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LILAC COTTAGE HAWLING • GLOUCESTERSHIRE LILAC COTTAGE HAWLING, GLOUCESTERSHIRE A beautifully refurbished and enlarged country cottage with superb ancillary accommodation, stabling and paddock Stow-on-the-Wold 9 miles • Cheltenham 9 miles Kingham 14 miles (London Paddington 85 minutes) • Cirencester 15 miles (all distances and times are approximate) Entrance porch • Utility room • Cloakroom Rear hall • Sitting room • Media room Kitchen/dining room • Master bedroom suite with en suite wet room and walk in dressing cupboard Two further double bedrooms and family bathroom. Self-contained single storey annexe currently used as a professional home office and gymnasium with kitchenette and shower room. Oak framed open bay double car port with secure store • Stabling for two horses. Walled gardens and grounds, gravelled parking and paddock. About 1.8 acres. Situation and Communications Lilac Cottage is situated in the small village of Hawling in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the heart of the Cotswold countryside. The market town of Stow-on-the-Wold is about 9 miles away and provides everyday shopping and banking amenities whilst the larger centres of Cheltenham and Cirencester are accessed from the nearby Fosse Way (A429). Unusually for a village of its size nearby Guiting Power is well served by The Old Post Office store, bakery, two churches and two public houses including the renowned Hollow Bottom. Communications to the area are excellent with good access to the M5 (Junctions 10, 11 and 11a) leading to the West Country and the M40 (Junctions, 8, 9, 10 & 11) providing easy access to London, Heathrow Airport and the Midlands. Sporting and recreational facilities are well catered for in the area with golf courses at Naunton Downs, Cirencester and Cheltenham. Hunting with the Heythrop and North Cotswold Hunts. National Hunt Racing is at Cheltenham, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick and Worcester. Cheltenham is renowned for the provision of high-achieving private schools including Cheltenham College and Junior School, Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Beaudesert Park Pre and Prep Schools and Dean Close School. Kitebrook School at Moreton-in-Marsh and The Cotswold School at Bourton-on-the-Water are both highly regarded and within easy reach. The surrounding countryside is particularly beautiful with traditional Cotswold villages and an extensive network of bridleways and footpaths. Lilac Cottage Lilac Cottage occupies a partly elevated setting overlooking traditional Cotswold pasture. The property is believed to date from the eighteenth century and is traditionally built of mellow stone with accommodation set out over one-and-a-half storeys. Typical of its age and type it retains many original period features such as exposed ceiling timbers, inglenook fireplaces and mullion windows. The property has been the subject of a complete and sympathetic programme of refurbishment and enlargement using reclaimed stone and roof slates to create a comfortable home. The intelligent arrangement of rooms incorporates a spacious and stylish kitchen/ dining room with an island unit and a range of bespoke cabinets incorporating two slimline dishwashers, wine chiller and commercial Falcon range oven. There are high quality leathered granite and Silestone work surfaces and handmade tile splash backs. The kitchen/dining room has a vaulted ceiling and double master bedroom suite has an impressive contemporary style framed self-contained professional home office clad in oak doors which open onto a private terrace. en suite wet room and a walk in dressing cupboard. The beneath a cedar shingle roof (nearing completion). Although Bi-fold doors lead from the kitchen/dining room into a family bathroom is traditionally styled with a slipper bath, the current owners have set out the rooms as a professional charming double aspect sitting room with a fine inglenook a separate shower room and linen store. The first floor has home office and gymnasium with kitchenette and shower fireplace, log burning stove and exposed ceiling timbers. The traditional cast iron radiators in most rooms. room, the building could be readily used for a variety of rear hall connects through to the triple aspect media room Outside purposes including domestic ancillary accommodation. The with feature quartz wall and a substantial energy efficient Immediately surrounding the property on three sides are property is heated via two air conditioning/heating units. Solar multi fuel stove twinned with an air source heat terraced, thoughtfully landscaped gardens with raised beds photovoltaic panels have been installed on the south facing pump supplementing the domestic heating and hot water containing a variety of spring bulbs and shrubs. There is a roof slope which provide supplementary power to the whole supply. Situated off the rear hall is a useful utility, with substantial terrace to the rear of the property which is ideal for property and generate an income by supplying power back an excellent range of fitted cabinets, which connects to a outside dining. to the National Grid. There are fine views over the adjoining paddock. guest cloakroom and entrance porch. The ground floor has The property is approached from the village lane through a underfloor heating throughout. pair of timber gates over a gravelled drive which leads to a To the south west of the property lies a most attractive An oak staircase rises from the rear hall to a long landing, parking area and double car port with secure store/workshop paddock with spinney bordered by traditional Cotswold dry with views over Cotswold pasture, and on to three excellent built of green oak beneath a timber shingle roof. The drive stone walls to three sides. There are the remains of former bedrooms, each having vaulted ceilings with exposed roof continues to an L-shaped building providing excellent farm buildings which could provide the footprint for additional truss timbers and also enjoying rural views. The triple aspect stabling for two horses. Of particular note is the timber structures subject to the usual consents. The sale of the property is a Town and Country Planning special and increasingly rare The property lies within the area opportunity to purchase a administered by Tewkesbury charming and extremely well Borough Council, to whom presented Cotswold cottage interested parties are advised with the benefit of stables and a to make their own enquiries in paddock which will particularly respect of any planning issues appeal to those with an equine and development opportunities interest. Lilac Cottage will also for the property. appeal to those buyers seeking a property with ancillary Wayleaves, Easements and domestic accommodation, Rights of Way home office or hobby/craft The property is sold subject to room. The green credentials of the benefit of all rights including the property together with the rights of way, whether public recent upgrading has resulted in or private, light, support, energy efficiencies. drainage, water and electricity General Information supplies and any other rights and obligations, easements Local Authority and proposed wayleaves for Tewkesbury Borough Council masts, pylons, stays, cables, Telephone 01684 295010. drains and water, gas and other Council Tax Band G. pipes, whether referred to in the Services Conditions of Sale, or not. Mains water and electricity are Directions GL54 5SZ connected. Private drainage to From Stow-on-the-Wold take the septic tank. Underfloor heating B4068 towards Cheltenham. to ground floor. Radiators to At the T-junction turn right onto first floor. Calor gas cylinders the A436 signed to Cheltenham. for gas hob only. Domestic Take the first right signed to heating and hot water provided Hawling after the lay-by. by air source heat pump and At the crossroads turn right and supplemented with a multi-fuel continue down the hill towards stove. Solar photovoltaic the village. After the sharp left panels provide supplementary bend the property will be found power to the entire property. on the left hand side. Two air conditioning/heating units to self-contained home Viewing office. Telephone line subject to Strictly by prior accompanied BT transfer regulations appointment with Savills. The agent takes no liability for Tenure any injury caused for whatever Freehold. reason whilst at the property. GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR IMPORTANT NOTICE Savills Stow-on-the-Wold Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1.They have no authority to make or give any representations or warranties in relation Cotswold House, Church Street to the property. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of Stow-on-the-Wold fact. 2.Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily Gloucestershire comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have GL54 1BB not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. 01451 832832 Particulars prepared: April 2016. Photographs taken: April 2016. 16/05/09 HR. [email protected].