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MAXWELL’S PIECE

Maxwell’s Piece I Lower Lemington I Near Moreton-in-Marsh I

MAXWELL’S PIECE LOWER LEMINGTON I NEAR MORETON IN MARSH I GLOUCESTERSHIRE GL56 9NP

SET IN THE COTSWOLDS - AN OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY HOUSE PRESENTED TO A HIGH STANDARD WITH EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPED GROUNDS

Situated about 1.5 miles from Moreton-in-Marsh • 6 miles from Shipston-on-Stour and Stow-on-the-Wold • 8 miles from Chipping Campden and 10 miles from Chipping Norton • 16 miles from Stratford-upon-Avon • 24 miles from Cheltenham • 32 miles from Oxford

Accommodation and Amenities Reception Hall • Drawing Room • Dining Room • Family Kitchen • Utility Room • Cloakroom Self-Contained Ground Floor One Bedroom Annexe.

Galleried Landing • Master Bedroom Suite with Dressing Room and Ensuite Bathroom • Five further Bedrooms and Four Bathrooms (three ensuite)

Double Carport with Store Room and Two Room Studio with Shower Room Over • Electric car charging point • Free Standing PV Array • Solar Panels • Air Heat Source Pumps • CCTV security camera system

Mature Landscaped Garden and Grounds • Detached Garden Room/Office • Two Ponds • Small Arboretum and Paddock

Greenhouse • General Outbuildings and Stores

In all about 3.02 acres/ 1.222 ha

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Viewing through: Shipston-on-Stour office T: 01608 663788 E: [email protected] Situation

• Maxwell’s Piece is situated in the attractive undulating Cotswold Countryside, a short distance to the east of Moreton in Marsh and in the hamlet of Lower Lemington, which is situated close to the local village of , within which there is a fine Parish Church.

• The local market town of Moreton in Marsh is close by offering good local shopping facilities, together with a cottage hospital and main line station with trains south to Oxford and London (Paddington – about 90 minutes) and north to Worcester and Hereford.

• In addition Maxwell’s Piece is well located for the local centres of Shipston on Stour, Chipping Campden, Stow on • There are golf courses at Tadmarton, Broadway, Cheltenham, the Wold and Chipping Norton with the larger centres of Chipping Norton, Brailes and Lyneham. Racing at Warwick, Cheltenham, Oxford, Banbury, Stratford upon Avon and Stratford upon Avon and Cheltenham. Theatre at Oxford, Worcester, together with Warwick and Leamington Spa being Cheltenham, Stratford upon Avon and Chipping Norton. easily accessible. • Local schools include Chipping Campden and the Cotswolds • Junctions 11 and 14 of the M40 motorway are situated at School at Bourton on the Water (both classed as outstanding) Banbury and Warwick respectively. Junctions 9 and 11a of the Shipston High School, St David’s Moreton in Marsh, Dormer M5 motorways are situated at Tewksbury and Cheltenham House and Kitebrook and Sibford School respectively. In addition there are main line stations at Banbury and Warwick (Warwick Parkway) on the Chilton Line with services south to London (Marylebone – from Banbury about 60 minutes) and north to Birmingham. The Property

• Maxwell’s Piece is an outstanding contemporary country house, originally a pair of cottages, which have been sympathetically renovated and substantially extended to offer a fine family home presented to a high standard with modern finish and energy efficiency.

• The windows are aluminium-framed, double-glazed, and maintenance-free with the tiled floors being Portuguese Moleanous limestone tiles and engineered oak floors to the hall and dining room. The entire ground floor benefits form underfloor heating. There is a Jura Fired Earth fitted kitchen with oak and ash built-in units incorporating Miele appliances, together with a two-hob four-oven Aga.

• An attractive feature of the property is the spacious reception hall, together with the first floor galleried landing with both the reception rooms and bedrooms being spacious and well proportioned. From the reception hall drawing room, garden room bi-fold doors lead out to the south west facing terrace overlooking the garden to the pond.

• Situated off the reception hall is the drawing room, a fine room with the fireplace incorporating a wood burning stove with oak mantel shelf, together with built-in oak display shelving with fitted cupboards under, bi-fold doors to garden terrace.

• The dining room, with oak floor, is next to the family living room/kitchen, which is a wonderful large and spacious room incorporating separate living and dining areas, together with Jura Fired Earth fitted kitchen incorporating oak and ash built-in units with granite and oak work surfaces, together with a two-hob four-oven Aga. In addition there is a wood- burning stove set on a brick hearth, and from the garden room there are two sets of bi-folding doors opening out onto the garden terrace. Beyond is the utility room with cloakroom off.

• In addition, on the ground floor, and approached from either the reception hall or its own external access, is a one- bedroom self-contained annexe which offers flexibility as it can either be separate or included within the house. A side hall gives access to the rear garden room and garden terrace.

• The first floor galleried landing which overlooks the reception hall, with an impressive master bedroom suite, incorporates a well-fitted dressing room and an ensuite bathroom with separate walk-in shower. In addition, there are three further • Situated a short distance from the house is a detached bedrooms each with ensuites. garden room/office with oak boarded floor incorporating a w.c. There is a separate vehicular access, beyond which is a • On the second floor is an office/study area, situated off which small paddock. are two further bedrooms and a further bathroom. • In addition, the house is energy efficient with free standing • To the front of Maxwell’s Piece is a gravelled courtyard PV Array, two sets of roof mounted solar panels and two air enclosed on one side by a double carport, with store room source heat pumps. beside, and a two room studio, with shower room over.

• The landscaped gardens and grounds are situated principally to the south west of the house and have been landscaped to incorporate a large lawned area running down to a pond with well-stocked flower and shrub borders together with a small arboretum incorporating a second pond and mown walkways.

General Information

Services Mains electricity and water are connected to the property. Private drainage system. Kinetico water softener system. Two air heat source pumps and two sets of solar panels for hot water and heating. PV array currently producing an income also of around £1,200 pa.

Available in the lane to the front of the property is the opportunity to connect to a high-speed fibre optic cable.

Fixtures and fittings Only those mentioned in these particulars are included in the sale. All others are excluded.

Tenure The property is offered for sale freehold

Energy Efficiency Ratings Current C 73 Potential B 81

Local Authority Council Telephone 01285-623000

Council Tax Band: D

Directions (GL56 9NP) From the centre of Moreton in Marsh take the A429 (Fosseway) north for Stratford upon Avon and Shipston on Stour. Cross over the railway line taking the first turning right after a short distance (sign-posted to Todenham). Proceed along this country road for about one mile taking the first turning left signed to Lower Lemington. Maxwell’s Piece is the first property situated on the left after about a further 400 yards.

Viewing Is by prior appointment through the sole selling agents Seccombes, Shipston on Stour office 01608-663788 email [email protected] Room one

Room two

First Floor Studio (over garage)

FLOOR PLANS

Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area IMPORTANT NOTICE House & Annexe: 657 sq m (7,074 sq ft) The attached particulars have been prepared in good faith and are for First Floor Studio: 42 sq m (453 sq ft) guidance only. They are intended to give a fair description of the property Outbuilding & Garden Room: 83 sq m (895 sq ft) but do not constitute part of an offer or form any part of a contract. The Total: 782 sq m (8,422 sq ft) photograph(s) show only certain parts and aspects as at the time they were taken. We have not carried out a survey on the property, nor have

we tested the services, appliances or any specific fittings. Any areas, This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a Cotswold Plans Ltd. 01386 430176 statement of fact. 27.4.2017 ma/9702 measurements or distances we have referred to are given as a guide only and are not precise. ©www.cotswoldplans.co.uk Site PLAN

Location PLAN

Ordnance Survey © Crown Copyright 2018. All rights reserved. Licence number 100022432. Plotted Scale - 1:45104 Shipston-on-Stour T 01608 663788 Kineton T 01926 640498 10 Market Place, Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire CV36 4AG 2 Banbury Street, Kineton, Warwickshire CV35 0JS [email protected] [email protected]

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