Avon calling – bard and board included

Avon calling – bard and board included

It has to be one of the prettiest spots in Stratford – the River Avon on the edge of the OldTown.

34 Avonside, Mill Lane, a three-bedroom duplex apartment, with a price guide of £565,000, enjoys stunning views and is available through agents CPBigwood.

For the enthusiastic angler, there are fishing rights.

And if you like playing about in boats there are mooring spaces too.

“It is a fantastic property in a fantastic setting,” said Andrew Reed, residential agency manager at the firm’s offices in Shakespeare’s birthplace.

“The ambience is hard to beat – peaceful, relaxing, the sort of spot where the bard might have sought inspiration.”

Avonside is set in over two acres of communal landscaped riverside gardens.

The site is owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company and was originally the location of an imposing Victorian hotel, which was demolished to make way for the apartment development of which No.34 is one.

No.34’s second floor bedrooms and study area share the river views and it has the benefit of a full width balcony. The kitchen looks out over the renowned HolyTrinity Church.

All the bedrooms are doubles, there are two recently re-fitted bathrooms, ample loft storage space, a garage and visitor parking.

The sitting room has double French doors leading out onto the balcony while the kitchen/dining room has a range of fitted units.

The particulars state: “The extensive frontage to the river offers fishing for residents and there are a limited number of mooring spaces.”

The property is leasehold for a term of 99 years from 1983.