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Diplock Cottage Diplock Cottage Chadlington, Oxfordshire

Mileages (all mileages approximate) 3.8 miles, Station 3 miles, Stow on the Wold 11 miles, Station 5.6 miles, Oxford 20.5 miles, 9 miles.

A beautiful four bedroom Listed Cotswold cottage presented to a high standard with an enclosed south-facing garden SITUATION AND AMENITIES Diplock Cottage is a light and deceptively spacious family property, Chadlington is a well-regarded village 3.8 miles from the market towns of hospital. Larger towns of Oxford and Banbury offer extensive ranges of shops, finished to an extremely high standard. The accommodation is very flexible Chipping Norton and Charlbury on the south-facing slope of the Evenlode schools, train stations, leisure facilities and restaurants. and laid out over three floors. Period features include charming fireplaces, Valley in Oxfordshire. There is a parish church, Cafe de la Post, Chadlington sash windows, a wooden floor and exposed beams and stone work. The Quality Foods, and Slatters Butchers, the Tite Inn, village playground, sports ACCOMMODATION property benefits from a sleek kitchen, several sets of glazed doors to and social Club, memorial hall and the bowls club. The primary school has a the garden and skylights, flooding the interiors with light. The modern GROUND FLOOR ‘good’ Ofsted report and there is also a nursery/playgroup. One of the main touches such as the under floor heating in the kitchen and summer room, Through a wooden door into the Entrance Hall. Slate tiled floor. Door attractions of Chadlington village is that it has very easy access to Charlbury plantation shutters, modern tiled floors and a woodburner in the sitting straight through to the garden. Shelf. Sitting Room Wood burner. Exposed station which is only 5 minutes’ drive away. There is a direct line to Oxford room are very desirable improvements. This super four bedroom property beams and brick work. Shelving. View over lane. Stairs to first floor with and London Paddington. The village website is www.chadlington.com is in a very sought after village, which offers a wonderful range of facilities cupboard below. Open plan through to the Kitchen Breakfast Room with within walking distance and a really good community. Chipping Norton offers a wider range of services including a leisure centre space for a dining table and chairs, doors opening out the garden. Breakfast with an indoor pool, range of restaurants and small supermarkets including bar, ideal for two stools. Fully fitted units. Sink. Built in dishwasher. 4 ring This cottage has been a successful holiday let with the current owner and M&S Food and Sainsburys. The town also has a small theatre which doubles gas hob with extractor fan above. Beams. Fridge/freezer. Built in microwave a main home for a family in the past. It is an ideal ‘lock-up and leave’ low as a cinema. Medical facilities include a doctor’s surgery, dentist and a small and oven. Larder. Dining Room Built in shelves. Feature fireplace. Window maintenance property for a second home owner. There is no onward chain. seat with view overlooking the lane. Diplock Cottage was Listed Grade II of Architectural and Historical Interest in 1988. It is described as: ‘Small house. Probably early C18. Coursed limestone rubble with wooden lintels; Welsh-slate roof with rebuilt stone gable stacks. 2-unit plan. 2 storeys plus attic. Regular 2-window front has tall renewed casements at first-floor with chamfered lintels, and has short sashes below which are 5 panes wide; entrance is set to left of the range. Steep-pitched roof has gable parapets. Interior not inspected. Included for group value.’

• Entrance hall • Wet room • Sitting room • Master bedroom with dressing • Kitchen breakfast room area and adjoining Bath/shower • Dining room room • Summer room • Guest bedroom with adjoining • Utility room bathroom on 2nd floor • Snug/Bedroom 4 • Bedroom 3 Summer Room Excellent floor to ceiling storage cupboards. Plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer behind cupboard doors. Tiled floor. Skylight window and doors to the garden. Wet Room Hand basin, shower and WC. Fully tiled. Bedroom 4/Study Feature fireplace. Skylight. Shelving. Beams.

FIRST FLOOR Landing with a door to the staircase up to the second floor. Master Bedroom Feature fireplace. Window overlooking the lane. AdjoiningDressing Area with ample storage and cupboards/wardrobes. Skylight. Adjoining Shower/Bath Room Rolltop bath. Shower cubicle. Sinks with mirror above. WC. Beam. Window seat. Bedroom 3 Double. Storage cupboard and built in wardrobe. Window seat overlooking the lane.

SECOND FLOOR Guest Bedroom A stunning room with “A” frame beams and a window overlooking the garden. Shelves. Adjoining Bathroom Wooden floor boards. Bath. WC. Sink with mirror above. Heated towel rail. Storage cupboard.

OUTSIDE The property is approached from the lane to the wooden front door. The rear garden is easily accessed from the entrance hall, kitchen and summer room. The garden is half terraced and half laid to low maintenance all-weather lawn. The boundaries are Cotswold stone walls with attractive pleached trees. There is space for a table and chairs, perfect for outside entertaining and alfresco dining. There is a secluded area in front of the porch rear door, used to keep all the bins. This is accessed through a wooden gate. There is also a wooden log store.

SERVICES Mains water, electricity and mains drainage. Telephone (subject to BT regulations) Broadband available in Chadlington. (No tests to the suitability of services have been carried out and intending purchasers should commission their own tests if required).

FIXTURES AND FITTINGS Only those items mentioned in these particulars are included in the sale. All other fixtures and fittings including curtains, garden ornaments and statues are excluded. Some may be available by separate negotiation if required.

LOCAL AUTHORITY District Council, Woodgreen, , OX8 6NB Telephone 01993 702941

POSTCODE OX7 3ND

COUNCIL TAX BAND D VIEWING Please telephone Butler Sherborn, Stow on the Wold Office T 01451 830731 or The London Office T 0207 839 0888. E [email protected]

DIRECTIONS From Stow on the Wold office take the A436 towards Chipping Norton. Turn right at the Adlestrop crossroads, signposted to ‘Cornwell Park’. Continue straight on until the Lidstone crossroads, turn right onto A361 then after a few hundred yards turn left signposted Chadlington, (look for the triangle of grass). Continue down into the village and past the village shops. At the ‘T’ junction, turn right, and Diplock Cottage is immediately on the left.

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