5 Bed Country House in Woodmancote, Cheltenham £799,950 Property Image Property Image

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5 bed Country House in Woodmancote, Cheltenham £799,950 Property image Property image

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Property Ref: 9063 Woodmancote Farm, Gambles Lane, Woodmancote, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms/toilets, 2 reception rooms. Woodmancote Farm is a beautiful late 17th century vernacular Cotswold stone, Grade II listed, character farmhouse situated at the foot of Cleeve Hill and the Cotswolds area of outstanding natural beauty. Constructed over three floors, it is a substantial (over 4,000 sq ft), solidly built, comfortable family home, set in an approximately third acre cottage garden, with ample off-road parking and garage space. It has an abundance of original character features, such as stone tiles, an ancient well and dovecote, stone mullioned windows, leaded lights, exposed beams and inglenook fire places. Originally part of the Delabere Estate (their Woodmancote Farm), whose principle building is now the five star Ellenborough Park hotel in neighbouring Southam, Woodmancote Farm dates from around 1690, with additions from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and was sold to the sitting tenant in 1922. It has since been occupied and used by farmers, a Cheltenham Races horse trainer and jockey, army officers, a Mayor of Tewkesbury, lawyers and doctors and has been a comfortable family home for over three centuries. The accommodation comprises the following: Ground Floor • Large entrance hall with exposed beams, vintage elm staircase and inglenook fireplace with woodburner; • Small office/study (8’2 x 5’7) with views onto the garden; • Kitchen (14’9 x 14’8) with mains gas AGA, separate electric oven, Victorian Gothic window, stone mullioned leaded lights and stable door; • Utility room (toilet and wash basin) and conservatory (14’6 x 8’), with French doors onto garden; • Impressive double aspect drawing room and dining room (32’ x 16’) with stone mullioned windows, window seat, original settle, inglenook fireplace and separate vintage working fire; First Floor • Bathroom (6’5 x 10’) with large bath, electric shower, toilet and wash basin; • Bedroom 1 (14’3 x 14’8) with Victorian Gothic stone mullioned partially leaded light; • Bedroom 2 (16’10 x 15’9) with Victorian fireplace and double aspect stone mullioned windows; • Bedroom 3 (17’ x 11’3) double aspect with stone mullioned window and original wattle and daub timber framed wall; Second Floor – large attic space recently sympathetically restored by the current owners • Original spiral staircase to connecting room (17’ x 10’4) with original wattle and daub A-frame walls; • Dovecote shower room (17’11 x 16’8) recently restored with original stone and wooden dovecotes; new electric shower, wc and wash basin; • Bedroom 4 (14’3 x 11’1) with original wattle and daub A- frame wall and views up to Cleeve Hill, Cheltenham Race Course and beyond; • Bedroom 5 (33’5 x 14’4) with Victorian Gothic window and views (on a clear day) to Wales, the Malvern Hills, Tewkesbury Abbey and Gloucester Cathedral; Outside Garage • Ground floor with parking for two cars (20’7 x 18’5) and under stair storage (13’ x 5’) • Upper floor games room/studio (24’3 x 12’) with views up to Cleeve Hill and surrounding countryside; • Large driveway with off- road parking for over half a dozen cars. General Amenities Woodmancote Farm is approximately 4 miles equidistant from the beautiful Cotswold stone town of Winchcombe and Regency Spa town of Cheltenham, with its famous schools (Cheltenham College and Cheltenham Ladies' College) and festivals (literature, science and music). Woodmancote has a local convenience store and news agent, two popular pubs and a primary school. Nearby, Bishop’s Cleeve has a secondary school, two large supermarkets and other shops, doctors and dentists. Woodmancote farm enjoys gas central heating and all mains metered connections to gas, electricity, water and drainage. Local Authority: Tewkesbury Borough Council (council tax band G). The measurements and floor areas are approximate and for illustrative purposes only: no liability for inaccuracy is accepted.

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Illustrations are for identiﬁcation purposes only and are not to scale. All measurements are a maximum and include wardrobes and bay windows where applicable.