5 bedroom house for sale

Overview

Gardens and Grounds:The house is approached along a track running beside the church and through electric double timber gates, which lead to a large gravelled car parking area

Church House is a handsome Cotswold stone country home built in a former walled kitchen garden, which now provides a wonderful private setting for a family home.The accommodation, which is beautifully presented, is arranged over three floors and extends to just under 5,000 sq ft in total. It has a lovely light and airy feel with high ceilings, and the majority of the rooms look over the private gardens that surround the house.The reception hall provides an impressive entrance to the house, with a high vaulted ceiling and glazed panels and doors opening directly on to the flagged terrace and lawns.The full height drawing room has a panelled ceiling and a Cotswold stone fireplace with a wood burning stove. Across the hall is the kitchen/breakfast room with fitted units, granite work surfaces and oil fired Aga with an electric companion. There is a walk in larder and glazed doors onto the terrace with lawn beyond.Also on the ground floor is a dining room, a charming sitting room. Towards the rear of the house is a study which leads to the games room/playroom.On the first floor, the principal bedroom is another lovely room with a high vaulted ceiling, exposed rafters and windows on three aspects. It has an en suite dressing room and bathroom with a separate shower.There are three further double bedrooms on this floor, two with en suite shower/bathrooms and a separate WC.On the second floor, there is a large landing/sitting area, a double bedroom, a store/ bedroom 6 and a bathroom 4.The Annexe:Above the games room/playroom and with its own entrance, is a self-contained flat which briefly comprises a hall, kitchen, bathroom, separate WC, sitting room and bedroom.Gardens and Grounds:The house is approached along a track running beside the church and through electric double timber gates, which lead to a large gravelled car parking area.There is a useful storeroom with a workshop behind. The Games/playroom was used as a garage by previous owners.The garden is an absolute delight and is enclosed on all sides by high Cotswold stone walls. It has been beautifully landscaped with areas of lawn with well stocked beds and borders.Outside the kitchen/breakfast room is a large south-facing paved terrace which is ideal for outside dining.The garden has been subtlety divided into different compartments and in one corner there are vegetable beds. There is a further paved terrace to the rear of the house which catches the afternoon/evening sun and alongside is an ornamental pond.There is also a range of useful timber storage sheds.Services: Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil-fired central heating for the main house. Separate gas boiler for the annexe. Fibre broadband is available.Church House is tucked away behind a very pretty Grade 1 listed Norman church on the edge of the picturesque village of Farmington, about a mile to the north of the A40, in the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.There is an excellent village shop and tea room in the neighbouring village of Sherborne, and the nearby small town of Northleach has a number of good shops providing for everyday needs, including a chemist, post office, wine bar, grocers, bakers, butchers, cafe, and the renowned The Wheatsheaf Inn.There is a primary school in Northleach and a highly regarded secondary school in Bourton-on-the-Water (4 miles). Other excellent schools nearby include Cheltenham College, Cheltenham Ladies College, Pates, Pinewood and Rendcomb College as well as many other good local schools. The Oxford schools are also easily accessible.The nearby larger centres of Cirencester, Stow-on-the-Wold and Cheltenham provide for more extensive shopping and recreational facilities. Sporting opportunities include racing at Cheltenham, hunting with the Heythrop and VWH, Rugby at Gloucester and many lanes and paths for delightful walks and rides through some of the most beautiful countryside in the Cotswolds.Distances:Northleach 2 miles Stow-on-the-Wold 8 miles Cirencester 12 miles Cheltenham 14 miles Oxford 27 miles Kingham Station (London Paddington 90 mins) 14 miles.All distances and times are approximate. For more details and to contact: https://realtyww.info/houses_cheltenham-d196269/for-sale_i71780197