Stokes House 5 SHEEP STREET, SHIPSTON ON STOUR, SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE Stokes House A MOST HANDSOME PERIOD HOUSE OF GREAT CHARM SITUATED ON THE TOWN’S PREMIER STREET Stratford upon Avon 8 miles, Moreton in Marsh 8 miles, Chipping Campden 8.5 miles, Chipping Norton 10 miles, Banbury 14 miles (all distances and times are approximate) S 3 b 5 B 4 t Banbury – from 57 minutes to London Marylebone; Moreton in Marsh - from 92 minutes to London Paddington; Stratford upon Avon - from 46 minutes to Birmingham Moor Street M M40 (Junctions 11 and 12) A Birmingham International Airport G Brailes, Stratford upon Avon, Tadmarton, Broadway, Welford on Avon and Chipping Norton h National Hunt racing at Cheltenham, Stratford upon Avon, Warwick and Worcester; hunting locally with Warwickshire, Heythrop and North Cotswold Hunts E Shipston on Stour Primary School, Shipston High School and Stratford Grammar Schools T Royal Shakespeare Company’s theatres, Stratford upon Avon; Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham; Chipping Norton Theatre and Compton Verney Art Gallery Blenheim Palace, Hidcote Manor, Kiftsgate Court Gardens, Sezincote, Snowshill Manor and Batsford Arboretum P Daylesford Organic Farm Shop & Bamford Wellness Spa, Dormy House Hotel & Spa, Soho Farmhouse and Heythrop Park SITUATION Stokes House is situated in the heart of the popular and sought after former market town of Shipston on Stour bordering the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Shipston on Stour was voted the best place to live in the Midlands 2018 by The Sunday Times and boasts a fine selection of independent shops, cafes, popular public houses, two boutique hotels and a Michelin Guide restaurant as well as hosting the popular music event The Shipston Proms. A short distance from Shipston on Stour are the historic market towns of Chipping Campden and Moreton in Marsh both of which offer further amenities. The larger centres of Stratford upon Avon, Banbury, Cheltenham and Oxford offer a more extensive choice of shopping and cultural facilities. The town and the surrounding area offer an excellent choice of state, private and grammar schools. THE PROPERTY Stokes House is a handsome and charming Grade II Listed town house in the heart of Shipston on Stour conveniently situated to access the town’s amenities. The façade of the house bears a moulded datestone inscribed W/NK/1715. It is mainly built of local lias stone under a stone and tiled roof with brick ridge and end stacks. Stokes House was built as a private dwelling in 1715 and then became The Bell Inn and later a bank, before returning to its original status as a private terraced house. The property provides most charming and comfortable living accommodation over three floors and the arrangement and measurements of the rooms can be seen on the accompanying floorplans. Stokes House is arguably one of the finest properties fronting Sheep Street. The property is entered via an original part glazed panelled timber door with moulded wood surround opening into an impressive reception hall with original flagstone flooring leading through to the deceptively spacious downstairs accommodation. This comprises a well proportioned drawing room with large inglenook fireplace with chamfered timber bressumer beam above and stone steps lead down to the cellar. The dining room has an open fireplace flanked by fitted cupboards to either side, parquet flooring and 19th Century bay window facing Sheep Street. A further well proportioned sitting room with fireplace leads to a useful boot room, cloakroom and well equipped laundry room. The spacious kitchen/breakfast room flooded with natural light has limed oak fronted cupboards and drawers, integrated appliances, polished black granite work surfaces, an AGA and separate gas hob, an island unit and French doors to the garden terrace as well as ample space for informal dining. A dog-leg staircase with flat balusters dating from the 18th Century leads to the upstairs accommodation comprising the master bedroom suite with en suite bathroom and well appointed dressing room, three additional elegant bedroom suites and a further double bedroom. There is an additional landing with study space connecting two of the second floor suites. Planning Permission exists (Ref: 19/01450/FUL dated 12/09/2019) to raise the roof of the existing south wing and install a new dormer window to house a dressing room and bathroom. The vendor of the property is a builder and the proposed scheme of works could be carried out at an additional cost to a purchaser’s own specifications. One of the principal attractions of the property is the lovely south east facing walled garden which is skilfully planted and set out over a number of levels connected by flights of steps, with different areas for outdoor entertaining. There is a superb timber outbuilding currently a professional home office with phone lines, electricity and broadband laid on. There is a further outbuilding providing useful garden storage. A rear gate provides access to a connecting alleyway. STOKES HOUSE, 5 SHEEP STREET, SHIPSTON ON STOUR, SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE Approximate Gross Internal Area 3,465 sq ft / 322 sq m Cellar Outbuilding Second Floor Proposed First Floor First Floor Ground Floor Illustration for identification purposes only. Not to scale. GENERAL INFORMATION Agent’s Note Stokes House is Grade II Listed for its Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Parking permits for Sheep Street residents are available from the local council at a cost of £25 per annum. Local Authority Stratford on Avon District Council. Telephone: 01789 267575. Council Tax Band: G Services Mains electricity, gas, water and drainage are connected. Gas fired central heating. Telephone line subject to BT transfer regulations. Tenure The property is freehold. Note: “This plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey map with the sanction of the controller of H.M. Stationary Office. This plan is Directions CV36 4AE for convenience of purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. Licence Number. From Stratford upon Avon take the A3400 towards Shipston on Stour and Oxford No. LAN1001619.” passing through the villages of Alderminster and Newbold on Stour. Proceed over the roundabout crossing the A429 (Fosse Way) signposted Shipston on Stour and continue through the village of Tredington on the A3400. On entering the town of IMPORTANT NOTICE Shipston on Stour continue on the main street into the centre of the town and turn Pritchard & Company, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: right into Telegraph Street just before Pettiphers Garage. At the top of Telegraph They are not authorised by their clients to make any warranties or representations relating to any property described or as to the Street turn left and take the next left into Sheep Street, which is one way. The condition or planning status or dimensions of any property described or indeed as to planning law as it might affect any property described and the descriptions provided, whether by text, photographs, floor plans or in any other way relating to any property are property is located at the lower end of Sheep Street on the right hand side and intended to provide no more than a general impression of the property, every detail of which it is your responsibility to establish to can be identified by a Pritchard & Company sale board. Parking is available all along your own satisfaction whether by your own inspection or by the instruction of appropriately qualified experts to inspect, carry out searches or other researches on your behalf. These particulars nor any part of them form part of any offer or proposed contract Sheep Street. relating to any property described and no warranty is given by Pritchard & Company Estate Agents Limited or their clients as to the accuracy of any detail which may be included. Viewing Photographs taken: June 2019. Details prepared: April 2021 Strictly by prior accompanied appointment, please, with Pritchard & Company. Pritchard & Company Alscot Arms Alscot Estate Atherstone Hill Atherstone on Stour Stratford upon Avon Warwickshire CV37 8NF Telephone: 01608 801030 Email: [email protected] Website: www.pritchardandcompany.co.uk .