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RESIDENTIAL 2-39 NEW HOMES 41-42 CLASSIFIEDS 43 AUCTIONS 43 HOMES TO LET

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of room forthe horsesBRITANNIA House at LowerBentley, near Bromsgrove, is ahandsome Georgian property withextensive outbuildings and land.

It has four bedrooms, tworeception rooms, a large familykitchen with a Rayburn and aconservatory.

Outside are traditional brickbuilt barns and other moremodern structures that providean excellent place to keep horsesbut at the same time are easilyadaptable for a variety of uses.

There is plenty of parkingspace, a menage, paddocks and intotal, the land covers about three

acres.

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AUCTIONS........................

CLASSIFIEDS.....................

NEW HOMES.....................

RESIDENTIAL

Allan Morris.........................Andrew Grant......................Cawley................................Connells..............................Fisher German John Sanders..G Herbert Banks..................Griffiths & Charles................Halls....................................Hills Estate Agents................Knight Frank.........................Michael Tuck........................Nick Champion....................Parkinson Wright.................Philip Laney & Jolly................Reeds Rains..........................Shelton & Lines.....................Taylors.................................The Property Centre............Town & Country Property SerYour Move...........................

LETTINGS

Allan Morris Lettings.............Andrew Grant Lettings..........Belvoir!................................

Griffiths & Charles................Hills Estate Agents................Houselets.............................Northwood.........................Reeds Rains..........................Simply Lets...........................Town & Country Property Ser

FLY THE FLAG: Britannia House,Lower Bentley, near Bromsgrove.

BUYERS INFO

PRICE: 925,000AGENT: G HERBERT BANKSCALL: 01299 896968

Admire the viewsWITH outstanding views acrossthree counties, the aptly namedThree Counties House in MambleRoad, Clows Top, is a substantialand individual detached countryhouse.

Near Bewdely, it stands on theborders of Worcestershire,Herefordshire and Shropshire andhas about three acres of land,including an orchard, lawns andmeadows.

From the house can be seenlandmarks such as the c locktower at Abberley, the MalvernHills to the south and Hay Bluff tothe west.

The accommodation includes ahallway with painted exposedfloorboards an extended sittingroom, a separate dining room anda fitted breakfast kitchen with apantry and a utility room.

The master bedroom has built-in

his and hers wardrobes and stairsup to a second floor en-suitebathroom with a spa bath.

There are three furtherbedrooms two with en-suitebathrooms and one with anen-suite shower room.

LOOK TO THE HILLS: Three Counties House, Mamble Road, Clows Top, has fabulous long distance views.

BUYERS INFO

PRICE: 565,000AGENT: HILLS ESTATE AGENTSCALL: 01905 723545

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Thursday, JuPROPERTY NEWS

Hamlet home is surroundeby woodland, fields and hilMike Pryce went in search of houses with unusual names and came across Lantern Cottage from where there are fabulou

JASPER LODGE

Jasper Lodge might sound like a 1950s actor but it is a three-bedroom detached bungalow at Little Witley, near Worcester.In an elevated position, it has outstanding country views andhas the added benefit of a two-bedroom self-contained annexe.The main accommodation has an open dining hall, a sittingroom with access to a decked roof terrace, a fitted kitchen, arear hall, a shower room, a lavatory, three double bedroomsand a bathroom. The annexe has an open plan lounge andkitchen, a hall, double and single bedrooms and a bathroom.Jasper Lodge stands on a generous sized plot with lawns, awildlife pond, two parking areas and a double carport.

PRICE 615,000; AGENT TOWN & COUNTRY PROPERTYSERVICES; CALL 01905 610710

THE THATCH

You know what youre getting with The Thatch in Alcester Road,Radford, near Inkberrow, because its a detached thatchedcottage.Having undergone recent refurbishment the property standswithin a good sized plot, with the additional benefit of apaddock at the rear and far reaching views. In all the groundstotal nearly three acres.The cottage has four bedrooms, a sitting room, a breakfastkitchen, a reception room, a bathroom and a wetroom

PRICE 625,000; AGENT ALLAN MORRIS; CALL 01905612266

COBWEB COTTAGE

You wont need the feather duster at Cobweb CottStanks Lane, Upton-upon-Severn, because this is and well-kept semi-detached period cottage in a trarural location to the south of the town centre.With plenty of beams, the accommodation includeroom with an original cast iron fireplace and a dina red brick inglenook. There is also a kitchen, a utand a study. Upstairs are three or four bedrooms abathroomThere is also a garage/workshop/studio, mostly lamature gardens with shrub beds and borders, a stbuilding and a paved patio.

PRICE 365,000; AGENT HALLS; CALL 01905 61

WHATS in a name?Sometimes quite alot if you wantyour home tostand out. So if

you are looking for a pad with anunusual monniker, here are aquartet set around the county ofWorcestershire.

We begin with Lantern Cottage,an attractive traditional semi-detached property in the hamlet ofAlfrick Pound, about six miles westof Worcester.

It is positioned in the rollingcountryside between Alfrick andSuckley and has views of thenearby Knapp Nature Reserve, theSuckley hills and the Malvern Hills.

On the ground floor is a hallway,

off which is a sitting room wherethere is a fireplace that has beenfitted with a multi-fuel stove.

There is also a useful study thatis a perfect area for working fromhome.

A combined kitchen andbreakfast room runs across therear of the house and it is fittedwith free standing country styleunits and a Belfast sink.

There is also space for an electriccooker and a fridge freezer andplumbing for a washing machine ora dishwasher. The kitchen has animpressive outlook across the reargarden and over beautiful opencountryside beyond.

Lantern Cottage has twobedrooms and a bathroom. Themaster bedroom enjoys countryviews and of woodland across the

lane. The second bedroom also hasa fabulous outlook over the reargarden and beautiful countrysidebeyond.

The property is approached by apathway next to a broad gravel

driveway where there is hardstanding for two vehicles.

The gardens include lawns andpaved terraces providing perfectspots from which to sit and admirethe scener y.

There are shrub borders and anopen boundary with sheep grazedfields beyond.

A brick built outhouse and shedprovide useful storage in thegarden.

THREE MORE OF A KIND: LIVE AT A HOUSE WITH AN UNUSUAL NAME

BUYERS INFO

PRICE: 228,000AGENT: FISHER GERMSANDERSCALL: 01905 726220

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BUSINESS NEWS

Chance to createyour rural retreatREDHILL at ShelsleyBeauchamp, near TenburyWells, is a replacement building

plot of about 1.5 acres withdetailed planning permissionfor a four- bedroom countryhouse with an indoor swimmingpool.

The approach to the land isalong a quiet council adoptedlane and then up a windingtarmacadamed drive ends at afarmhouse on an elevated knoll.

This position provides thetranquility of Worcestershiresfamous Teme Valley withunsurpassed all round views ofthe rolling wooded landscape.

Detailed planning permissionhas been obtained to virtuallyreplace the existing littlefarmhouse to provide a moderncountry house that takes fulladvantage of the unique site.

A cleverly designed basementbuilt into the hillside will

provide a swimming poolcomplex and ancillary roomstogether with the mainbedroom suite.

Above is an extensive terracefrom where the marvellousviews can be appreciated.

The remainder of theaccommodation is over twofloors and the design of the

property is in keeping withtraditional farmhouses in thearea.

The plans include an entrancehall, a cloakroom, a livingroom, a study, a dining room,and a kitchen.

On the first floor are two

bedrooms both with en-suites and outside is a carport and aworkshop.

BUYERS INFOPRICE: 500,000AGENT: G HERBERT BANKSCALL: 01299 896968

ARTISTS IMPRESSION: How the finished new house might look.



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PROPERTY NEWS

NewHomesNewsAROUND THE DEVELOPMENTS

FIRST-time buyers wanting totake advantage of theGovernments FirstBuyinitiative to get a foothold onthe property ladder are beingadvised to register their interestin the new loan equity schemenow to avoid disappointment.

Persimmon Homes haslaunched a registration page onits website persimmonhomes.com/firstbuyprior to the announcement ofthe allocation of applicableFirstBuy plots in June. This isdue to an unprecedenteddemand from first-time buyersalready looking for support,such as shared equity, to enter

the property market.FirstBuy, which was

announced in the ChancellorsMarch budget, is aimed athelping first-time buyers ontothe property ladder with asmaller mortgage deposit.

It is similar to the previousGovernments HomeBuy DirectScheme, of which Persimmon

Homes had the largestallocation (20 per cent) of allapplicable plots in the country,assisting over 2,000 purchasersto buy their first home.

Alison Reading, sales directorfor Persimmon Homes SouthMidlands, said: We recognisejust how important first-timebuyers are in sustaining theproperty market and welcomedthe announcement of theFirstBuy loan equity scheme.

There will however only be a

set allocation of plots that willbe able to be bought throughthe scheme and, once these aregone, we are, at this stage,unsure whether any additionalplots will be made available.

It is therefore extremelyimportant for people to marktheir interest in the schemeprior to the specific allocationsbeing announced to ensure that,in June, they are at the top ofthe list to benefit from thesupport.

Register to get a

foot on the ladderFIRST-TIMEHOMES:Persimmon isbuilding at twosites inWorcestershire Malvern Vale,Leigh SintonRoad, Malvern,left, and WindsorHeights, Redditch.



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Thursday, June 2, 2011 PROPERTY NEWS

AuctionsNewsUNDER THE HAMMER

AN important piece of Englishceramic history has been unearthedamong the contents of a housebelonging to an oldest farming family.

The London Delft mug, dating fromthe reign of Charles II, was spotted byauctioneer Lindsey Braune auctioneerat the Cotswold Auction Company,during a routine listing of contentsfor sale by auction.

She said: It just jumped out at mefrom the back of a china cabinet. Whatwas particularly striking was thearmorial shield, together with the veryearly date of 1674.

It sent a tingle down my spine and,much to the familys surprise, Isuggested taking it away for research.

The baluster-shaped mug is painted

in blue with the shield from thearmorial bearings of the WorshipfulCompany of Salters three salt potswith grains of salt trailing from each.

The mug was destined for aparticular husband and wife with theinitials W and RW, quite possibly givenas a wedding present to a liveryman.

The painted floral decoration aroundthe shield has charming additionssuch as a butterfly and a snail and thehomely motto on the rim states I ambut earth it is most trew, disdain meenot for so are you, ano dom 1674.

The Worshipful Company of Saltersis one of the oldest livery companies inthe country ranked number nineamng the great 12 City of LondonLivery companies and was founded in1394.

Ms Braune said: Early London Delftis always sought-after, but what makes

this extra-special are these threedistinguishing factors date, initialsand the livery shield.

We are including it in our specialistsummer collectors sale to be held atthe Chapel Walk Saleroom inCheltenham on Tuesday, June 21.

This sale has live, online biddingand we anticipate interest fromnational and international buyers.

The piece is estimated at 5,000-7,000 and can be viewed on thewebsite cotswoldauction.co.uk

For more information contactinfo@cotswold auction.co.uk or speakto Lindsey Braune on 01242 256363.

Old work bench

turns the tables

BARNS and outhouses inthe Welsh borderlandsremain a hunting groundfor antiques enthusiastsdespite the generally held

belief that even the meanest hovelhas been stripped of anythingsaleable.

At Brightwells Easters Court,saleroom in Leominster, an oakrefectory table in distressedcondition that had been used as awork bench in a farm barn fordecades, was avidly contested to

5,800.The table still carried many scars

from ill usage, including drill holesfor fixing a vice, but several dealersappreciated the potential valueonce it was restored. The piece hadmany fine points such as a 2ft 4insx 8ft 3in single plank top, turnedsquared supports and stretcherswith moulded decoration.

As so many early oak tables havereplaced sections this piece hadsurvived whole and, while needing

some work, was a rare survivalwith the added lustre of beingfresh on the market.

Another oak table inElizabethan style but with acleated three plank top above agouge carved frieze, measuring 7ft6ins long and standing on sixturned, lobed and square supports,sold for 1,800. A 6ft 10 examplewith massive turned supports andin late mediaeval style made 1,400,while an early 19th century lightoak library table with decorative

turned spiral supports sold for 720.Although oak dressers are no

longer selling at the dizzy prices ofthe 1980s they still attract buyerswho are furnishing in thevernacular and traditional styles,some with racks, sold fro between950 and 1,300. Other countryfurniture included an 18th centuryWelsh table with a cleated planktop, 580; a pair of long oak jointstools on baluster turned supports,550; a 17th century oak coffer with

inlaid banding, 900 and a Jacobeanchest with five drawers, 920.

A set of six 19th centurysmokers bow chairs with spindlebacks were made 800, while a setof William and Mary-style walnutdining chairs with elegant canebacks, two carvers and six sidechairs, achieved 1,200. Sets ofmatching chairsare quite hard tofind, so 12 Victorian mahoganydining chairs with upholsteredseats and open backs made 2,400.

Other formal furniture included a

rosewood grand piano at 400 and asmall satin wood inlaid winecooler, 380. A 19th centurymahogany desk was sold for 620; acarved walnut framed sofa onscrolled supports, 650; a QueenAnne style wing armchair withwalnut cabriole front supports,620; a three tier circular dumbwaiter, 580; a decorative Louis XV-style walnut jardinire stand withinlaid and ormolu detail, 740 andan X-frame rosewood dressing

stool, 330. A long case eight-dayclock inscribed W. Nickilson,Newcastle, sold for 540 while, incontrast, a 19th century Frenchclock inset with many Sevrespanels achieved 500. A garnitureinlaid with porcelain plaques, wentat 300 and the highest priceamong a smaller than usual

selection of clocks was the 800paid for a Jaeger Le Coultre Atmosin a gilt case.

A larger than life sized bronze, abust by Francisco Franco of OliveiraSalazar wearing a doctoral gownwent for 650 with a much smallerbronze bust of a man wearing anopen shirt and stamped Florini,London, made 400. A bronze figureof a falconer sold for 220.

Predictably among a wideselection of ceramics Oriental

wares achieved the highA satsuma bowl with lavdecoration, its interior pwith an exotic bird pane2,000, while similar piecwithout reign marks solA pair of 19 inch Imari liwith kylin finials made small group of Chinese t

and saucers went for 32The best of the English

on offer was a Royal Worcomport painted with hicattle by Stinton. It doubestimate and sold for 2,

Jewellery and objets dincluded a diamond tennwith an estimated total wtwo carats, 1,200; a gilt holder, 230; a Chinese ccard case, 300 and an enmetal spectacle case, 16

The oak refectory table in Brightwells sale had been in a barn for decades

DOWN BUT NOT OUT: The distressed refectory table that sold f

Old mug turns out tobe a ceramic treasure

IMPORTANT: The London Delft mug.

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Thursday, JuPROPERTY NEWS

LettingsNewsIN THE SPOTLIGHT

Never give burglars a look IF youve ever been the victim ofburglary youll know that it is anupsetting, stressful and ultimatelypretty scary experience.

And although statistics show thatthe number of burglaries in Britainhas significantly decreased overthe past decade, Belvoir! which hasan office in London Road inWorcester, is urging its clients to beas vigilant as ever.

Steve Slawson, owner of Belvoir!in Worcester, said: We often findthat landlords and tenants placeless importance on security thanhomeowners.

Sometimes there is confusionover whose responsibility it is butwe always advise that both partiesneed to take precautionary steps toensure security is of the highestlevel.

I think that people have becomea little complacent lately becauseyear on year we hear that thenumber of incidents is decreasing.

However burglaries are still avery real threat especially duringthe summer months when lots ofpeople are on holiday and so bothlandlords and tenants need to takesteps to increase security.

At Belvoir! we take the safetyand wellbeing of our tenants andmaintenance of our landlordsproperties very seriously and are

always on the other end of thephone to advise them if they haveany worries.

Although the risk of a burglarycannot be completely eliminatedthere are certain steps thatlandlords and tenants can take toconsiderably reduce it.

Here are some of the firms toptips for both landlords and tenants:

Ensure home security is of a highlevel. Common sense tells us thathouseholds with less than basicsecurity are more likely to become

victims of burglary thanhouseholds with enhanced security.Burglars like to operate without

forced entry so the first measureyou should take is to install dead-bolts on all external doors.

Attaching a timer switch on yourlights is also advisable as light willgive the illusion that there arepeople in the property. This is

especially important if you areexperiencing a void period.Remove the opportunity: Takemeasures that tell a burglar yourproperty is too difficult or risky totarget. Try to avoid leavingwindows open that are easilyaccessible, letting hedges becomeovergrown and leaving ladders outafter use. These make access to thebuilding far simpler and indicate toa prospective burglar that itsworth a second look.Keep all valuables out of sight:You wouldnt ask someone to mugyou in the street so why would youmake it simple for a burglar to gainaccess to your valuables? Burglarsare opportunists so if they can seeyour car keys lying unattendedthey are more likely to strike. Makesure all valuables are hidden, or

even better locked away.Tell a friend if you are going away:Its a well known fact that the mostlikely time youll get burgled iswhen you are on holiday. If yourletterbox has an old newspapersticking out of it or your curtainshavent been closed for a few daysit indicates there is no one home.Ask a friend or neighbour to keep

an eye on your propertcontact the police immthey see any suspiciousKeep doors locked at aThis may seem like an but often people, especwho live in flats, only lwhen they are leaving or at night. Thieves canin the day time, and mawill resort to violence iresistance.Mark your valuables: Proutinely check recoveitems for SmartWater, fluid that can be used thousehold items. If youare marked with SmartUV pen, it increases ththat you will be reunitestolen goods.

Dorian Gonsalves, m

director of Belvoir! saidthey arent as frequentto be, burglaries do stilin both rural and urbanacross Britain. Our aimafter the welfare of botlandlord and tenant clithe properties they ownand so urge them to takprecautions and remain

SECURITY:Take stepsto preventopportunistthievesfrombreakinginto yourrentedhome.

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PROPERTY NEWS

MERRIMENS HILL, WORCESTERBeautifully presented four-bedroom canalside fullyfurnished family home on the edge of Worcestercity centre.895 pcmMARTIN & CO 01905 619890

ST WULSTANS COURT, WORCESTERUnfurnished spacious, split level, one doublebedroom with hall, en-suite, open plan kitchenand lounge with panoramic window.650 pcmPREMIER PLACES 01905 616616

BERWICK STREET, WORCESTERWell presented and quirky four-bedroom familyhome located in a sought after area close toDiglis Basin and river Severn.995 pcmMARTIN & CO 01905 619890

PENBURY STREET, WORCESTERTwo-bedroom apartment with hall, newly fitted kitchen,lounge and a white bathroom suite. Parking andfurnished by separate negotiation.575 pcmPREMIER PLACES 01905 616616

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