You’ll be safe from trick-or-treaters in a grand home at the end of a long driveway or a Grade II-listed farmhouse tucked away in a hamlet This Grade II-listed farmhouse is tucked away in the hamlet of Alfrick Pound, Worcestershire. nd, five-bedroom house built in the 1700s, in the same family for 60 years. It is three miles to Holywell and close to the village, down a long tree-lined driveway. The pillared entrance sits in front of a cream, rendered facade under a slate roof.
The traditional broken-plan downstairs means the kitchen is small by modern standards at the side of the house, and may need opening out into the dining and breakfast room. In 11.87 acres (4.8 hectares) with a string of outbuildings. _£850,000._ _Jackson-Stops, 01244 328 361_ n a track in this hamlet, close to Great Malvern and seven miles from Worcester, is a characterful farmhouse with structural timber exoskeleton on display. Grade II-listed, it has four bedrooms, and a fifth which could be a study.
The farmhouse kitchen has an Aga and views over open countryside. The living room has an inglenook fireplace and there’s a separate pantry and utility room. Walks stretch from the house, and the plot (with gardens and a paddock) are close to the edge of Malvern Hills National Landscape. _£895,000._ _Morgan Aps, 01905 384 848_ Grade II-listed and has been extensively renovated while retaining its period features, such as exposed beams, cast-iron fireplace and oak doors.
The front door opens into the living room-diner-kitchen. The kitchen has green granite worktops and porcelain tiles. Doors connect to a cosy sitting room.
The staircase leads on to an open landing and three double bedrooms. The gardens cover lawned areas, a timber potting shed and a stone bridge over the beck. A gate leads to a garth, which could become another garden or orchard. _£850,000._ _Fine & Country, 0330 166 4646_ , down a no-through lane, is a solitary, semi-derelict cottage in a wooded setting.
The two-bedroom property goes on sale at auction on 20 November and is not a purchase for the faint-hearted. As described in the brochure, it is in “poor structural condition” and “requires complete renovation”. There is scope for an extension and there are outbuildings in varying states.
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