5 bed detached house for sale

The Square, Feckenham, Redditch, Worcestershire B96.

Chestnut House is a handsome Grade II listed early Georgian house dating back to 1750 with a climbing wisteria overlooking the village green, off which is access to the village playing field.

Original features include exposed beams, panelled doors, sash windows, traditional floorboards and wide skirting boards.

A traditional six panelled door set under an attractive portico opens to the sitting room, which is a fine reception room with flagstones and an inglenook fireplace housing a wood burning stove. A door opens to a rear hall off which is a door to a utility room/cloakroom with space and plumbing for a separate washing machine and tumble dryer. Also off the rear hall is a door to the courtyard terrace and to stairs leading down to the cellar that offers very useful storage space.

The drawing room has traditional floorboards, an open working fireplace and an arch to a study. The dining room, with parquet flooring, completes the reception room accommodation and from this room a door opens to the fitted kitchen that has a dual fuel range cooker, integrated dishwasher and space for an American fridge freezer.

A traditional oak turning staircase rises to the first floor landing. On this floor is the principal bedroom with traditional floorboards, built-in wardrobes and an en suite shower room that is also fitted with a combination basin and toilet vanity unit. The double guest bedroom has a feature fireplace and an en suite bathroom with an electric shower over the bath and a combination basin and toilet vanity unit. There is one further double bedroom on this floor.

On the top floor are two double bedrooms, one of which is currently used as a home office so offering flexibility in their use.

At the rear is a secure walled courtyard that has a rear entrance gate, garden shed and a log store.

Services
Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage. Mains gas fired central heating.

Fixtures & fittings
All items mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. All others are specifically excluded.

M5 (J5) 8 miles • M42 (J3) 12 miles • M40 (J15) 20 miles • Droitwich Spa 8 miles • Redditch 6 miles • Worcester 13 miles
• Stratford-upon-Avon 15 miles • Birmingham 23 miles • Warwick Parkway train station 21 miles • Birmingham International Airport 24 miles (distances approximate)

Chestnut House is situated in the sought after village of Feckenham in the parish of the church of St John the Baptist, with Norman origins and a 13th century tower with a fine peal of eight bells.

The village is equidistant between Alcester and Droitwich Spa and has a selection of attractive village houses of varying ages, some brick, some whitewash and some timbered. The village offers public houses, two churches, a primary school, active village hall, garage, cricket club, football club and a community run village shop.

High street shopping can be done in nearby Droitwich Spa, which also has a Waitrose. The cities of Worcester and Birmingham are conveniently located nearby and offer more extensive social, retail and leisure amenities, whilst the beautiful Shakespearean town of Stratford upon Avon is also only a short distance away.

There is superb access to the M5, M42 and M40 motorways and regular and direct trains run from Droitwich to Worcester and Birmingham, with connecting trains to London. Alternatively, a quicker train can be taken from Warwick Parkway to London Marylebone or Redditch to Birmingham.

Worcestershire and Stratford have excellent schools in both state and private sectors.

Directions – B96 6HR
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