YEW TREE COTTAGE BULLS LANE,WISHAW, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B76 9QN
A SUBSTANTIAL COUNTRY RESIDENCE, MODERNISED AND EXTENDED BY THE CURRENT AND PREVIOUS OWNERS, AND SET IN A DELIGHTFUL RURAL LOCATION IN THE MUCH SOUGHT AFTER VILLAGE OF WISHAW.
ACCOMMODATION Ground floor: • Reception hall • Two guest cloakrooms • Drawing room • Dining room with kitchenette • Sitting room • Cinema room • Study • Office • Snooker room • Kitchen/family/breakfast room • Utility/laundry room First floor: • Master bedroom with en suite bathroom/ shower room and dressing room and balcony overlooking the rear gardens • Four further bedrooms, three with en suites • First floor annexe comprising sitting room, bedroom, bathroom and games room Approximate gross internal floor area including garage 767 square metres (8,256 square feet). Outside: • Garage block for several vehicles • Garden machinery store • Tennis court • Stunning gardens with ponds and woodlands In all approximately 7.6 acres (3.1 hectares)
Distances: • Sutton Coldfield town centre 4 miles • Lichfield 11.7 miles • Birmingham 8.2 miles • M6 Toll (T3) 3.3 miles • M6 (J6) 5.4 miles • M42 (J9) 2.4 miles • Birmingham International/NEC 9.9 miles (Distances approximate)
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SITUATION Yew Tree Cottage is located in a delightful rural location on the edge of Wishaw. Sutton Coldfield is within a 10 minutes’ drive away and provides an excellent choice of shops, restaurants and schooling including Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls and Highclare School. Sutton Park is one of Europe’s largest urban parks and provides a range of outdoor pursuits including walking, cycling and golf. The Belfry Hotel and Golf Course is also within a 10 minute drive away. The village of Wishaw enjoys an idyllic rural location whilst being within easy reach of major motorway connections including the M42, M6 and M6 Toll.
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY Yew Tree Cottage is a substantial country residence planned over two floors. The property retains many original features including exposed beams and open fires and has the benefit of a tennis court, extensive gardens and stunning views over local countryside. The property has been sympathetically modernized and extended by the current owners and so provides a fabulous family home in a perfect location. The property is approached from Bulls Lane via a private electric gated entrance, which leads to the block paved driveway and garage block.
The well-laid out ground floor has a large reception hall from which come the main reception rooms including a drawing room, sitting room, study and dining room with separate kitchenette and with French doors leading out onto the terrace. A cinema room is also incorporated at this end of the house. The kitchen/breakfast/family room looks out over the rear gardens with French doors leading onto the terrace. The kitchen incorporates beautifully crafted wall and base units of English pippy oak, with a central island and fitted Neff appliances including double oven, warming drawer, microwave, fridge, dishwasher, induction hob and gas wok ring. There is also a Liebherr freezer. An inner hall leads through from the kitchen to a utility and cloakroom. Off the inner hall is also the beautifully fitted Mark Wilkinson home office and part panelled snooker room with bar area. The snooker room leads onto the garage and gives access to the first floor annexe, which includes a sitting room, with games room leading off, a bedroom and bathroom. The first floor landing has French doors onto a balcony overlooking the beautiful gardens and grounds, complete with ponds and woodland areas.
Accommodation to the first floor includes a master bedroom with en suite, dressing room and French doors onto the balcony. There are four further bedrooms, three with en suites, and family bathroom.
GARDENS AND GROUNDS The property has a block paved driveway with electric gated entrance leading to the house and garage block with four garage doors and parking for several vehicles. To the rear of the house are extensive lawned gardens with a delightful block paved terrace for al fresco entertaining. The lawns lead down to the tranquil ponds and to the tennis courts. The garden also benefits from a secluded woodland area at the far end of the grounds, which add to the charm and character of this property.
SERVICES We understand that mains water, drainage is to a cesspit, electricity is connected for Yew Tree Cottage with gas provided from two Calor Gas tanks (one over ground and one underground located by the generator).
FIXTURES AND FITTINGS Only those items mentioned in the sales particulars together with fitted carpets are to be included in the sale price. All others are excluded.
DIRECTIONS (B73 6BD) From the A5127 in Sutton Coldfield turn left onto Coleshill Street. At the traffic lights turn left on to Reddicap Road and follow on to Ox Leys Road. After the bridge over the A38, turn immediately right into Bulls Lane. Yew Tree cottage is located on Bulls Lane, after the turning onto Wishaw Lane.
TERMS Tenure: Freehold Local authority: North Warwickshire Borough Council 01827 715341 Tax band: G
VIEWINGS Viewings are strictly being undertaken by prior appointment through Aston Knowles, 0121 362 7878. Particulars dated: February 2016.
Conditions under which particulars are issued: Aston Knowles for themselves, for any joint agents and for the vendors or lessors of this property whose agents they are give notice that: (i) The particulars are set out as a general outline only for the guidance of intending purchasers or lessees and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, an offer or contract. (ii) All descriptions, photographs, 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 bur satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them. (iii) No person in the employment of Aston Knowles or any joint agents has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatever in relation to this property. (iv) The Agent has not formally viewed the properties structural integrity, ownership, tenure, acreage, estimated square footage, planning/building regulations status, or the operation of services & appliances. Prospective purchasers should seek validation of all of the above prior to expressing any formal interest in the property. (v) All rentals and prices are quoted exclusive of VAT. Particulars dated: February 2016. Photographs dated: October 2015.
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