Is there a doctor in the house?
Perhaps there should be because Westerley House, 124 Metchley Lane, is just five minutes walk from Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
So the property, being marketed by agents CPBigwood, would be ideal for someone in the medical profession.
It is also just five minutes from Harborne High Street, a very popular and in demand location, so the appeal is likely to be much wider.
Which is perhaps why Tom Dennes, CPBigwood’s head of residential agency, has revealed a “stack of interest”.
He said: “Just down Metchley Lane is the QE, so it couldn’t be more convenient for anyone working there.
“Westerley House is an imposing house dating, we believe, from the 1930s and further altered in recent years. Set back from the road behind a wide driveway, it has plenty of off street parking and a double garage.
“Though it is in need of general modernisation throughout, although partly fitted with double glazed windows and with a fairly modern boiler, it has terrific possibilities. Subject to the normal consents, there is potential to further extend the house either at the rear or over the garage.
“Internally, the accommodation is well laid out with well proportioned rooms throughout. There are three reception rooms together with a conservatory leading off the kitchen.
“So it has a lot going for it.”
The guide price is £550,000.
It comprises four bedrooms, guest WC, two bathrooms (one en-suite), sitting room, dining room, conservatory, office, kitchen, utility room and boiler room.
The property extends to 0.37 acres in all, and there is a level mature garden.
At the end of the garden is a garden room/studio providing further potential accommodation as a home office, studio or games room.
Westerly House sits at the top end of Metchley Lane just before the roundabout with Barlow’s Road.
“It is therefore ideal for Harborne High Street with its wide variety of shopping facilities, cafes and restaurants,” added Mr Dennes.
For the family buyer, there are plenty of local schools in the area, with Blue Coat School virtually on the doorstep.
Birmingham city centre is about three miles away.
And there is even something for the history buff.
Metchley Lane is an old route running from the Harborne Lane crossing of the Bournbrook up to Harborne village. Metchley Park, which lay a few hundred yards east of Metchley Lane, was a medieval deer park belonging to the de Birmingham family.
But the area goes back even further – to Roman times.
Directly in front of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital is the site of a Roman marching fort.
Metchley Fort was built in the late 40s AD as part of the drive to extend the northern frontier to a line between the Rivers Trent and Severn on the orders of Publius Ostorius Scapula, the Roman governor of Britain. It was built either by the XIV or the XX Legion who led the Roman advance through the Midlands.
Mention it to the children – guaranteed to give you hours of peace as they play at being centurions!
