THE LAURELS DUNTISBOURNE ABBOTTS • THE LAURELS DUNTISBOURNE ABBOTTS GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Cirencester 7 miles • Cheltenham 12 miles Kemble Station 12 miles ( Paddington 75 minutes approx) M4 (Junction 15) 29 miles M5 (Junction 11A) 12 miles (all mileages and times are approximate)

Idyllic Home in an Idyllic Village

House: Kitchen/Breakfast Room • Dining Room Sitting Room • Second Sitting Room/Study Utility/Boot Room • Cloakroom

Three Double Bedrooms (one en suite) and a Family Bathroom

Outside: Gravel Drive • Ample Parking Gardens to front and rear • Outbuilding/Store DESCRIPTION The Laurels sits within the unspoilt village of Duntisbourne Abbotts. Built from Cotswold stone under a stone tiled roof it retains a wealth of period features which include; exposed beams, wooden flooring and open fireplaces. Once the village Post Office it has retained the old post box hidden in the exterior wall which is today still used by the current vendors. You enter through the front door and into the hall, once the shop front for the post office. To the left you have a single room which could be used as a second sitting room or study, it is believed to be the old sorting room for the post office where parcels and letters were sorted before being distributed. From here and back down the hall you enter the sitting room, a room of good proportions with stairs rising to the first floor. An exposed stone fireplace takes centre stage inset with grate. Sash windows allow plenty of light in. Through an arch and you’re into the dining room. Ample room for a number of guests to be seated around a table, double aspect windows with views onto the gardens. Down a couple of steps and you’re into the kitchen. The kitchen is of good proportions with space for a breakfast table. Wall and base units provide ample storage. NEFF oven with 4 ring hob, and built in fridge freezer. Accessed via the kitchen is the utility/boot room. Laid with quarry tiles it’s easy to maintain. Wooden worktops inset with Belfast sink, space for washing machine and tumble dryer along with a w/c. Rising from the sitting room and to the 1st floor are three double bedrooms. All are of good proportions with sash windows looking out onto the gardens and village. The master bedroom benefits from an en suite and all bedrooms have built in wardrobes. The family bathroom is a good size and consists SITUATION of a white bath suite. Duntisbourne Abbotts is a delightful village situated North , Cheltenham and Swindon offer an excellent range West of Cirencester in the popular Duntisbourne Valley. The of shopping and leisure facilities and the M4 and M5 are easily OUTSIDE rolling hills, gently babbling streams, beautiful architecture, reached at junctions 15 and 11A respectively. Cirencester is Externally the gardens are to the front and rear. The front ford crossings and the convenient road connections make the about six miles away and Cheltenham can be reached via the garden is mainly laid to lawn with flower borders. Double village very accessible. 417/419 in about 20 minutes. There are mainline stations at wooden gates give way to the village and up to the church. To Swindon and Kemble with regular services to London taking the rear is a paved seating area ideal for alfresco dining. Again The village predominantly comprises Cotswold stone cottages approximately 60/80 minutes. mainly laid to lawn it’s on various levels with mature trees, and houses and a very beautiful church of Saxon origins. shrubs and flower beds. There are also productive fruit trees Pevsner wrote that in Duntisbourne Abbotts there was “a deep, Recreational facilities include golf at Cirencester and and below a carpet of varying and colourful wildflowers. An long ford, ideal for cleaning the wheels of carts and the feet of Minchinhampton, polo at Cirencester Park and sailing at the outbuilding is perfect for those garden essentials and there is horses.” Cotswold Water Park. ample parking for a number of vehicles. THE LAURELS Approximate Gross Internal Area: TENURE Main House: 190 sq.m. / 2052 sq.ft. Freehold Outbuilding: 13 sq.m. / 139 sq.ft. POSTCODE GL7 7JN

SERVICES Mains water and electricity, oil fired central heating. Private drainage. Broadband available.

LOCAL AUTHORITY Council

FIRST FLOOR FIXTURES AND FITTINGS Only those items mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the freehold sale. All other fixtures, fittings and furnishings are expressly excluded. Certain such items may be available by separate negotiation. Further information should be obtained from the selling agents.

DIRECTIONS From Cirencester take the A417 towards . After about 6.5 miles take the exit signed Duntisbourne Leer. At the ‘T’ junction take the left hand turn, continue down the lane and fork right at the triangle. Proceed down this road for about 1 mile and into the village. On entering the village and a short distance in, the drive to The Laurels can be found on your right hand side. GROUND FLOOR VIEWINGS Strictly by appointment with Savills.

OUTBUILDINGS

IMPORTANT NOTICE: SAVILLS CIRENCESTER Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1. They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, 1 Castle Street, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form Market Place, Cirencester, part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs Gloucestershire, GL7 1QD and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. 01285 627 550 17/05/25 SR. [email protected]