Semi-detached house for sale in Pleasant Harbour, Bewdley DY12

An imposing Grade II listed Georgian townhouse which has been meticulously restored by the current owners brimming with charm and history, located in the attractive town of Bewdley.

Description

This impressive home has beautiful accommodation filled with period features, including beams, panelled walls, high ceilings, deep coving and fireplaces. There are two reception rooms, an astonishing breakfast kitchen, a utility room and a cloakroom situated on the ground floor. The lower ground floor offers large cellarage, perfect for storage.

Upstairs, there are three bedrooms, a bathroom and a shower room on the first floor. The second floor comprises a versatile family room, two further bedrooms and a bathroom. Outside, the manicured walled gardens and grounds provide a tranquil space to relax and include a fantastic outbuilding. There is also plentiful parking provided by the long-gravelled driveway.

Completing this wonderful property is a two-bedroom coach house, which further benefits from its own entrance and driveway. The accommodation within is spacious and includes a sitting room, a kitchen, a shower room and two bedrooms. There is an excellent opportunity here for a holiday let, subject to consents being granted.

Glenhurst is approached via a secure set of wooden gates, which open onto the sweeping private driveway and parking area leading to the grounds. From here, a wrought iron gate opens onto the sizeable lawned gardens. The parking area extends to the side of the main house, where there is an archway within the garden wall accessing the patio, leading to the front door. There are two further entrances at the side of the property accessing the kitchen and boot room making it highly convenient for dropping off shopping or returning home from a countryside walk.

Entrance hallway
Entering the property, you are greeted by an impressive entrance hall featuring characterful wooden floors, half panelled walls, a large sash window and a splendid cast iron open fireplace.

A decorative staircase leads to the first floor and further doors access the drawing room, dining room and kitchen breakfast room.

Drawing room
Just off the hall is the extremely spacious drawing room with another cast iron open fireplace set in a decorative mantle sitting proudly in the centre of the room between two recessed arches.

One arch includes a window to the side of the property and another huge sash window overlooks the south-west facing garden and floods the room with natural light.

Dining room
To the other side of the hall is the dramatic and charming dining room. Steeped in history this room is reputed to have hosted meetings by Stanley Baldwin, UK Prime Minister between World War I and II.

This room features luxurious wood panelling to the walls, two windows to the front with built-in window seats, an open fireplace and built-in storage.

Kitchen
Situated at the rear of the house is the stunning kitchen breakfast room, which is accessed from either the entrance hallway or the drawing room.

This bespoke fitted kitchen has vaulted ceilings and features sleek white wall and base units, with marble work surfaces over incorporating a butler-style sink with mixer tap and Quooker tap.
The kitchen further benefits from a magnificent island unit, a wine fridge, a three-oven aga with two electric oven modules and a gas hob.

At the side of the kitchen is an open space for a dining table and chairs with a corner fireplace. From the kitchen two external doors lead to the rear courtyard and side of the property, a staircase follows down into the extensive cellarage and a door flows off into the handy utility/ boot room.

Utility/boot room
The vaulted ceilings continue into the useful utility/ boot room which features plenty of storage, base units with a sink, a window to the side, a door to the outside and a door to the cloakroom.

Lower Ground Floor
Accessed via a staircase from the kitchen breakfast room is the lower ground floor, which features three windows to the front and is an excellent spot to store your wine collection. This versatile space could easily be utilised as a games room or cinema room.

First floor
The first-floor landing grants access to three double bedrooms, the family bathroom and a shower room.

Master bedroom
The spacious master bedroom has three sash windows overlooking the garden drawing light into the room.

There is also a large walk-in wardrobe, a further storage cupboard and a decoratively tiled fireplace with a white mantle piece.

Bedrooms two and three
Both bedrooms two and three are of an excellent size and have characterful open fireplaces plus two tall sash windows.

Family bathroom
The extremely spacious family bathroom comprises a low-level WC, a washbasin, a storage cabinet ideal for towels, a free-standing bathtub, a separate shower cubicle, a corner fireplace and a window to the side.

Shower room
Completing the first-floor accommodation is a shower room comprising a low-level WC, a washbasin, a shower cubicle and a window to the rear.

Second floor
From the first-floor landing a staircase rises to the second floor, where you are immediately greeted by a bright and open family room.

This versatile room has charming sloped ceilings with exposed beams, a window to the front and doors to the bathroom and bedrooms four and five.

Bedroom four
The charming beams and sloped ceilings continue into the fourth bedroom which is the largest bedroom in the main house. Dual-aspect windows brighten the room and allow for views over the garden and beyond.

Bedroom five
Accessed from the other side of the family room is the final bedroom which features exquisite exposed beams, a fireplace and a dormer window overlooking the garden.

Second-floor bathroom
A bathroom comprising a WC, washbasin and bath completes the accommodation.

Beech Tree Cottage
This wonderful coach house has its own private entrance accessed via secure wooden gates opening onto a parking area and courtyard garden.

Sitting room
As you enter the coach house you are greeted by a sitting room including a window to the front, a staircase rising to the first floor and doors to the kitchen and shower room.

Kitchen
The kitchen has shaker-style wall and base units, with work surfaces over incorporating a sink with a drainer and mixer tap. Integrated appliances include an oven and hob with concealed extractor above.

Completing the ground floor is a great-sized shower room comprising a low-level WC, a washbasin and a shower cubicle.

First Floor
There is a landing with doors to the master bedroom and bedroom two. The master bedroom has two walls of built-in wardrobes and a window to the rear. Bedroom two is an ‘L’ shaped room with a window to the rear.

It should be further noted that this fantastic coach house could possibly be rented out as a holiday let subject to the usual consents being granted.

Gardens and grounds
This south-west facing lawned garden is generous in size and includes some lovely specimen trees and shrubs to the borders. There is a large patio spanning the full width of the property, which is perfect for alfresco dining and entertaining.

The manicured lawned area beyond is level and immensely private, being walled and surrounded by mature trees, which provide a wonderfully secluded feel.

Courtyard
A sizeable courtyard garden can be found at the rear of the main house, this area is part block paved part gravelled and has plenty of room for garden furniture and includes a log store. The garden further benefits from a handy gardener's WC.

Outbuilding
An extremely useful oak-framed outbuilding, with a window to the front and two skylights completes the grounds. This building would make for an excellent home office or workshop.

Agent notes
Glenhurst and Beech Tree Cottage are held on two separate property titles which will benefit from a lower level of stamp duty if acquired together.

Location

The historic town of Bewdley has so much to offer the local resident, including many interesting shops and boutiques, an array of pubs and waterfront eateries, a rowing club with an annual duck race, a cricket club, plus many attractions unique to the area such as the Severn Valley Steam Railway, Bewdley Museum and the Bewdley Festival held annually.

For those who love the outdoors, there is so much to explore nearby, with miles of walks along the River Severn leading to other beauty spots such as Trimpley Reservoir, Ribbesford Woods and of course the Wyre Forest Nature Reserve, which is accessed from a number of points around the edge of town.

Services

The property has mains gas, mains electricity, mains water, mains drainage and superfast broadband.

Council tax band, Beech Tree Cottage - D

Fees

Reservation Fee - refundable on exchange

A reservation fee, refundable on exchange, is payable prior to the issue of the Memorandum of Sale and after which the property may be marked as Sold Subject to Contract. The fee will be reimbursed upon the successful Exchange of Contracts.

The fee will be retained by Andrew Grant in the event that you the buyer withdraws from the purchase or does not Exchange within 6 months of the fee being received other than for one or more of the following reasons:

1. Any significant material issues highlighted in a survey that were not evident or drawn to the attention of you the buyer prior to the Memorandum of Sale being issued.
2. Serious and material defect in the seller’s legal title.
3. Local search revealing a matter that has a material adverse effect on the market value of the property that was previously undeclared and not in the public domain.
4. The vendor withdrawing the property from sale.

The reservation fee levels are as follows:
An agreed offer under £500,000 will be £750 inclusive of vat
an agreed offer between £500,000 and £1,000,000 will be £2,000 inclusive of vat
all agreed offers over £1,000,000 will be £3,000 inclusive of vat

The reservation fee is payable upon acceptance by the vendor of an offer from a buyer and a positive completion of an assessment of the buyer’s financial status and ability to proceed.
Should a buyer’s financial position regarding the funding of the property prove to be fundamentally different from that declared by the buyer when the Memorandum of Sale was completed, then the Vendor has the right to withdraw from the sale and the reservation fee retained. For example, where the buyer declares themselves as a cash buyer but are in fact relying on an unsecured sale of their property.

Once the reservation fee has been paid, any renegotiation of the price stated in the memorandum of sale for any reason other than those covered in points 1 to 3 above will lead to the reservation fee being retained. A further fee will be levied on any subsequent reduced offer that is accepted by the vendor. This further fee will be subject to the same conditions that prevail for all reservation fees outlined above.