Chocolate-box country manor could be yours.... for £800k
This chocolate-box cottage in Staffordshire, which looks like something out of TV drama Midsomer Murders, is all yours for just under £800,000.
The charming Lapley Manor has come onto the market with estate agents Berriman Eaton.
The cosy detached white cottage is in the village of Lapley near Penkridge and as well as boasting four bedrooms, it also has four reception rooms.
The historic Grade II-listed sixteenth century timber-framed house is surrounded by gardens principally designed by David Austin.
A substantial part of the garden was designed by Shropshire's David Austin with many rose beds and a rose-trained arch. There is also a large garden pond.
There is also with a separate coach house with planning permission granted for residential conversion.
The property stands amidst rolling countryside but sits just 11 miles from Stafford, 11 miles from Wolverhampton and 24 miles from Birmingham.
On the Berriman Eaton website it says about the cottage: "Lapley Manor is a particularly attractive house, which dates from the 16th century and stands on the site of an early priory of the Abbey at Rheims.
"The original part of the house is timber framed and would appear to have been a high status property due to the quality of the timbering.
"There have been subsequent extensions, principally in the Victorian era, and there is an Elizabethan well, now covered, in the grounds.
"The house has an abundance of charm and character internally, with a wealth of timbering and some particularly fine shark tooth detailing to the beams in the staircase hall."
It is priced at £795,000.
