The Old Farmhouse Lower Swell Gloucestershire the Old Farmhouse Lower Swell, Gloucestershire
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The Old Farmhouse lower swell gloucestershire The Old Farmhouse Lower Swell, Gloucestershire Stow-on-the-Wold 1.5 miles, Cheltenham 17 miles Cirencester 21 miles, Rail stations to London Paddington: Moreton in Marsh 4 miles, Kingham 5 miles (approx 90 minutes). (All distances approximate). A handsome Grade II Listed Cotswold farmhouse in a pretty village near Stow on the Wold. VIEWINGS Strictly by appointment. Butler Sherborn, Stow-on-the-Wold T 01451 830731 or The London Office T 0207 839 0888. E-mail: [email protected] DIRECTIONS (GL54 1LF) From Stow on the Wold take the B4083 signed to Lower Swell. Enter the village, past the Golden Ball public house on the left hand side, The Old Farmhouse is on the right hand side. For ease: parking can be found by the green and war memorial. We will meet you at the front door, which is the distinctive pretty white painted porch. ACCOmmodation SummARy • Entrance Hall • Drawing Room • Sitting/Music Room • Dining Room • Kitchen/Breakfast Room • Utility • Cloakroom • 3 Double Bedrooms on first floor (2 with ensuite) • Family Bathroom • 2 Bedrooms on second floor (1 with ensuite) • Utility Room • Pretty part walled Garden • Private Parking • Triple Carport SITuATION & AmENITIES Lower Swell is a delightful North Cotswold village situated on the banks of the river Dikler. The village is surrounded by open countryside and benefits from a friendly community, a thriving primary school, parish church and public house. The attractive market town of Stow on the Wold is ideally situated and provides local shopping facilities, including supermarket, banking, sporting and social facilities. Stow is a healthy walk away. More comprehensive facilities can be found at Cheltenham and the city of Oxford. The region has excellent links to the rest of the country via road and rail and is at the centre of an all-encompassing transport network. Cheltenham, Birmingham and Oxford are within easy reach and London just 90 minutes away with regular main line services to Paddington at Moreton in Marsh and Kingham stations. There are a number of excellent educational facilities in the area both in the public and private sector. In the village there is a super primary school, which feeds to the Outstanding Ofsted senior school ‘Cotswold School’ in Bourton on the Water. The popular Daylesford Farm Shop and numerous award winning village public house and restaurants are only a short drive away. Theatres at Stratford-upon-Avon, Chipping Norton and Oxford. National Hunt Racing at Cheltenham, Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon. Golf at Broadway, Burford, The Wychwoods and Naunton Downs. There is also an extensive network of rights of way providing exceptional walking. DESCRIPTION The Old Farmhouse is an excellent village house with generous room sizes complimented by good ceiling height which provides light and airy accommodation throughout. With very good reception rooms it currently serves as a much loved family home, perfect for entertaining and could also be a main weekend/holiday home. Outside is a mature and manageable landscaped walled garden with a terrace and attractive well stocked flower and shrub beds. This delightful farmhouse is well presented with an abundance of character and charm with many of its original period features having been sympathetically retained and renovated including a superb Inglenook fireplace, window seats, exposed beams and Cotswold stone walls. There is valuable private parking at the rear and a triple Cotswold stone carport/workshop. The Old Farmhouse is a traditional Cotswold stone farmhouse in a Conservation Area and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The listing is Grade II of Architectural and Historical Interest. The listing dates the house back to the mid-19th Century, rubble with ashlar quoins with Cotswold stone and three ashlar chimneys, with modern updates like the wooden porch with latticework. ACCOmmODATION SECOND Floor FIXTuRES AND FITTINGS Attractive tile hung porch with part-glazed double doors. Hall Tiled floor. Landing with cupboard. Bedroom 4 Exposed ‘A’ frame beams. Bedroom 5 Only those items mentioned in these particulars are included in the sale. All Staircase to first floor. Coat cupboard. Cloakroom WC, hand basin. Utility Exposed ‘A’ frame beams. Eave cupboards. Adjoining Shower Room with other fixtures and fittings are expressly excluded. Cupboards, sink, worktops and boiler. Space for washing machine and tumble ‘Saniflo’ WC, tiled shower cubicle, hand basin and part tiled walls. dryer. Kitchen/Breakfast Room Wooden units with extensive worktops and TENuRE AND POSSESSION tiled splash backs, sink, Range Master cooker and extractor fan. Built in OuTSIDE The property is for sale freehold. fridge and freezer. Space for table and chairs. The part boarded loft space is From the lane, the tarmac drive leads to the rear of The Old Farmhouse. ideal storage. Dining Room Attractive Inglenook fireplace with wood burner. Maintenance of this drive is shared with 3 other properties. Double wooden Exposed Cotswold stone wall. Wooden floor. Stable styled side door. Window gates lead to the private gravelled drive. There is a detached Cotswold stone seat. Drawing Room Fireplace with a wood burner. Exposed beams and triple carport with parking and space for turning. Cotswold stone. Wooden floor. Glazed door to west facing terrace. Sitting/ Wooden gates lead to the gardens, which are partly enclosed by Cotswold music Room Feature fireplace, (no flue), stone hearth. Window seat. stone walls and neighbouring properties. Mainly laid to lawn, this secure garden is ideal for children and family pets, while the gravelled terrace is FIRST Floor perfect for outdoor entertaining. A wonderful apple tree, which is believed to Landing Airing cupboard housing hot water cylinder with shelving. be over 100 years old still produces Russet Egremont apples. There are well Additional shelved cupboard. master Bedroom Double aspect with view over stocked mature borders with feature plants and trees including Golden Pear village, built in wardrobes. Adjoining Shower Room with large tiled cubicle, Quince, a white flowering Wisteria, Liquidamber, Magnolia, cherry trees, box hand basin, WC and heated towel rail. Bedroom 2 Window seat. View to hedging, trellis arch and a wrought iron arch with climbing roses. There is also front aspect and a walk in cupboard. Bedroom 3 Window seat. View to front a wooden shed and mulch bins. aspect and adjoining Shower Room with large tiled cubicle, hand basin, WC. Family Bathroom with bath, hand basin, WC, heated towel rail, mirror A further useful enclosed side garden situated to the east of the property is fronted cupboard, stone tiled walls and floor with under floor heating. ideal as log store and bin storage. Approximate Gross Internal Area 260.1 sq m / 2800 sq ft (Excluding Eaves) Floorplanz © 2016 Triple Garage Approximate Gross Internal Area 0845 6344080 Ref: 164833 This plan is for layout guidance only. 41.1 sq m / 442 sq ft Drawn in accordance with RICS guidelines. Not drawn to Total Approximate Gross Internal Area scale, unless stated. Windows & door openings are approximate. 301.2 sq m / 3242 sq ft Whilst every care is taken in the preparation of this plan, please check all dimensions, shapes & compass bearings before making any decisions reliant upon them. = Reduced headroom below 1.5m / 5'0 Triple Garage 8.03 x 5.13 26'4 x 16'10 Utility 3.87 x 2.74 Eaves 12'8 x 9'0 Bedroom 4 Bedroom 5 4.50 x 3.46 Dn 4.01 x 3.50 14'9 x 11'4 13'2 x 11'6 Eaves Second Floor Up Kitchen / Breakfast Room 5.07 x 3.48 16'8 x 11'5 Up 2.86 x 2.50 Up 9'5 x 8'2 Up Dn Music / Dining Room Sitting Room Drawing Room 4.63 x 3.45 4.57 x 4.51 Bedroom 2 4.86 x 4.72 15'2 x 11'4 Bedroom 1 Bedroom 3 15'0 x 14'10 4.00 x 3.55 15'11 x 15'6 4.76 x 4.84 3.47 x 3.30 13'1 x 11'8 Up 15'7 x 15'10 11'5 x 10'10 Up Up IN Ground Floor First Floor SERVICES Mains drainage, water and electricity. Oil fired central heating. (No tests to the suitability of services have been carried out and intending purchasers should commission their own tests if required.) LOCAL AuTHORITIES Cotswold District Council, Trinity Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 1PX, Tel: (01285) 623000 COuNCIL TAX BAND G DisclaimER Butler Sherborn, Stow-on-the-Wold office: These particulars, including any plan, are a general guide only and do not form any part of any offer or contract. All descriptions, including photographs, dimensions and other details Parklands House, Park Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, are given in good faith but do not amount to a representation or warranty. They should not be relied upon as statements of fact and anyone interested must satisfy themselves as to their correctness by inspection or otherwise. Neither Butler Sherborn nor the seller accept responsibility for any error that these particulars may contain however caused. Neither the partners Gloucestershire GL54 1AQ or any employees of Butler Sherborn have any authority to make any representation of warranty whatsoever in relation to this property. Bearings are approximate and you should not T (01451) 830731 E [email protected] rely upon them without checking them first. Please discuss with us any aspects which are particularly important to you before travelling to view this property. Photographs taken and www.butlersherborn.co.uk Particulars written: April 2016. .