An exciting opportunity to own a portfolio of properties, including an historical village house and five rental properties producing substantial income all with further scope for development

• Main Farmhouse with 5 Reception rooms 
• Principal Bedroom with dressing room and bathroom
• 3 further bedrooms including a study/bedroom
• Bathroom
• Pretty Garden 
• Laundry Room 
• Outbuildings
• Rental properties including a one bedroomed cottage and 4 two bedroomed flats in two barn conversion
• In all about one acre
• Hereford 10 miles * Ledbury 12 miles * M50 15 miles (All distances are approximate)

SITUATION

The village of Ullingswick, in the heart of the Herefordshire
countryside, with its Norman church, is situated some 10
miles south of Leominster and 8 miles southwest of Bromyard.
There are excellent road connections to Ledbury, the M50,
Malvern and the City of Hereford. Schools in the area abound
and the local primary school is close by at Burley Gate.

THE PROPERTIES

The National Heritage register lists The Steppes, as it is
known today, as Steps Farmhouse and records that it is an
18th Century Grade II listed building. The house as well as
The Stables Cottage and the two courtyard barns were all
beautifully converted and restored in the early 1980’s
and 90’s respectively. Today The Steppes and its complement
of residential buildings present an exciting opportunity for
someone not just to live in a pretty part of Herefordshire,
but also to earn a substantial income from the five rental
properties.

THE STEPPES FARMHOUSE

The Steppes Farmhouse overlooks the courtyard and back
from the village lane. The drive leads down amongst the
buildings where there is ample car parking and scope to
create more parking beside the farmhouse.

A flagstone path from the lane leads to the covered front
door into the flagstone floored Hall, main staircase, door to
the cellar and shuttered door opposite through to a glazed
porch and back door. Off the hall is a Sitting Room with fitted
shelves and wood burning stove and a Study (recently used as
a Bedroom) and an adjoining room with a walk-in shower. The
Dining Room and Kitchen are the oldest parts of the house
both with remarkable features. The Dining Room has beamed
ceilings, a stone fireplace with oak bressummer and a built-in
oak cupboard. The Kitchen has Indian slate floors, the back
staircase, a fireplace, fitted units including a Rangemaster,
original bread oven, sink and the boiler, as well as a glazed
porch and back door. The Cellar was the original dairy and
was converted into a sitting room with a bar when the house was a small country house hotel. There is a stone fireplace with a wood burner, cobbled and
flagstone flooring, a bar and doors out into the garden.

On the first floor, the principal bedroom with its own dressing
room and ensuite bathroom is off the small landing. There
are two further bedrooms, a bathroom and a study area
which with its mezzanine floor above, can easily be converted
back into a bedroom.

The pretty gardens of the house surround two sides and
include the original well and pump. Steps go down to the Laundry Room.

STABLE COTTAGE
Below and behind the house is Stable Cottage, which forms part of the
attractive courtyard. It comprises a sitting room with a vaulted ceiling, built-in cupboards, a small kitchen, a walk-in
storeroom, also housing the boiler, a bedroom also with a vaulted ceiling and fitted cupboards and a bathroom. The
cottage has a small garden to the rear and there is space for two cars.

NO 1 AND 2 THE COURTYARD

Standing on the south side of the courtyard this building has a workshop/store along the length of the
rear of the building. The layout of the ground floor flat (No 1) is broadly similar to the flat above (No 2)
both providing two double bedrooms, a living room with a kitchen off and a bathroom.

NO 3 AND 4 THE COURTYARD

The layout of the flats (No 3 & 4) is broadly similar to the above flats both providing two double bedrooms, a living room with a kitchen off and a bathroom. Behind this building is a garden and beyond an orchard, a useful building and pond.

CURRENT RENTAL INCOME & DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL

The gross rent passing from all five properties, with potential for some increases, is
currently £3525 per calendar month or £42,300 per year. In addition, the gross service
charge of £205 per calendar month collected from all five properties or £2460 per year
contributes towards the water, septic tank maintenance and communal areas.

Subject to the obtaining the necessary consents, there is obvious scope to convert the two barns into individual houses.

DIRECTIONS
Postcode: HR1 3JG
What3words: harmony.creatures.sporting

SERVICES
Mains electricity and water. Shared drainage. All properties have metered LPG Heating taken from two communal gas tanks situated behind the stable.

VIEWING
Strictly by appointment with Bengough Property 01568 720159.