Old Quarry Cottage
Shucknall Hill, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR1 3SW
Guide Price
£575,000
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Property Tags: N/A
Land Tags: Arable Land, Fruit Farm, Woodland
Summary Details
- First Marketed: Nov 2022
- Removed: Date Not Available
- Residential Tags: N/A
- Property Tags: N/A
- Land Tags: Arable Land, Fruit Farm, Woodland
Occupying a wonderful elevated position with stunning views, an extensively reconfigured and improved detached cottage; just under 3 acres TBV
Situation And Description - Shucknall Hill is convenient for numerous local and regional centres including Hereford, Ledbury and Worcester all offering a wide range of services and amenities, mainline railway stations, shopping, entertainment, leisure, educational and medical facilities. The M5 motorway near Worcester and M50 near Ledbury lead to the wider motorway networks and offer excellent national communications. Local facilities are available in the close by villages of Bartestree and Lugwardine, Withington and Newtown Crossroads, all just a few minutes drive and between them offering several shops, post offices, petrol filling station, fish and chip shops, public houses and restaurants, village halls, primary and secondary schooling with Whitestone business park at Withington offering furniture, pet food and country stores.
In detail the property, which is double glazed and centrally heated with radiators throughout comprises-
Covered entrance porch and entrance door to
Hallway - With ceramic tiled flooring, part original timbering.
Open Plan Kitchen And Sitting Area - With French doors to terracing, wood burning stove, down lighting, country style kitchen with hard wood work surface space, rangemaster electric double fan assisted oven, grill and hot plate, Large six ring halogen hob with warming plate, integral fridge, freezer, plumbing for automatic washing machine and dishwasher, deep china sink, further cupboards and drawers, panelling, eye level wall cupboards.
Boot Room/Cloakroom - Good sized with WC, wash hand basin, ceramic tiling, further storage area. Worcester oil fired condensing combi boiler. Plumbing installed for shower if required.
Additional Seating/Living Area - Additional downlighting.
Useful Separate Downstairs Office. - Original timbering.
Original Sitting Room - With inglenook fireplace incorporating wood burning stove, quarry tiled hearth, original timbering and front door. Former bread oven. Open Plan to
Dining/Seating Area With Pitched Roof. -
On The First Floor - Stairway and landing area to
Bedroom - Original beams, views across valley.
Main Landing - With sitting area. Linen cupboard with radiator, further bookshelf. Double doors to outside rear terrace
Bathroom - With shower, folding door, thermostatically controlled, wash hand basin, WC and ball and claw foot slipper bath, downlighting and half panelled wall, heated towel rail, tiling.
Bedroom -
Main Bedroom - With stunning views, double aspect, double wardrobe, part pitched roof and access to loft storage area.
Outside - The property is approached via a hard standing driveway to further hard standing car parking and turning area with an additional car parking space situated on the right hand side just above a coppice of sweet chestnuts from which stunning views are available.
A very special feature is the extensively landscaped rear gardens and terraces with interconnecting paved and brick pathways, numerous delightful entities which include raised rear garden terrace, further terracing with pathways which blend into the woodland, grass terracing with dry stone walling, further seating area and summer house, decking, attractive yew overhang, further mature scots pine, trees, additional seating area trellised arch, stone steps down to further garden terrace with steps leading down to a delightful covered circular paved terrace overlooking the garden with ornamental pond and rockery and feature water fall. To the front is a further paved pathway with wood stores and additional storage immediately to the rear of the property.
To the far side of the car parking area is a substantial covered store which could form a large car port with additional storage and covered storage adjoining. Beyond this is an area currently used for producing sawn timber and firewood. Further pathways leading up and into the second compartment of woodland which also provides direct access onto a web of public rights of way and common land that access further woodland, farm land and neighbouring hamlets.
Numerous specimen garden trees, fruit trees, shrubs and cultivated areas suitable for soft fruit and vegetables. Concealed oil tank, underground self filling rainwater storage with looped feed to water feature.
The Woodland - The woodland element of this property currently provides a supply of seasonally sourced roundwood for ongoing timber milling using a mobile bandsaw and firewood processing and thus benefits from associated storage facilities.
The sawmill and other items may well be available to prospective purchasers by way of separate negotiation. Further details available upon request.
Agents Note - The land above the cottage still contains the footprints of several former estate cottages. Whilst this area is now designated as woodland, the original common rights still exist for these cottages.
We understand the property itself extends to just under three acres (TBV) with 0.9 acre (TBV) as the lower section comprising rejuvenated sweet chestnut coppice the upper slope comprising approximately 1.7 acres (TBV) of mature ash, a number of further species include hazel, field maple, holly, damson, plum and planted oak with the remainder comprising the house and its immediate gardens.
The property has the benefit of a Forestry Commission felling license valid until June 2027 which could be utilised to easily provide a self sufficient supply of wood fuel.
Services - Mains electricity and water, private drainage, oil fired central heating.
Marketed by: Hunters, Hereford
Situation And Description - Shucknall Hill is convenient for numerous local and regional centres including Hereford, Ledbury and Worcester all offering a wide range of services and amenities, mainline railway stations, shopping, entertainment, leisure, educational and medical facilities. The M5 motorway near Worcester and M50 near Ledbury lead to the wider motorway networks and offer excellent national communications. Local facilities are available in the close by villages of Bartestree and Lugwardine, Withington and Newtown Crossroads, all just a few minutes drive and between them offering several shops, post offices, petrol filling station, fish and chip shops, public houses and restaurants, village halls, primary and secondary schooling with Whitestone business park at Withington offering furniture, pet food and country stores.
In detail the property, which is double glazed and centrally heated with radiators throughout comprises-
Covered entrance porch and entrance door to
Hallway - With ceramic tiled flooring, part original timbering.
Open Plan Kitchen And Sitting Area - With French doors to terracing, wood burning stove, down lighting, country style kitchen with hard wood work surface space, rangemaster electric double fan assisted oven, grill and hot plate, Large six ring halogen hob with warming plate, integral fridge, freezer, plumbing for automatic washing machine and dishwasher, deep china sink, further cupboards and drawers, panelling, eye level wall cupboards.
Boot Room/Cloakroom - Good sized with WC, wash hand basin, ceramic tiling, further storage area. Worcester oil fired condensing combi boiler. Plumbing installed for shower if required.
Additional Seating/Living Area - Additional downlighting.
Useful Separate Downstairs Office. - Original timbering.
Original Sitting Room - With inglenook fireplace incorporating wood burning stove, quarry tiled hearth, original timbering and front door. Former bread oven. Open Plan to
Dining/Seating Area With Pitched Roof. -
On The First Floor - Stairway and landing area to
Bedroom - Original beams, views across valley.
Main Landing - With sitting area. Linen cupboard with radiator, further bookshelf. Double doors to outside rear terrace
Bathroom - With shower, folding door, thermostatically controlled, wash hand basin, WC and ball and claw foot slipper bath, downlighting and half panelled wall, heated towel rail, tiling.
Bedroom -
Main Bedroom - With stunning views, double aspect, double wardrobe, part pitched roof and access to loft storage area.
Outside - The property is approached via a hard standing driveway to further hard standing car parking and turning area with an additional car parking space situated on the right hand side just above a coppice of sweet chestnuts from which stunning views are available.
A very special feature is the extensively landscaped rear gardens and terraces with interconnecting paved and brick pathways, numerous delightful entities which include raised rear garden terrace, further terracing with pathways which blend into the woodland, grass terracing with dry stone walling, further seating area and summer house, decking, attractive yew overhang, further mature scots pine, trees, additional seating area trellised arch, stone steps down to further garden terrace with steps leading down to a delightful covered circular paved terrace overlooking the garden with ornamental pond and rockery and feature water fall. To the front is a further paved pathway with wood stores and additional storage immediately to the rear of the property.
To the far side of the car parking area is a substantial covered store which could form a large car port with additional storage and covered storage adjoining. Beyond this is an area currently used for producing sawn timber and firewood. Further pathways leading up and into the second compartment of woodland which also provides direct access onto a web of public rights of way and common land that access further woodland, farm land and neighbouring hamlets.
Numerous specimen garden trees, fruit trees, shrubs and cultivated areas suitable for soft fruit and vegetables. Concealed oil tank, underground self filling rainwater storage with looped feed to water feature.
The Woodland - The woodland element of this property currently provides a supply of seasonally sourced roundwood for ongoing timber milling using a mobile bandsaw and firewood processing and thus benefits from associated storage facilities.
The sawmill and other items may well be available to prospective purchasers by way of separate negotiation. Further details available upon request.
Agents Note - The land above the cottage still contains the footprints of several former estate cottages. Whilst this area is now designated as woodland, the original common rights still exist for these cottages.
We understand the property itself extends to just under three acres (TBV) with 0.9 acre (TBV) as the lower section comprising rejuvenated sweet chestnut coppice the upper slope comprising approximately 1.7 acres (TBV) of mature ash, a number of further species include hazel, field maple, holly, damson, plum and planted oak with the remainder comprising the house and its immediate gardens.
The property has the benefit of a Forestry Commission felling license valid until June 2027 which could be utilised to easily provide a self sufficient supply of wood fuel.
Services - Mains electricity and water, private drainage, oil fired central heating.
Marketed by: Hunters, Hereford
Land Registry Data
- No historical data found.