THE Woodlands, named as one of Worcestershire’s “finest” country homes, has recently sold for the first time since 1999 with an asking price of £2,200,000.
Located in the village of Low Habberley, between Kidderminster and Bewdley, this property is set in over 8 acres of gardens and paddocks.
Ross D’Aniello, sales director for the selling agents Nock Deighton said: “It was an enormous privilege to have been given instructions to sell The Woodlands, our clients undertook an extensive refurbishment and modernisation programme in recent years with exquisite attention to detail.
“Every roof tile and window was replaced or renovated, it really is a remarkable home and unsurprisingly we had several buyers expressing strong interest.”
The Woodlands was originally built around 1880 for the local entrepreneur and industrialist Edward Hughes who is said to have positioned the property such that he could see the smoke rising from the chimneys of his carpet factories in the nearby town of Kidderminster.
Mr D’Aniello added: “We understand that during the second world war the property was requisitioned by the Army in order to billet troops that manned the searchlight station at nearby Trimpley.
“When the war had finished, the property was returned to private ownership and the property slowly declined until our clients purchased the property and used their vision to undertake an extensive campaign of renovation and restoration to create the magnificent home that it is today".
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