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AUCTIONS.................................. 47
CLASSIFIEDS.............................. 48
NEW HOMES.............................. 46
RESIDENTIAL
Allan Morris.................................. 42-43
Andrew Grant.............................. 28-33
Cawley......................................... 40-41
Connells....................................... 12
LATE GEORGIAN: Delfur House G Herbert Banks........................... 5
is at Tibberton, near Worcester. Griffiths & Charles......................... 44-45
Halls............................................. 6-7
Georgian
Hayes........................................... 16-17
Hills Estate Agents......................... 14
John Goodwin............................... 19
gem with
Fisher German John Sanders.......... 24-27
Knight Frank.................................. 8-9
Nicol & Co................................... 10
Parkinson Wright.......................... 13
Character cottage
There is also a second sitting
room, a lobby, a separate lavatory LETTINGS
and a store room. Allan Morris Lettings..................... 50
Upstairs, the house has four Andrew Grant Lettings.................. 59
bedrooms, a dressing Belvoir!......................................... 52
room/nursery, a shower room and G Herbert Banks........................... 49
a family bathroom that was Griffiths & Charles......................... 58
refitted in 2007. WOODLANDS in Main Road, original bread oven and a for several vehicles, a detached Hills Estate Agents......................... 55
Delfur House has a south-facing Houselets...................................... 50
Hallow, near Worcester, is a breakfast/kitchen with a utility single garage and attractive
garden, off-road parking for John Sanders................................. 53
beautifully presented semi- and a cloakroom beyond. gardens that include lawns,
several vehicles and a garage. Northwood.................................. 60
detached character cottage. Upstairs, Woodlands has three mature trees and shrubs. Platinum....................................... 51
BUYER’S INFO The accommodation includes an
entrance hallway, a living room
double bedrooms on the first floor,
two more on the second floor – all
BUYER’S INFO Premier Places.............................. 57
Reeds Rains.................................. 49
PRICE: £375,000 with exposed beams and french with exposed beams – and a PRICE: £349,950 Simply Lets................................... 54
AGENT: RA BENNETT doors to a patio, a dining room bathroom. AGENT: TOWN & COUNTRY Town & Country Property Services.. 56
CALL: 01905 23344 that still features the building’s Outside there is off-road parking CALL: 01905 610710 Your Move.................................... 52
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HEN it was being
built in the late
1980s and early 90s,
the Warndon
Villages
development on the eastern
outskirts of Worcester, sandwiched
between the city centre and the M5,
was the largest new housing
development in the UK.
It has since lost that title and
nearly two decades on, when the
landscaping has long reached
maturity, it has settled into being
a vital part of the local housing
scene.
With a wide range of homes
available and the convenience of
being near to the motorway, it
attracts both families and
FAMILY
individuals looking for a modern
HOME:
property with all the usual
Warndon
features.
Villages,
Anyone who wants to buy a house
Worcester is
at Warndon Villages will always handy for the
find a ready selection. Here are M5. Number
four examples, starting in postcode 1 Amos
WR4 0NW, where 1 Amos Gardens Gardens is in
at Harley Warren is s well the Harley
presented four-bedroom detached Warren
family home. district and is
The accommodation on the situated on a
ground floor includes an entrance corner plot. It
hall, a downstairs cloakroom, a is detached
sitting room with a coal-effect gas and has four
fire and sliding glazed doors to the bedrooms.
rear garden. There is also a dining
room, a study/games room, a bedroom with a double fitted The house also benefits from The rear garden, at 1 Amos BUYER’S INFO
breakfast kitchen with a range of wardrobe and an en-suite shower being on a corner plot. Gardens,which is enclosed by
units and integrated appliances room, three further double At the front is a private driveway, walling and fencing, comprises a PRICE: £295,000
and a utility room. bedrooms and a family bathroom a low maintenance garden and lawned area with a shrub border AGENT: ALLAN MORRIS
On the first floor is a master with a shower over the bath. access to a double garage. and a patio. CALL: 01905 612266
An extended and much improved five-bedroom family house The property at 11 Nightingale Avenue, Harley Warren, is a four- A detached four-bedroom family home, 1 Longthorpe, can be
number 28 Bolton Avenue, is at Berkeley Heywood. bedroom detached family home. It is in a slightly elevated found at Berkeley Alford.
The accommodation comprises a reception hall, a cloakroom, a position on a corner plot in a cul-de-sac overlooking a green. The accommodation includes an entrance hall, a cloakroom, a
study, a dining room, a sitting room, a breakfast kitchen and a On the ground floor there is a hallway, a lounge with a bay lounge, a dining room, a kitchen and a utility.
utility room. window and a feature fireplace, a dining room with patio doors On the first floor there are four bedrooms – the master has a
Upstairs is a master bedroom with a refitted en-suite shower to a conservatory, a fitted kitchen with a dining area, a utility refitted en-suite – and a family bathroom.
room, four further bedrooms and a refitted family bathroom. area and a cloakroom. Upstairs are four bedrooms – the Further benefits include upvc double glazed windows, gas
There is also a double detached garage and gardens. master has an en-suite shower room – and a bathroom. Two of central heating, off-road parking and a double garage. There
the other bedrooms have fitted wardrobes. are also lawned gardens at the front and rear.
Outside, the rear garden is laid to lawn and a patio. There is a
single garage and a larger than average drive.
PRICE £229,995; AGENT THE PROPERTY CENTRE; CALL
PRICE £339,995; AGENT CONNELLS; CALL 01905 611411 PRICE £249,995; AGENT RA BENNETT; CALL 01905 23344 01905 22222
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PROPERTYPROFILE
YOU CAN LOOK OUT ACROSS PLAYING FIELDS
A well presented and improved
traditional style semi-detached
house, 64 Timberdine Avenue is at
Battenhall, Worcester. It has a view
across playing fields at the rear and
accommodation on three floors.
There is gas fired central heating,
double glazing and a security alarm
system.
The ground floor accommodation
includes an enclosed porch, a
reception hall, a cloakroom, a
sitting room, a separate dining room, a double glazed conservatory and a
fitted kitchen. On the first floor are two double bedrooms, a study and a
refitted bathroom with a shower. On the second floor is a further double
bedroom.
The property has a low maintenance front garden, a side driveway, a large
storage shed and a rear garden with a lawn, a patio and borders.
PRICE £215,000; AGENT SHELTON & LINES; CALL 01905 353933
PROPERTYPROFILE
COUNTRY COMFORT: Sandbank Cottage, Martley Road, Lower Broadheath, has four bedrooms and views.
PERIOD TOWN HOUSE IS HANDY FOR THE M5
Cottage is roomier A two-bedroom period town house,
17 Bolston Road, can be found at
Battenhall, south of Worcester city
centre with easy access to
junctions six and seven of the M5.
The property comprises a reception
SANDBANK Cottage in Martley range of oak cabinets, granite work glazed conservatory. Upstairs are
Road, Lower Broadheath, near surfaces, a double bowl ceramic four bedrooms and a bathroom. hall, a sitting room, a dining room,
Worcester, is an extended period sink unit and a concealed extractor Outside, Sandbank Cottage has a refitted kitchen, a utility area, a
cottage. hood. There is also a utility room, a lawns, several terraces, rockeries, refitted cloakroom, two double
It has a reception hall with a part recently refitted wet room with a shrubs, specimen trees and a bedrooms and a refitted bathroom.
vaulted ceiling and an open tread power shower and separate barbecue area. It also has an enclosed rear
staircase, a sitting room with an lavatory. garden, off-road parking, double
inglenook and a woodburning stove The cottage also has a good-sized BUYER’S INFO glazing and gas fired central
and a bread oven. dining room with a wood block heating.
PRICE: £430,000
Beyond is a breakfast kitchen floor, a stone and brick fireplace AGENT: HALLS PRICE £182,500; AGENT
with a tiled floor, an extensive and direct access to a double CALL: 01905 611066 CONNELLS; CALL 01905 611411
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PROPERTYPROFILE
ENJOY THE COURTYARD GARDEN AT A PERIOD TERRACED HOME
In the Barbourne area of Worcester is
44 Melbourne Street, a period terraced
house on the northern outskirts of the
city.
The ground floor accommodation
comprises a lounge with a coal effect gas
fire and a wood laminate floor, a separate
dining room with a door to a cellar and a
staircase to the first floor. There is also a
fitted kitchen with an integrated
dishwasher and a bathroom with a
shower over the bath. On the first floor
are two double bedrooms.
The property has a courtyard garden and
is fitted with double glazing and gas
central heating. It also has a concrete
forecourt.
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Enjoy views
of a wooded
valley from
lofty height
CONEY Gore, at Old Storridge, surround and deep recesses with
Alfrick, near Malvern, is a windows on either side.
handsome newly-built family There are two other large
house. reception rooms – a dining room
It was completed in 2009 and its and a study – both with oak
name means ‘rabbit hill’. flooring. The dining room
The construction of the house overlooks the rear garden and the
has been all about detail – from the study has twin bay windows with
exterior brickwork, hand-made another view over the garden and
solid hardwood double glazed to a wooded valley across the lane.
windows and doors right through The study also has fitted
to the high quality of the interior bookshelves.
specifications. Coney Gore has a superb front to
The front entrance features a back combined open plan kitchen
NEWLY BUILT: Coney Gore, Old Storridge, Alfrick, near Malvern, was constructed in 2009 to exacting standards.
porch on oak pillars leading into a and living room. There are hand-
large central reception room built solid oak units, some granite and guest bedroom both en-suite. onto a broad level parking area of the house and there is also a
fwhere there is a solid oak floor work surfaces and the centrepiece A good sized family bathroom with hard standing and turning for paviour path that leads up to a
and and a hand-built oak staircase is a black Aga with twin hot plates features a timber panelled centre a number of vehicles. large area of lawn adjoining
with a gallery. and a double oven. tap bath and a separate tiled There are attractive and woodland.
Off the hall is a cloakroom and Adjoining the kitchen is a large shower cubicle. established flower and shrub
useful cloaks cupboard. walk-in shelved larder cupboard Coney Gore enjoys an elevated borders at the front of the house BUYER’S INFO
The oak flooring continues into a and a utility room. Beyond is a position above a no through lane featuring evergreen shrubs and PRICE: £585,000
light drawing room where there are second ground floor cloakroom. overlooking a wooded valley at the pretty flowers. AGENT: FISHER GERMAN
also french doors to a terrace, a The house has four double front. A tarmac drive with brick A paved terrace with brick JOHN SANDERS
fireplace with a limestone bedrooms with a master bedroom retaining walls leads from the lane retaining walls runs across the rear CALL: 01905 726220
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AuctionsNews
UNDER THE HAMMER
A
NECKLACE of innovative
design and worked in 18ct NOT TO BE SNEEZED AT: The pepperettes that made £350.
gold attracted a lot of
interest at Brightwells
recent sale of silver and PLENTY OF INTEREST: Bidding was fierce for this 18ct gold and aquamarine
jewellery. necklace designed in the 1970s by Bjorn Weckstrom. It was sold for £2,400.
Created by Bjorn Weckstrom in the
1970s, the rectangular plaque was claw led by a Belle Epoque style pair of aesthetic appeal rather than weight,
set with a single square cut amethyst and diamond ear pendants was a silver lidded ceramic scent
aquamarine and suspended from a flat set in white gold acheived £750. and a bottle. Made in Birmingham in 1907, it
textured link chain by the Finnish pair of clips in 18ct white gold sold for reached £150 and a set of six Chinese
maker Lapponia. It sold for £2,400. £400. Among novelty jewellery was a silver bottle tickets with dragon
An earlier collarette weighing about pair of four vices cuff links with oval surmounts achieved £640. A pair of owl
42 gms made £1,050 and a garnet fringe enamelled plaques in 18ct white and pepperettes, London, 1958, sold for
necklace set in 9ct gold sold for £950. yellow gold. They made £580. A George £350; a folding photograph frame,
A coloured glass Rene Lalique V 9ct gold cigarette case, 92gms, sold London, 1911, made £330; a silver and
pendant carrying the usual etched for £750 and a silver chatelaine, dating ivory oval box, Sheffield, 1907, made by
signature achieved £900 while a from 1887, made £500. J. Round (£920); an impressive biscuit
Victorian seed pearl necklace in the Because of their gold and silver box with an 1879 inscription to the
form of ivy leaves and with a cases, watches of all kinds are enjoying head of Monmouth school, Mappin &
detachable pendant or brooch went for new popularity. A decorative Vertex Webb, 37oz, (£1,180) and a trinket box
£620. woman’s cocktail watch with brilliant in the form of a St Moritz curling
Predictably, diamond jewellery cut diamonds and set in 18ct white gold stone, Birmingham, 1907 (£180).
achieved some of the highest prices. sold for £450 and an Omega Seamaster Among larger pieces, a fine London
An Art Deco diamond cluster ring, its De Ville manual wristwatch made £190. made monteith in rococo-style dating
collet set step-cut stone within a Rolex watches continue to attract from 1907 and weighing 38 oz. sold for
double frame of brilliant cut stones and an Oyster Perpetual Datejust £710, while a pair of 1815 circular
reached £2,100 and another, also in Art man’s wristwatch in a 14ct case and decanter coasters achieved £880. A
Deco style, its claw set old cut stone with a 14 ct link bracelet made silver salver made in 1800 and
weighing about 1.25 cts and set in £1,900..A 1920s Rolex Prima with a weighing 20 oz reached £350; a 1901
platinum, made £2,300. A day and night silvered dial sold for £1,550. oval comport on a pedestal base (£310);
eternity ring with diamonds, sapphires Almost every item in the silver a pair of 1906 Sheffield pillar
and rubies made £520 and a diamond section of the auction found a buyer candlesticks in Corinthian style ( £580)
single stone ring, about 1ct, set in 18ct because of the current high price of and a set of four pillar candlesticks
gold, sold for £720. the metal. Among more decorative made in Sheffield between 1892 and
A selection of stylish earrings was pieces, valued for collectable or 1893 sold for £1,180.
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SELF CONTAINED APARTMENT IN PRIVATE CITY
FURNISHED STUDIO CENTRE LOCATION
APARTMENTS 2 double bedrooms. Tandem
In Lowesmoor from garage, All in perfect order.
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