Jessamies Barn Nr Eastleach • Gloucestershire
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Jessamies Barn Nr Eastleach • Gloucestershire Jessamies Barn Nr Eastleach • Gloucestershire • GL7 3NG A quintessential Cotswold stone, well-proportioned family house on the edge of a popular village with stunning views. Dining Hall • Kitchen/breakfast room • Drawing room • Sitting Room • Utility area • Study • Cloakroom • Side entrance hall Master with ensuite shower room • 2 Guest ensuites • 3 further bedrooms • Bathroom with separate shower • Sauna • Store room • Large attic Beautiful gardens • Large Gravel Drive • Sun loggia • Double garage Eastleach (1 mile), Hatherop (2 miles), Fairford (4 miles), Burford (6.5 miles), Cirencester (9 miles) (All distances and times approximate). The London Office Butler Sherborn 40 St James’s Place 43-45 Castle Street, Cirencester London, SW1A 1NS Gloucestershire GL7 1QD T 0207 839 0888 T 01285 883740 E [email protected] E [email protected] www.thelondonoffice.co.uk www.butlersherborn.co.uk Jessamies Barn is an exceptional country home which impressive stone fireplace in the drawing room. There is a family room with wood burning stove and which is separated forms one half of a substantial Grade II Listed former light and airy feel throughout the property, fittings are of a from the loggia by a glazed screening and doors. Also, on threshing barn, originally being part of Macaroni Farm. This high standard and from the kitchen there are lovely westerly the ground floor is a cloakroom and utility rooms. Five of home enjoys seclusion and security in an idyllic setting. views across a park like landscape. the six bedrooms are on the first floor with a further suite, It is understood that the property took its name from the sauna and store rooms found on the second floor. Two of The property is approached over a gravelled driveway which Dandies and Jessamies of the Regency Period that used to the first-floor bedrooms have en suite facilities and two have leads past the double garage with a parking area to the visit a nearby racecourse. They became known as Macaronis been cleverly created with low level windows and exposed front of the house. The main door opens into a very spacious after the craze for eating the newly imported food of the timbers. dining hall with exposed floor boards and an ash staircase. same name. An inner hall leads to the drawing room, an excellent Situation and Location The property was superbly and sympathetically converted in entertaining room with two sets of glazed double doors, a Jessamies Barn occupies a superb rural position, on the 2003/4 by Edward Blake Ltd, the present owners have since dressed stone fireplace and exposed timbers. Adjacent is edge of the Coln Valley, between the villages of Eastleach converted the second floor to additional accommodation the excellent kitchen breakfast room which takes advantage and Hatherop, whilst also being close to the small market and the gardens were landscaped by the well-known local of the views and again has glazed double doors into both town of Fairford. The surrounding countryside is totally designers Graduate Gardeners. There are a number of the side and courtyard gardens. It is fitted with a very good unspoilt, much of it being owned by the Ernest Cook Trust. attractive features throughout the house, not least the range of wall and floor cupboards with granite work surfaces, triangular barn vents which have been retained as windows. an Aga, exposed timbers and a flagstone floor. Beyond is Eastleach is one of the prettiest villages in the Cotswolds. There are also flagstone floors, exposed timbers and an a single storey wing which incorporates the study and the It sits astride the River Leach and is characterized by its lovely period houses and cottages. Nearby Fairford, Burford hedging. The boundaries are defined by stone walling, and Lechlade have a good range of everyday shops and wrought iron railings and thorn hedging. The detached services, with a wider choice at the ancient market town of double garage has an attached side implement store, the Cirencester (about 12 miles). The main regional centres are property extends to just over half an acre. Cheltenham, Oxford and Swindon, all of which are within easy daily commuting distance The A40 for access to the Services M40 at Oxford is about 5 miles to the north and Junction 15 The house is connected to mains water and electricity, of the M4 at Swindon is about 16 miles to the south. private drainage and oil fired central heating. Broadband connected. (No tests as to the suitability of services have Amenities been carried out and intending purchasers must commission The Cotswolds are renowned for country pursuits and their own tests). there are many enjoyable walks in the area together with an extensive network of footpaths and bridleways with excellent riding. Rugby and Hockey Clubs for all ages in Stow-on-the-Wold, Fairford, Cirencester and Bourton-on- the-Water. Hunting is with the Heythrop and VWH and polo played regularly at Cirencester Park. Golf courses at Burford and Cirencester; racing at Cheltenham and Stratford-upon- Avon; with theatres at Oxford and Cheltenham. A variety of water sports are available at the Cotswold Water Park near South Cerney. There is a good choice of primary schools in and around Eastleach. The area is noted for both its private and state schools. These include Hatherop Castle which is just a short drive from the house, Rendcomb College, Cotswold School, Farmor’s, St Hugh’s, Beaudesert Park, Westonbirt, and Cheltenham Ladies’ and Cheltenham Boys Colleges. Outside Outside there is a south facing courtyard garden enclosed by a stone wall and including an expanse of lawn, together with shrub borders as well as a water feature. The garden is also fronted by the sun loggia to the side. The gate leads into the side garden where there are two vegetable beds and a sitting out area adjacent to the kitchen. 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