the house and giving it a contemporary edge. The established gardens that surround the house ensure a wonderful level of privacy.

Beautifully planted with an array of flowers, shrubs and mature trees, the gardens sit mainly towards the front of the house, divided into different parts by attractive high red brick walls. The individual areas include formal lawns, a compact arboretum, an orchard and a kitchen garden as well as paddocks. There are two delightful red brick outbuildings that offer conversion opportunities but that otherwise only add to the charm and character of the plot.

The house can hardly be seen from the lane. Set back behind high red brick walls and a mature tree line, the house shares the first few metres (where it forks and a set of gates leads to the house) of the driveway with the former coach house and stables that once served it.

Agents' note: Whilst the house itself is not historically listed, the garden wall and the gate piers to the east of the house are Grade II listed.

Services: Oil fired central heating. Mains electricity, water and sewage are connected.

Occupying a position to the North of the county on the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire border, Twyning is a well-patronised and very popular village with an excellent range of local amenities that includes one pub located on the banks of the River Avon, as well as another pub further up the hill in the middle of the village, a village shop that is also home to a Post Office, a children's play area, all weather sports pitches and a very popular primary school.

The village has superb road links with the M50 being approximately 1 mile distant thus allowing excellent access to the wider motorway network. Nearby, the medieval market town of Tewkesbury provides a comprehensive range of amenities whilst the popular spa town of Cheltenham and the Cathedral city of Worcester are both within 25 minutes drive.

Tewkesbury 3 miles, M50 J1 -1 mile, Cheltenham 12 miles, Gloucester 14 miles, Worcester 14 miles, Malvern 13 miles, Oxford 55 miles, Bristol 50 miles, London 120 miles (Distances approximate).

Council Tax Band: H

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