A handsome early twentieth-century house with lovely views and gardens and access to the Warwickshire Avon.
Green Lanes is a detached rendered family house believed to date from the 1930s in a sought-after location with lovely west-facing views to the rear and facing the protected village field to the front. Set back from the lane, the house has attractive mellow traditional elevations and offers well-balanced accommodation. The property will justify any additional updating a buyer may wish to pursue.The oak-panelled front door has a storm porch over and opens to the reception hall with a staircase rising to one side and a cloakroom with WC and basin. A pair of oak and glazed doors and side screens open to the dining room, giving an immediate appreciation of the view beyond. A 26 ft long drawing room has a stone fireplace with timber mantle and a flagstone hearth. There are windows to all sides. The dining room has a brick fireplace with a gas fire and a wide double glazed leaded light window taking full advantage of the view. There is a serving hatch to the kitchen and a door to the conservatory, which has a tiled floor and French doors to the terrace and an arch to the breakfast room and kitchen. The kitchen has a range of limed oak fronted kitchen units with a stainless steel sink, oven, grill and microwave, a gas hob, an integrated dishwasher, and a fridge/freezer. A side hall gives access to a passageway to the garage and to the sitting room (which can be used as a ground floor bedroom) with windows to the south and east, with a ground floor showerroom and a utility room with plumbing and space for a washing machine and dryer.The staircase has an oak handrail and a stairwell window. The landing has an airing cupboard and a store cupboard. It gives access to the principal bedroom, which has fitted bedroom furniture and wardrobes, and a balcony with wrought iron railings and attractive views over the garden to the fields beyond and the river Avon. There is a shower room with a shower, WC and basin. Double bedrooms two, three and four benefit from the west facing views and have fitted wardrobes or bedroom furniture. There is an east-facingbedroom five/study. A paved path with hand gates to the front and back has a pedestrian door to a detached double garage with up and overdoors and loft storage.To the front of the house is an “in and out” edged gravel drive and parking area, with a front lawn and hedge and post andrail fence to the lane. There are shrub beds and access to the side of the house to the rear garden.Behind the house is a crazy paved terrace with wrought iron railings. Stone steps lead down to the large lawned gardenwith shrub and herbaceous borders, rockery and summer house with a further patio, and trees and shrubs including mature fruit trees, field maple, spruce, birch and evergreens, lilacs, mahonia and magnolia. A hand gate at the bottom of the garden gives access to a pedestrian right of way across the meadows behind to a fenced plot on the river Avon with a mature willow tree and river frontage for angling, relaxation and recreation.
Alveston, situated in a bend of the River Avon, is an attractive and much sought-after village located approximately 2 miles southeast of Stratford-upon-Avon, often perceived as Warwickshire's most sought-after village. The village has a church, community hall, cricket club, Ferry Inn public house and The Baraset Barn restaurant, both renowned in the area for their fine food. There is a primary school, restaurant and shops for day to day requirements in the nearby village of Tiddington, approximately 0.5 mile away. Nearby Stratford-upon-Avon has an excellent range of restaurants, shops and recreational facilities and is the region's cultural centre and the home of the Royal Shakespeare Company. The area is well-served by schools including Stratford Prep School and The Croft Prep School, King Edward Grammar School for Boys and Shottery Grammar