For sale on Zoopla: Herefordshire country home with tennis court

Agents Savills say the "strikingly handsome" country home near Ledbury is set in 8.58 acres.

Agents say on Zoopla that the country house in Much Marcle is thought to date from the mid-1600s and is a prime example of Jacobean craft.

It is for sale for the first time in 40 years. Picture: Savills/Zoopla

Having been remodelled in the 1930s, agents say it now serves as an exemplary family home, full of charm and character in equal measure.

Called Hill View, the home is for sale with a guide price of £1.7 million – and it's the first time it has been on the market in 40 years.

They say it would benefit from modernisation, but the house has a pragmatic layout, with light and spacious rooms throughout.

The ground floor has three traditional reception rooms, both the formal dining room and drawing room have open fires, whilst the snug room is fitted with an attractive wood-burning stove.

The orchard and tennis court at the home near Ledbury. Picture: Savills/Zoopla

There are a number of ancillary rooms adjoining the main house accessed via a charming garden passageway. A large, walk-in larder, sunroom and a useful laundry room are but a few. There is also a sizeable cloakroom.

The first floor has the benefit of a dual-aspect galleried landing with further stairs rising to the second floor.

There are five bedrooms in the main house and a separate two-bed cottage. Picture: Savills/Zoopla

There are five bedrooms of which the principal bedroom has the use of an en-suite bathroom.

Both bedrooms two and three are of a very good size, and there is also a family bathroom.

The second floor has an attic bedroom together with a study room and storeroom.

Agents say the home is in need of some modernisation. Picture: Savills/Zoopla

Features in the home include exposed beams, corniced ceilings and quarry tiling and outside there is an impressive garden with a terrace, orchard and paddock.

There is also a hard-surfaced, fenced tennis court with additional outbuildings.

As well as a drive with parking for several vehicles, there is also a three-bay open-fronted garage and storeroom.

There is also a separate two-bed cottage which has been "tastefully converted to create an independent dwelling", agents say.