This listed Georgian gem in some transformations over the years.
It has been refurbished with new wiring and plumbing and has also been added onto.
A large coach house and a Victorian style conservatory were actually built as recently as the mid-90s.
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What has remained consistent over the centuries are the far reaching views that its elevated position affords it.
Known as The Hanburies, the house sits on south westerly slopes of Fromes Hill in Bishops Frome near Herefordshire.
It has many original features inside including shuttered sash windows and high ceilings.
A wellingtonia-lined drive leads up to the front door. Inside there is a lobby with a study off.
The main hall has a side entrance with fanlight above.
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To the right of this hall there is a drawing room with open fireplace and marble surround and two arched alcoves. On the left the sitting room has a fireplace with a wood burning stove.
In the dining room there are steps that lead down to the conservatory. With its marble patterned floor it summer dining.
In the library there are book shelves along two of the walls, a pair of bay windows opposite and an open fireplace to one end. This room is big enough to accommodate a snooker table.
The large kitchen has fitted units and open access into the breakfast room where there is a two oven Aga.
Useful storage is provided in the form of a larder and butler’s pantry reached via an inner lobby. There is also access to a cloakroom with toilet and basin. Downstairs are extensive cellars.
The Hanburies has seven bedrooms across two floors and these are served by two bathrooms, though there is plenty of scope to create en suites for the bedrooms.
Outside there is a terraced garden with cyprus tree lined-steps framing the views beyond. There are lawns and behind the house there are old orchards. At the bottom of the garden is an old swimming pool.
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, pigeon loft, double oak doors, paved flooring. Upstairs a spacious room could be put to a number of uses.
There is also a gardener’s room, another double garage, log store and three stables, all set round a courtyard. The house comes with about 12.5 acres which includes the field in front of the house and woodland behind.
A further four fields to the north (amounting to about 19.5 acres) are available separately.
The Hanburies sits in the middle of a rectangle formed by Ledbury, Worcester, Bromyard and Hereford.
There are trains from Worcester, Ledbury or Hereford serving the Midlands and London, while access to the motorway is via Junction 2 of the M50 and Junction 7 of the M5.
VIEWING INFORMATION
AGENT: Knight Frank
TEL: 01432 273087
WEB: www.knightfrank.co.uk
GUIDE PRICE: £1,150,000