7 bed farm for sale

Upper Billesley, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37

Upper Billesley House is a charming country house sitting in the middle of its 180.81 acres in a beautiful private and peaceful position at the end of an exquisite tree lined drive.

The house offers fantastic accommodation with a range of reception rooms with many original features along with excellent bedroom accommodation, making it an ideal home for both family life and entertaining.

The estate is set within exceptional private grounds, offering a perfect balance of formal landscape design and natural beauty. The gardens are a real highlight of Upper Billesley with a stunning rose garden forming the center piece of the grounds. Herbaceous borders provide a rich tapestry of colour and texture through the seasons and frame the expansive lawns interspersed with several pathways to different areas of the garden.

This country estate offers a wide variety of excellent facilities with a beautiful swimming pool and barn, tennis court, formal gardens, equestrian facilities, and the large function barn - all of which make this the perfect home for entraining at all scales.

In addition, the gently undulating land has wonderful mix of mature woodland, arable land and post and railed paddocks. The pasture is farmed in hand with thearable land contracted by a local farmer. The land is in a Countryside Stewardship Scheme until January 2027 and recently entered into the Sustainable Farming Incentive. A particular highlight is the 1.5 acre lake on the east side of the farm. The land lends itself to a variety of pursuits, including riding, fishing, walking and shooting.

Upper Billesley is situated in a beautiful rural setting close to the village of Wilmcote and just a short drive from the centre of Stratford.

Wilmcote is a thriving village with a good nursery and local primary school, village shop, public house, parish church, and village hall. Day-to-day requirements can be found at Bidford-on-Avon and Alcester, with a Waitrose
store and a comprehensive range of shopping and recreational facilities in Stratford-upon-Avon.

There is a wide range of state, private, and grammar schools in the area that suit most requirements, including grammar schools at Stratford-upon-Avon and Alcester. There is excellent access to the M40 leading to Birmingham and London, and the M5 gives access to the Southwest.

Regular trains run from Warwick Parkway to Birmingham and London Marylebone. There are racecourses at Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick and Cheltenham and various good golf courses in the area along with Billesley Manor Hotel and Spa less than a mile away. Stratford-upon-Avon is the region's cultural centre with the Royal Shakespeare Theatres.