Granary Cottage ford Granary Cottage Ford, Temple Guiting, Gloucestershire

Stow-on-the-Wold 7 miles, 17 miles, Oxford 37 miles, Kingham 12 miles (mainline station to London Paddington from 80 minutes), Moreton in Marsh 9 miles (station to Paddington), Winchcombe 7 miles, M5 (Junction 9) 15 miles. (Distances and times approximate).

Attractive Cotswold Stone cottage set in the heart of a desirable hamlet with a good public house.

• Open plan kitchen/dining area • Sitting room • Cloakroom • 2 Double bedrooms • Family bathroom • Enclosed lawned garden • Parking space for 2 cars

DESCRIPTION Granary Cottage is of Cotswold Stone construction under a pitched tiled roof. The property is in the curtilage of the Grade II Listed Ford Farmhouse, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Conservation Area. This barn is believed to date back to the early 1800’s. It was converted in 1985, and has been let on a long term basis for the last 30 years. This property is being sold with vacant possession. This would make a superb home, second home or letting opportunity.

SITUATION AND AMENITIES Ford is a Cotswold hamlet comprising of period and contemporary cottages and houses situated in a lovely rolling region of the , which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This hamlet has an excellent public house called The Plough, which is very popular, and lies only a short distance from Broadway, Winchcombe and Stow on the Wold. National Hunt Racing as Jackdaws Castle National Hunt training yard with Jonjo O’Neill is across the road and the popular Plough Pub is a short walk away. Neighbouring Temple Guiting offers a fine old Parish Church, a superb village store with coffee shop, village hall and playing fields. Guiting Power, with a busy community including the history society, has a beautiful 12th Century Church, village hall and playing field. There is also a village shop with post office and a café and a wonderful bakery. Communications in the area are excellent, with London easily accessible via FIRST FLOOR the A40/M40, and a mainline railway service to London Paddington from Landing Skylight. Access to roof space (not inspected). Exposed Cotswold both Kingham and Moreton-in-Marsh within a twenty-minute drive from stonework up the staircase. Bedroom 1 View to woodland and over the the house. garden. Wardrobe cupboard. Exposed stonework. Bedroom 2 Beautiful feature window. 2 skylights. Exposed Cotswold stonework with shelf above. Sports and leisure facilities include golf at Naunton Downs and Bathroom Bath with shower and glazed guard. Hand basin and WC. Cheltenham. For lovers of the turf, there are famous racecourses such as Heated towel rail. Part tiled walls. Tiled floor. Shelved medicine cabinet. Cheltenham as well as Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick. Skylight. There is a popular primary school (OFSTED- good) in neighbouring Temple Guiting and a new Montesorri Nursery in Guiting Power. A bus OUTSIDE to the very popular Cotswold School (OFSTED - Outstanding) stops in The property is approached from a communal gravelled parking area, where these villages, with a wide choice of local schools including an alternative two car parking spaces are designated at the end of the garden. Ford Farm primary school at Cold Aston (OFSTED – Outstanding), Pate’s Grammar Management Committee Company maintain these areas, to date approx. (OFSTED – Outstanding) Cheltenham Ladies College, Cheltenham £350 payable per annum. Wooden pedestrian gate set in the wooden fence Preparatory School and Cheltenham College, Dean Close, St Edwards, and leads to the front door. An attractive Cotswold stone wall encloses part of Rendcomb. the garden. There is a beautiful Ash tree in the centre of the garden with a lawn to one side and the paved south facing terrace to the other. Flower ACCOMMODATION and shrub beds line the boundaries and below the Ash tree. Wooden shed. From the glazed front door into the Kitchen/Dining Area Staircase to the A separate store next to the neighbours garage has the metres for all the first floor. Range of wall and floor cupboards and drawers, glazed display cottages. cupboards, oven and electric hob with extractor fan above. Space for a dishwasher. Sink. Tiled floor leading to the carpet that runs through the SERVICES Cotswold stone archway with a large wooden lintel into the Sitting Room Mains water and electricity. Night storage heaters and panel heaters. Extensive exposed Cotswold stone. Wooden lintels over the windows and Shared septic tank. glazed double doors that lead to the garden. A full height ceiling making it a super room for families. Cloakroom Hand basin and WC. Tiled floor, arrow slit window.

There are two pubs in the village, The Farmers Arms and Hollow Bottom which has recently re-opened after extensive refurbishment. These North Cotswold villages, which also include Naunton and Cutsdean, are renowned for a friendly, supportive community and offer excellent pubs and a number of successful National Hunt racing yards, which adds to the character of the area. Adam Henson’s Cotswold Farm Park also offers a café, attracting many younger visitors throughout the year. This immediate area also benefits from the excellent network of footpaths and bridleways linking all these lovely villages, winding through mature woodlands and across the undulating landscape.

More extensive shopping is available nearby in the pretty market towns of Stow-on-the-Wold, Bourton-on-the-Water, and Winchcombe, while a few miles further off, the elegant centres of Cheltenham and Oxford provide still more comprehensive shopping and leisure options as does Stratford-upon- Avon which hosts The Royal Shakespeare Company. FIXTURES & FITTINGS Only those mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. All others are specifically excluded.

LOCAL AUTHORITY Council. Telephone 01285 623000. Tax Band: E

VIEWINGS Strictly by appointment with Butler Sherborn. Before making an appointment to view, we recommend that you discuss any specific issues likely to affect your level of potential interest in the property with a member of staff who has seen it.

DIRECTIONS (POSTCODE GL54 5RU) From Stow-on-the-Wold, take the B4077 towards Tewkesbury/M5, after

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