Marston Meysey Manor

Wiltshire

Marston Meysey Manor

Approximate Mileages: 7 miles, 12 miles, M4 Jct 15 15 miles, access A419 3miles, Mainline railway station Swindon (London Paddington 65 minutes)

A charming Grade II Listed 17th Century Manor House together with a collection of traditional barns and outbuildings situated in the centre of this attractive North Wiltshire village within a conservation area

Summary of accommodation

Reception Hall, Drawing Room, Dining Room, Sitting Room/Library, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, 5 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms, Playroom

Most attractive formal gardens with lawns, water feature and clipped hedges

Hard tennis court (in need of repair), Heated Outdoor Swimming Pool with Pool House, Paddock and Shelter

Cottages

Manor Cottage: 2 Bedrooms,

Pheasant Cottage: 2 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms (currently let)

Outbuildings

5 Bay Open Fronted Cart Barn and Double Garage, Stables, A Collection of traditional stone outbuildings including a listed cruciform barn with potential

In all about 6 acres

For Sale Freehold by Private Treaty

Head Office Cotswold Country House Office 32 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London W1K 2HJ The Old Brewery, 18 Sheep Street, Burford OX18 4LS Telephone: 0207 758 8488 Telephone: 01993 824546 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.hamptons.co.uk www.hamptons.co.uk Situation and Communications

• The pretty north Wiltshire village of Marston Meysey lies approximately 7 miles to the south east of the important Cotswold centre of Cirencester. The village is architecturally pleasing with a mix of stone cottages, farmhouses, a Rectory and Manor House together with a Norman Church.

• Cirencester has a wide range of speciality shops including Waitrose supermarket and there is excellent shopping, theatres and festivals in Cheltenham and Bath.

• Communications are excellent with fast access to the M4, London and the West Country. The mainline station at Swindon enables London Paddington to be reached in approximately 65 minutes.

• The important regional centres of Bath, Bristol, Cheltenham, and Swindon are within comfortable commuting distance.

• For those interested in country pursuits the general area provides excellent riding country, hunting with the VWH and Beaufort Hounds, Polo at Cirencester, National Hunt racing at Cheltenham, Newbury and Bath.

• Other sporting venues include Premiership rugby at Bath, Bristol and Gloucester, first class cricket at Bristol and the annual Cheltenham cricket festival is held in July. Golf at Cirencester, Shrivenham, and . Water sports at nearby .

• Good schools are readily available with a selection of highly rated state schools in Cirencester and Cheltenham. Independent schools include Marlborough College and the Cheltenham Independent Schools. Preparatory schools at Beaudesert, Hatherop Castle and Pinewood. Manor Cottage Description • Marston Meysey is a most attractive 17th Century Manor house • The Manor has a pleasing façade and is privately situated near the • The principal reception rooms are well proportioned most of which constructed of local stone under a traditional Cotswold roof with Church with a gravelled drive approach leading to a courtyard have open fireplaces and pretty mullioned windows the majority of the accommodation arranged over three floors. surrounded by traditional buildings with the Manor House which over look the gardens and grounds. providing the centre piece. • There is a collection of traditional outbuildings including a fine • Within the formal gardens is a heated outdoor swimming pool and • The formal gardens are most attractive with rose gardens, cruciform barn and two cottages one of which is currently let on a hard tennis court (in need of repair). herbaceous borders, level lawns, mature hedges and a water an assured short hold tenancy. feature incorporating a rockery. Beyond the formal area is a useful pony paddock and there is also a more substantial paddock lying further to the north. Stables Cottage 2

Site Plan

Main House Stable Block

Barn A Outbuildings

Cottage 1

Barn A Garage and Car Ports

For indentification purposes only. Not to Scale For indentification purposes only. Not to Scale. Please refer to site plan for actual location of buildings. Marston Meysey Manor

Reception rooms

Kitchen/utilities

Bathrooms

Bedrooms

First Floor Second Floor Circulation areas Recreation

Approximate Gross Internal Areas House: 539 sq.m (5,804 sq.ft)

Cottage 1: 106 sq.m (1,150 sq.ft)

Cottage 2: 72 sq.m (775 sq.ft)

Carport 1: 112 sq.m (1,205 sq.ft)

Barn A: 169 sq.m (1,819 sq.ft) Ground Floor Barn B: 75 sq.m (807 sq.ft)

Outbuildings: 591 sq.m (6,366 sq.ft)

Total: 1,664 sq.m (17,911 sq.ft)

For indentification purposes only. Not to Scale Council Tax Directions Viewings Band H From M4 Jct 15 head north on the A419 exiting at South Cerney follow Strictly by appointment with the selling agent. Prior to making an signs to and then Marston Meysey, the Manor will be appointment to view, we strongly recommend that you discuss any Local Authority found on the left hand side with a drive adjacent to the Church. particular points which are likely to affect your interest in the property with a member of Hamptons staff who have seen the property in North Wiltshire District Council From Cirencester take the A417 towards passing through order that you do not make a wasted journey. Monkton Park, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 1ER Poulton at the next right turn signposted and Telephone: 01249 706111 Marston Meysey enter the village and the entrance to the Manor can be found on the right hand side just after the Church. Services Mains electricity, gas, water and septic tank drainage are connected. Mains gas-fired central heating. Pheasant Cottage