The Mill HouseBAYTON • WORCESTERSHIRE

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 • Ludlow 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 Cleobury Mortimer, Tenbury Wells

and Abberley. 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 Kidderminster 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 Bewdley offers excellent

amenities including shopping, restaurants and schools,

in a wonderful position beside the River Severn. 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 Abberley Hall 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 London.

• 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 • The Mill House is a stunning Grade II listed period house in a

peaceful location, wonderfully secluded and enclosed within

beautiful grounds and woodland. The house is believed to have

been built on the site of a former miller’s house. It is a late 16th

century house with 19th century remodelling and mid-20th

century alterations. The current owners have further improved

the property, making it ideal for modern living and particularly

for the larger or growing family. Throughout the oldest part of

the house is an array of original beams and timbers, giving huge

character to this excellent home, which offers very flexible living

accommodation in beautiful surroundings.

• At the heart of the house is a fabulous, light and spacious dual

aspect open plan kitchen/family room fitted with a good range

of Smallbone units with granite worktops over, a four oven Aga,

integral double electric oven, steamer, ceramic hob, dishwasher

and an American style fridge freezer. The family room offers

plentiful space for dining and relaxing and has a wood burner

set in a brick inglenook fireplace. This fantastic room features

two sets of bi-fold doors leading out to the stone paved terrace

with views over the garden and woodland.

• The dual aspect dining room has many exposed beams and

a wood burner set in a large fireplace. And leads through to

the Drawing room, another dual aspect room having an oak

mantelpiece above an open fire and French doors with fine

views across the valley to the waterfall. The doors lead to a

small balcony with steps down to the garden.

• The library leads into the sitting room, off which is the

cloakroom, and a spiral staircase leading down to the lower

ground floor which houses a spacious office with its separate

outside access and a shower/steam room.

• On the first floor are three bedrooms (two with en suite

bathrooms) and a family bathroom with a splendid roll top bath.

• A flight of stairs leads from the top of the front stairs to the attic

where there are two further bedrooms and a shower room as

well as useful landing space.

• From the kitchen a second staircase leads to an additional

double bedroom and bathroom, ideal for guests.

• The annexe is located above the triple garage and is detached

from the main house. It is a short distance from the house and

provides excellent additional accommodation for dependent

family or guests. The accommodation is beautifully presented

and features exposed beams and trusses throughout, and

includes: Sitting room with open plan kitchen fitted with an

electric oven, fridge and sink, double bedroom and bathroom.

• Below is a triple garage with workshop and integral store as

well as a loggia with built in wood fired pizza oven. This space

could easily be incorporated into the annexe and would then

provide a spacious 2 or 3 bedroom dwelling, subject to the

necessary consents.

Gardens & Grounds

• The terrace outside the kitchen/family room is south facing and

has a lawn dropping down to a ha-ha which drops again to a

dramatic meadow bordered with rhododendrons and filled with

many types of spring bulbs, wild flowers and, of course, the

glorious daffodils which surround the property.

• Nestled at the bottom of the garden is a stream and at the

corner of this secret valley, a small waterfall.

• A door from the library leads down to the croquet lawn which is

flanked by a well-stocked herbaceous border.

• Below the croquet lawn, separated by a yew hedge, is the

swimming pool. This is hidden away from the house and has

wonderful views over the woods. There is a pool house with

changing rooms, shower room and a boiler/plant room.

• To the front of the property double wooden gates lead onto a

very generous gravelled parking area which gives access to the

triple garage and stable block.

• The Paddocks are accessible from the lane and stables. They

are predominantly level and have a water supply. There is a

large timber framed, thermostatically controlled, greenhouse

with UV lighting, a potting shed and leads to a further stable

with paddock access.

ServicesMains water and electricity, private drainage, Oil fired central

heating.

Fixtures & FittingsAll items mentioned in these sales particulars are included in

the sale. All others are specifically excluded but may be made

available by separate negotiation.

Local AuthorityMalvern Hills District Council, Tel. 01684 862151

Council Tax Band: G

Directions (DY14 9LE)From Worcester take the A443 through Hallow and Little Witley.

After Great Witley take the right turn onto the B4202 signed

Cleobury Mortimer. At Clows Top turn left onto the A456 and

after about ½ a mile take the right turn signed Bayton which

leads directly into Mamble. Turn into road beside The Sun and

Slipper Pub and continue for approximately ¾ of a mile and the

The Mill House is on your left.

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.

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

Annexe

Second FloorGround Floor

Lower Ground FloorFirst Floor

First Floor

Outbuildings

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