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Guide Price£950,000

The Cheese Press, Hartlebury, Kidderminster

Land size
1.12 acres
Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
3

Key Features

  • Outstanding country house
  • Private rural setting
  • Well placed for commuting
  • Five bedrooms
  • Two shower rooms and a bathroom
  • Double garage
  • Expansive grounds and gardens
  • Superb family accommodation

Description

An outstanding country house with superb family accommodation.

Lovely private rural setting yet very well placed for commuting.

- Reception hall, cloakroom, living room, dining room, dining kitchen, snug, study/office, utility room.
- Five bedrooms, two shower rooms, bathroom. In all about 3,488 sq ft (excluding garage).
- Double garage. A long driveway. Expansive gardens and grounds with pool. About 1.12 acres

SITUATION The Cheese Press really provides the best of both worlds. Situated in the lovely rural setting it lies only 0.5 miles from the popular village of Hartlebury. Hartlebury provides a range of local amenities including a railway station, two public houses, a general store, junior school and historic church. More extensive amenities are just over two miles away in Stourport on Severn and the major Wyre Forest town of Kidderminster which is about 5.5 miles.

The Cathedral City of Worcester is approximately 10.5 miles. Worcester had excellent motorway connections via junctions 6 and 7 to the north and south of Worcester.

DESCRIPTION This much cherished country house has been owned by the same family for approximately 40 yearsyears. It provides generous and flexible family accommodation.

The house is approached by a wide reception hall with timbered ceiling and parquet floor. Beyond this is the generous living room, separate dining room, office/study, snug and utility room. The splendid large dining kitchen with delightful views over the gardens is a principal focus of the house.

The Cheese Press on the first floor provides five bedrooms, one en-suite together with a Jack and Jill bathroom. There is a separate family shower room.

OUTSIDE Double garage.

The Cheese Press is approached over a long driveway leading to an extensive parking area fronting the house.

A wonderful feature of the house are the expansive lawned gardens and grounds with a variety of specimen trees and the most charming pool with lovely views over it back to the house.

GENERAL INFORMATION Energy Performance
Current Rating: 53E
Potential Rating: 87B
Carried out: 26th September 2023

Services
Mains electricity and water. Oil fired central heating.

Local Authority
Wychavon District Council

Fixtures and Fittings
Any items of this nature not specifically mentioned within the confines of these sales particulars are to be excluded from the sale.

Viewing
Via the Sole Agent's Great Witley Office
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Directions
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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
G
Date Posted
2026-08-02

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 1,047 Homes with Land listings in West Midlands (1+ acres).

This Property£848,214 / acre
Homes with Land Average (1+ acres) £184,489 / acre
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Energy Performance Certificate

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Running costs are one side. Planning activity, flood history and ground risks for this location are in the full report.

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
Mains
Water
Mains
Heating
Oil Heating
Broadband
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Sewerage
Septic Tank / Private

Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
Garage, Off-Street Parking
Garden
Garden

Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

49 Mbps

Superfast

Suitable for

  • HD streaming
  • Video calls
  • Web & social

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Hartlebury CofE Primary School751 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    167
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Wilden All Saints CofE Primary School1.2 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    207
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Stourport Primary Academy1.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    291
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Burlish Park Primary School1.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    455
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • St Bartholomew's CofE VC Primary School1.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    208
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • The Stourport High School and Sixth Form College1.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,039
    Type
    Academy converter
  • King Charles I School3.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,140
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Bewdley School3.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    970
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Holy Trinity School4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 18
    Pupils
    723
    Type
    Free schools
  • Baxter College4 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    766
    Type
    Academy converter

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Asda Hartlebury Express Petrol, Hartlebury0.8 miles
Morrisons Daily Stourport, Stourport-On-Severn1.3 miles
Tesco Stourport Superstore, Stourport-On-Severn1.4 miles

GP surgery

Stourport Medical Centre1.7 miles

Pharmacy

York Pharmacy1.5 miles

Hospital

Kidderminster Hospital3.8 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden622 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Hartlebury Rail Station1 mile

Nearest bus stop

Church650 metres

Typical drive times

Bewdley12 min · 5.5 miles
Droitwich Spa16 min · 9.7 miles
Kidderminster11 min · 5.5 miles
Worcester (city)20 min · 11 miles
Stourport-on-Severn6 min · 2.5 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.

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