Location
Upton Upon Severn is a pretty historic riverside town well known for its many festivals throughout the year. The town offers a good variety of shops, supermarkets, pubs, cafes and restaurants to include a bakery, bookshops, hardware store/toyshop, Boots the chemist and a butchers to name but a few. There is a library, rugby club and Doctors surgery with pharmacy and dentist. For families with children there is Upton Primary School which leads onto the sought after Hanley Castle High School. Open countryside adds to the appeal. For commuters the M50/M5 interchange is a three miles away, with railway stations at Pershore, Malvern and Worcester with direct lines to London Paddington.
Description
Rose Cottage is a pretty black and white character cottage situated at the end of a lane on the East side of Upton Upon Severn. The property sits in its own plot and offers an abundance of character features to include exposed ceiling and wall beams, feature brick fireplaces in the sitting room and dining area with electric and gas log burners inset . The dining room off the sitting room is a good size with plenty of room for a large table for entertaining with family and friends. The modern fitted kitchen has an integrated oven and hob, space and plumbing for a washing machine and dishwasher and spaces for further electric appliances and a door to the garden. From the kitchen there is a useful office/breakfast room making it ideally suited for those working from home or needing their own space. On the first floor all the three double bedrooms offer storage/wardrobes and are serviced by the modern fitted family bathroom with a separate shower.
The South/Westerly facing wrap around garden is a particular feature of this property and offers a good degree of privacy. The grounds are mainly laid to lawn with a raised feature covered well and circular paved and slate chipping patio area to the side aspect for dining "Al Fresco" and watching the evening sunset.
Further benefits include central heating, a detached garage and a driveway with off road parking for two/three cars.
Entrance Porch
Part glazed door to the front aspect, windows to the front and side aspects, tiled flooring, ceiling light, built in seat with storage under, glazed door to:
Dining Room
Window to the front aspect, exposed beams, feature stone fireplace with an electric log burner fire inset, wall lights x two, power points, display alcove with shelf, radiator, tiled flooring, archway to:
Sitting Room
Windows to the front and side aspects, tiled flooring, power points, TV point, ceiling light, radiator, exposed beams and walls, feature brick fireplace with a gas fired wood burner inset, glazed door to:
Kitchen
Windows to the rear and side aspects, re-fitted modern kitchen comprising of matching wall and base units with work surface over, stainless steel sink and drainer with a mixer tap over, integral oven and electric hob with extractor fan over, space and plumbing for a washing machine, space for a tall fridge/freezer, further space for another electrical appliance, radiator, tiled flooring, ceiling light, power points, door to the garden, door to:
Breakfast Room/Study
Window to the rear aspect, power points, radiator, heating control gauge, BT point and Talk Talk router, tiled flooring, wall light, large under stairs storage cupboard (housing shelving), stairs to:
First Floor
Landing
Smoke alarm, ceiling light, loft access, doors to:
Bedroom One
Windows to the front and side aspects, power points, ceiling light, radiator, exposed beams, fitted with a range of built in storage cupboards and a built in wardrobe with hanging rail and shelving.
Bedroom Two
Window to the front aspect, radiator, ceiling light, exposed beams, power points, built in wardrobes with a hanging rail and shelving.
Bedroom Three
Windows to the side and rear aspects, radiator, ceiling light, power points, built in wardrobe with a hanging rail and shelving.
Bathroom
Obscure glazed window to the rear aspect, fitted with a matching white three piece suite comprising of a panelled bath, low level WC and wash hand basin with a mirror, shaver point and hand held hairdryer over, shower cubicle with Triton shower, radiator, airing cupboard (housing the hot water cylinder and wooden slatted shelving), wall mounted electric heater, ceiling light, wood effect flooring, part tiled walls.
Outside
Garden
The garden is enclosed by a flood defence brick wall and is mainly laid to lawn with a raised feature well and a gravel path to the front entrance porch. Raised paved patio seating area to the side aspect for entertaining and a further area to the rear of the property which is gated. The front gravel parking area for two/three cars leads to:
Detached Garage
UP and over door to the front aspect, stable door to the side aspect, window to the side aspect, power and lighting, fixed ladder into the eaves storage area with a feature circular window to the fron aspect.
Agents Note
The property is currently run as a successful Air B&B which has the potential to be sold with forward bookings and contents if required, which will provide a return straight away.
The property flooded back in 2007. Additional flood defences have been added both at the property and in the town with the property not having flooded since.
There is a right of way at the driveway through a gate giving access to a field owned by the Marina. It is not accessed and there have been no conflicts.
Council Tax Band "D"
EPC "E"
Directions
From the John Goodwin office in the High Street, continue onto Church Street and to the roundabout. Take the second turning over the bridge, then take the first turning on the right hand side onto East Waterside. Continue along and follow the road round to the left to the end of the lane where Rose Cottage can be found on the left hand side by one of our for sale boards.
Viewings By appointment through the Agents Upton Upton Severn office, Tel: 01684 593125
Tenure We are advised (subject to legal confirmation) that the property is freehold.
Services
We have been advised that mains electricity and water services are connected to the property. This information has not been checked with the respective service providers and interested parties may wish to make their own enquiries with the relevant local authority. No statement relating to services or appliances should be taken to infer that such items are in satisfactory working order and intending purchasers are advised to satisfy themselves where necessary.
General
Intending purchasers will be required to produce identification documentation and proof of funding in order to comply with The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds Regulations 2017. More information can be made available upon request. John Goodwin FRICS has made every effort to ensure that measurements and particulars are accurate however prospective purchasers/tenants must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the accuracy of the information provided. No information with regard to planning use, structural integrity, tenure, availability/operation, business rates, services or appliances has been formally verified and therefore prospective purchasers/tenants are requested to seek validation of all such matters prior to submitting a formal or informal intention to purchase/lease the property or enter into a contract.
MISREPRESENTATION ACT, 1967 - JOHN GOODWIN - Conditions under which Particulars are issued:
John Goodwin for himself and for the Vendors or lessors of this property whose agent he gives notice that:
- The particulars are set out as a general outline only for the guidance of intending purchasers or leasees and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, an offer or contract.
- All descriptions, dimensions, references to condition and necessary permissions for use and occupation and other details are given in good faith and are believed to be correct but any intending purchasers or tenants should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them.
- No person in the employment of John Goodwin has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatever in relation to this property.