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Home Search are independent buying consultants specialising in
finding and acquiring prime country houses & estates, farm
& equestrian property and waterside homes for retained private
& corporate clients.
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About the County of Warwickshire
(For a list of all the prime country estate properties sold in
Warwickshire recently, scroll down to the bottom of this page)
Stratford-upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwick, Southam and
Rugby areas of Warwickshire.
Located at the centre of England, Warwickshire isn't particularly
favoured by buyers from the South East, but it is very popular
with West Midlands buyers
Curving round the south and east of Birmingham
and Coventry, Warwickshire is located at the very centre of England,
although the exact central point is in dispute. There are three
places that lay claim to it: the cross at Meriden, High Cross on
Watling Street, and the site of a former oak tree near Lillington.
The Forest of Arden was always associated with
the centre of the English world, and even now has a sense of mystery;
this is also Shakespeare country, and visitors flock to the poet's
birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, in their thousands each year.
Despite its central location and good communications,
especially the new part of the M40, which passes through the middle
of the county, and a fast mainline rail service, Warwickshire
is not particularly favoured by country-house buyers from the
South-East. It is perennially popular with West Midlands buyers,
however, pushing up prices for houses close to good road and rail
links to the conurbation.
The county has some superb scenery, particularly
to the south, where it contains part of the Cotswolds. Prices
are cheaper in less favoured areas, round Nuneaton and Rugby,
and in the Vale of Evesham.
Houses are typically built of Cotswold stone
in the south, ironstone in the south-east and brick elsewhere;
thatch, slate and clay-tiled roofs all feature. Good village houses
and farmhouses can be found throughout the county.
Major towns
Warwick, Rugby, Nuneaton, Leamington Spa, Alcester,
Kenilworth, Henley in Arden, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Transport links
Train: Euston to Rugby 1hr, £27.50 for
a Saver return; Euston to Coventry, 1hr 10min, £30 for a
Saver return; Marylebone to Leamington Spa 1hr 30min, £30
for a Saver return.
Car: Warwick is 90 miles from London, via the
M40; Coventry 92 miles, via the M6 and M1.
Public schools
Twycross House School, Atherstone (01827 880651).
Co-educational, age range 8-19, day.
St Joseph's School, Crackley Hall, Kenilworth (01926 514444).
Co-educational, age range 3-11, day
New College, Leamington Spa (01926 424058). Co-educational, age
range 2-18, day.
Princethorpe College, Rugby (01926 634200). Co-educational, age
range 11-18,
boarding and day. www.princethorpe.co.uk/
Rugby School (01788 543465). Co-educational, age range 12-18,
boarding and day www.rugbyschool.net/
Warwick School (01926 492484). Boys only, age range 7-18, day
and boarding www.warwickschool.org/
Leisure
Golfcourses: The Belfry, Wishaw (01675 470301);
Kenilworth (01926 854296); Leamington & County (01926 425961).
Hunts: the Warwickshire, the Atherstone and
the Croome and West Warwickshire.
Yachting clubs: Mid Warwickshire Yacht Club.
THE BEST WARWICKSHIRE COUNTRY HOUSES
FOR SALE IN 2004
(A breakdown of what was for sale & purchase prices)
Ashbourne House, Ashorne (5 Bedroom manor, cricket field, 26.4
acres): £2.8m
Frankton Manor, Frankton, Nr Rugby (9 Bedroom Georgian Manor,
16 acres): £2.25m
Source: Country Life
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