Three Chimneys
Stoke Bliss
Three Chimneys
TUCKED down a country church lane on the Herefordshire-Worcestershire-Shropshire border, Three Chimneys is a five-bedroomed idyll. To its front, arable fields stretch as far as the eye can see towards the market town of Bromyard. To its rear, cattle and sheep graze, lambs gambolling and ducks flying overhead as you dine al fresco on the peaceful back terrace. Three Chimneys offers privacy and rural charm with modern fixtures, plump cushions, five-star mattresses and understated style. Sleeping seven to nine, it has an open-plan kitchen and dining area, log fire, books and a gravel drive.
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In addition to Bromyard, historic Tenbury Wells is five miles away. Queen Victoria called Tenbury ‘my little town in the orchard’ and it is perfect for long lunches and browsing antique shops. Stoke Bliss’s Norman church of St Peter’s is a short stroll down the lane from the house and the surrounding hills and fields are criss-crossed by centuries-old walkways and bridle paths. Three Chimneys has an oak-fringed paddock; dogs and horses may be brought by agreement. We love Three Chimneys and we hope you will, too.
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The Local Area
Stoke Bliss takes its name from the Old English stoc (dwelling place) and from the de Bliss family, Norman invaders who hailed from Calvados. Apple country, just like this.
Bromyard and Tenbury Wells are today’s nearest towns. Leominster, Malvern and the great cathedral cities of Worcester and Hereford are within easy striking distance. Little-discovered Bromyard is home to curiosity shops and half-timbered inns. This is Herefordshire as it was a generation ago but under that sleepy façade, Bromyard rocks. Various festivals are held during the year, from folk to steam to food.
Tenbury, on the River Teme, is a daintier proposition, with its own fishmonger, a Tuesday market and 19th century ‘Chinese Gothic’ pump rooms that were scorned by the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner but liked by James Lees-Milne. St Michael’s church in Tenbury is a mini-cathedral with noted stained-glass and a mighty Father Willis organ, played most Sundays by Roger Judd, former organist of St George’s chapel, Windsor.
Leominster, half an hour west, is another authentic Herefordshire town, full of terrier men and tractor boys and, hard to miss, London antiques dealers, who come here to pick through the junk shops for buried treasures.
