5 bed detached house for sale

Temple Grafton, Alcester, Warwickshire B49

Accessed off a shared private drive to a private gravelled driveway with lias stone walling to the front of the house, providing parking leading to a large detached double garage, with a pillared portico flanked by box hedging with wisteria.

With five-bedroom accommodation extending to over 3,150 square feet, the property has been updated, with improvements made in 2009, including partial rewiring and new doors from the drawing room to the garden and patio. Grafton House retains traditional architectural detail, with a stone and a brick fireplace with wood-burners, exposed beams, cornices, sash and Georgian pane windows, flagstone floors, a stone well with lighting and reinforced glazed cover, useful traditional cellar. With the two principal reception rooms off the front hall beyond is the traditional kitchen, with a quarry tile floor, aga, and painted units with integrated appliances, granite and timber worktops, with a further prep kitchen area with hob and ovens, and downstairs cloakroom and a utility closet with plumbing off the snug.
There are five generous bedrooms, the principal bedroom with an ensuite shower room, and bathrooms on the first and second floors. One bedroom is currently used as an office.

Gardens and grounds

Private parking and double garage to the front, and courtyard to the rear. The secluded garden with a brick boundary wall and roadside hedge is to the west side of the house. Accessed off the drawing room, with a flagstone patio with flower and shrub beds and steps up to the lawned garden with south-facing herbaceous borders, with a pond at the far end with decking and seating area, shaded by shrubs and a purple-leaf maple.

Grafton House is prominently situated in an idyllic village location in the heart of Temple Grafton, which has an association with the Crusader Knights Templar, after whom the village takes its name. Many scholars believe it to be the place where William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway. Situated in Warwickshire's rolling countryside with a variety of brick and stone houses and cottages, the village has a sought-after primary school, parish church, two public houses, a village hall and bus service. Day-to-day facilities are available in nearby Bidford-on-Avon and Alcester, both within about 4 miles. Stratford-upon-Avon has a further range of shopping and recreational facilities, a leisure centre and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. There are a wide range of private, state and grammar schools in the area to suit most requirements, including Stratford and Alcester Grammar schools, The Croft Prep School, Stratford Prep School and Warwick schools. There are golf courses at Bidford-on-Avon, Welford-on-Avon and Stratford-upon-Avon and racing at Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon and Cheltenham. There are bridle paths and footpaths in the local area.