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Bledington,Hornton, G oloucestersxfordshirehire Little Close Edge of village – great potential

Distances Approximate: Kingham 1 mile (Kingham mainline station - London/Paddington about 80 mins) Chipping Norton 6 miles Stow-on-the-Wold 6 miles Burford 8 miles Cheltenham 25 miles Oxford 28 miles London 83 miles

• Entrance lobby • Drawing room • Dining room • Kitchen • Larder • Pantry • Study • Cloakroom • 4 bedrooms & 2 attic bedrooms • Walk-in dressing room • 2 bathrooms • Extensive gardens and grounds • Detached stone garage/workshop • 2 greenhouses • Various stores • Vegetable garden • Paddock grazing with shelter • In all about 1.4 acres fi replaces, exposed timbers, window seats and stone mullion windows. • The house has been in the same ownership for the past 25 years over which time it has been a much treasured home. Today it offers excellent potential for refurbishment and modernisation (subject to relevant consents). • Extensive gardens and grounds surround the property and offer potential for further landscaping and/space for swimming pool or tennis court (subject to planning consents), if desired. • Useful detached stone garage with attached green house. • Post and rail paddock grazing of about 0.66 acres, ideal for ponies. In all about 1.4 acres. • For those seeking space and privacy with scope, then look no further. The essential ingredients of period living already exist in this charming house, giving the perfect canvas to create an exquisite country home. Accommodation Please see fl oor plan. Directions From the M40 (J8) take the A40 to Oxford, from the Oxford ring road take the A44 signposted to Stratford/Woodstock/Chipping Norton. Take the left turn to Chipping Norton. Then take the B4450 to Churchill. Continue through Churchill and on to Bledington past Kingham main line train station on the right. Follow the road around a sharp right hand bend and into the village. The road drops gentle down to the green and at the sharp left hand bend turn right into Chapel Lane. Follow the lane to the very end where a pair of white timber gateposts mark the driveway to Little Close. Services: Mains water, drainage and electricity are connected to the property. Central heating and hot water are provided by an oil fi red boiler. BT connected subject to usual transfers. Local Authority: Cotswold District Council 01285 623000 Council Tax Band: G Postcode: OX7 6XA Situation Tenure: Freehold • Bledington is a charming Cotswold Conservation Village centred around a village green and duck pond in rural Gloucestershire close to Fixtures And Fittings: Those items mentioned in these sale particulars as the borders of Oxfordshire. well as carpets, curtains and light fi ttings are included in the freehold sale. • With a thriving local community, the village benefi ts from The King’s All other fi xtures and fi ttings are expressly excluded. Certain such items Head Inn public house, (which offers a post offi ce service on Monday may be available by separate negotiation. and Friday mornings) primary school, attractive parish church and village hall. • The neighbouring village of Kingham (about 1 mile) has a village shop/post offi ce and can also be reached in about 15 minutes walk across the fi elds. • Nearby market towns of Chipping Norton, Stow-on-the-Wold and Burford offer more specialist facilities including banks, supermarkets and farmer’s markets. Daylesford Organic Farm Shop and Spa is also close by. • For more extensive retail and leisure facilities Oxford and Cheltenham are within an hours drive away. • Local schools include Bledington Primary School in the village and secondary at The Cotswold School, Bourton-on-the-Water. Preparatory schools in the area include St Hugh’s (co-ed, Farringdon), Kitebrook (co-ed, Moreton-in-Marsh) Cothill House (boys, Cothill) Viewing Cokethorpe (Witney, co-ed prep and senior), Summer Fields (boys, By appointment with Savills. Prior to making an appointment to view, Oxford) and The Dragon (co-ed, Oxford). Independent schools Savills strongly recommend that you discuss any particular points which include Radley (boys), St Edwards, Oxford (co-ed), Bloxham (co- are likely to affect your interest in the property with a member of Savills’ ed),Cheltenham (co-ed), Cheltenham Ladies and Kingham Hill staff who has seen the property in order that you do not make a wasted (co-ed). journey. • Communication is good with the A44 from Chipping Norton linking to Oxford and the M40 with the A40 to Cheltenham and also to Important Notice Oxford. Mainline train from Kingham to London/Paddington about Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 80 minutes. • Leisure activities in the area include the Golf and Health Club at 1. They have no authority to make or give any representations or Heythrop Park, Chipping Norton, Lyneham, and Tadmarton Heath; warranties in relation to the property. These particulars do not form part horse racing at Cheltenham and Stratford-Upon-Avon; motor racing of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or at Silverstone. representations of fact. Description 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, • Situated at the edge of this sought-after village, Little Close commands photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily a highly desirable position backing onto open countryside and thereby comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all offering a considerable amount of space and privacy. necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have • Pretty detached house of stone construction under a pitched not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy Stonesfi eld slate covered roof. themselves by inspection or otherwise. • Not listed, the property is believed to be of 18th century origins with later additions and boasts a wealth of period features including open Details prepared and photographs taken: August 2010 G F F © T G 2 G r i o 7 o

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