The Mill House •

The Mill House BAYTON • WORCESTERSHIRE DY14 9LE

A Grade II Listed country house in beautiful gardens and wooded grounds

Kitchen/breakfast room • 40’ Family room • Drawing room Dining room • Sitting room • Library • Office • Boot room Six bedrooms • Five bathrooms

Annexe: Open plan living space with kitchen Bedroom • Bathroom

Landscaped gardens • Swimming pool Triple garage • Workshop • Stabling Machinery store • Greenhouse

Woodland • Paddocks

In all about 30 acres

Worcester 16 miles • 16 miles Birmingham 28 miles • M5 (J5) 19 miles (All distances are approximate)

These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text. Situation • The Mill House sits in a beautiful and secluded position, with its own private valley, waterfall and stream, surrounded by wooded countryside and in grounds that are an oasis of beauty and tranquillity. Bayton is a small village between , and . This historic village has numerous period properties, a primary school, church and village hall. All local amenities are available in Cleobury Mortimer and Tenbury Wells while and Worcester offer further opportunities for shopping and leisure. To the west is the market town of Ludlow, famed for its many festivals and fine restaurants. • The Georgian market town of offers excellent amenities including shopping, restaurants and schools, in a wonderful position beside the . It is also home to one of the stations for the Severn Valley Steam Railway. • Worcester is to the south and has all that can be expected of a city, including excellent private schooling, Premiership rugby, County cricket within the setting of Worcester Cathedral and horseracing on the banks of the River Severn. • There is excellent schooling from both the private and state sectors in the area, including Prep School in Abberley, Winterfold School in Chaddesley Corbett and Moffatts in Kinlet. • There is excellent access to the M5 and M42, making Birmingham and its conurbation commutable. Regular trains run from Kidderminster, Droitwich and Worcester with connections to Birmingham and . • The nearby quiet lanes, footpaths and bridleways provide access to glorious surrounding countryside, including the 6,500 acre Wyre Forest, which offers many recreational opportunities and there is regular racing at Ludlow, Worcester and Hereford. There are also a number of golf courses in the vicinity. For sale freehold views across the valley to the waterfall. The doors lead to a provide a spacious 2 or 3 bedroom dwelling, subject to the small balcony with steps down to the garden. necessary consents. • The Mill House is a stunning Grade II listed period house in a peaceful location, wonderfully secluded and enclosed within • The library leads into the sitting room, off which is the Gardens & Grounds beautiful grounds and woodland. The house is believed to have cloakroom, and a spiral staircase leading down to the lower • The terrace outside the kitchen/family room is south facing and been built on the site of a former miller’s house. It is a late 16th ground floor which houses a spacious office with its separate has a lawn dropping down to a ha-ha which drops again to a century house with 19th century remodelling and mid-20th outside access and a shower/steam room. dramatic meadow bordered with rhododendrons and filled with century alterations. The current owners have further improved • On the first floor are three bedrooms (two with en suite many types of spring bulbs, wild flowers and, of course, the the property, making it ideal for modern living and particularly bathrooms) and a family bathroom with a splendid roll top bath. glorious daffodils which surround the property. for the larger or growing family. Throughout the oldest part of the house is an array of original beams and timbers, giving huge • A flight of stairs leads from the top of the front stairs to the attic • Nestled at the bottom of the garden is a stream and at the character to this excellent home, which offers very flexible living where there are two further bedrooms and a shower room as corner of this secret valley, a small waterfall. well as useful landing space. accommodation in beautiful surroundings. • A door from the library leads down to the croquet lawn which is • At the heart of the house is a fabulous, light and spacious dual • From the kitchen a second staircase leads to an additional flanked by a well-stocked herbaceous border. double bedroom and bathroom, ideal for guests. aspect open plan kitchen/family room fitted with a good range • Below the croquet lawn, separated by a yew hedge, is the of Smallbone units with granite worktops over, a four oven Aga, • The annexe is located above the triple garage and is detached swimming pool. This is hidden away from the house and has integral double electric oven, steamer, ceramic hob, dishwasher from the main house. It is a short distance from the house and wonderful views over the woods. There is a pool house with and an American style fridge freezer. The family room offers provides excellent additional accommodation for dependent changing rooms, shower room and a boiler/plant room. plentiful space for dining and relaxing and has a wood burner family or guests. The accommodation is beautifully presented • To the front of the property double wooden gates lead onto a set in a brick inglenook fireplace. This fantastic room features and features exposed beams and trusses throughout, and very generous gravelled parking area which gives access to the two sets of bi-fold doors leading out to the stone paved terrace includes: Sitting room with open plan kitchen fitted with an triple garage and stable block. with views over the garden and woodland. electric oven, fridge and sink, double bedroom and bathroom. • The Paddocks are accessible from the lane and stables. They • The dual aspect dining room has many exposed beams and • Below is a triple garage with workshop and integral store as are predominantly level and have a water supply. There is a a wood burner set in a large fireplace. And leads through to well as a loggia with built in wood fired pizza oven. This space large timber framed, thermostatically controlled, greenhouse the Drawing room, another dual aspect room having an oak could easily be incorporated into the annexe and would then with UV lighting, a potting shed and leads to a further stable mantelpiece above an open fire and French doors with fine with paddock access. This Plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown Copyright reserved. (ES763454). This Plan is published for the convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. NOT TO SCALE. Services Directions (DY14 9LE) Mains water and electricity, private drainage, Oil fired central From Worcester take the A443 through Hallow and . heating. After take the right turn onto the B4202 signed Cleobury Mortimer. At turn left onto the A456 and Fixtures & Fittings after about ½ a mile take the right turn signed Bayton which All items mentioned in these sales particulars are included in leads directly into . Turn into road beside The Sun and the sale. All others are specifically excluded but may be made Slipper Pub and continue for approximately ¾ of a mile and the available by separate negotiation. The Mill House is on your left. Local Authority District Council, Tel. 01684 862151 Council Tax Band: G Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area House: 401 sq m (4,319 sq ft) Annexe: 79 sq m (850 sq ft) Outbuildings: 269 sq m (2,896 sq ft) Total: 7 49 sq m (8,065 sq ft)

This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a statement of fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text of the Particulars

First Floor

Second Floor Ground Floor Annexe

Outbuildings Lower Ground Floor First Floor Important Notice 1. Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP in the particulars or by word of mouth or in writing (“information”) as being factually accurate about the property, its condition or its value. Neither Knight Frank LLP nor any joint agent has any authority to 01905 723438 make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on 5 College Street, the part of the agents, seller(s) or lessor(s). 2. Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at the time they were taken. Areas, measurements and distances given are approximate only. Worcester WR1 2LU 3. Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does not mean that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been obtained. A buyer or lessee must find out by inspection or in [email protected] other ways that these matters have been properly dealt with and that all information is correct. 4. VAT: The VAT position relating to the property may change without notice. Viewing by appointment only. Particulars dated October 2018. KnightFrank.co.uk Photographs dated September 2018. Knight Frank LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in with registered number OC305934. Our registered office is 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 8AN, where you may look at a list of members’ names. Ref: WRC 180184