Manor Cottage, The Green, Stretton on Fosse, Gloucestershire, GL56

£595,000

Guide price

Victorian semi-detached house with a wealth of original features, situated in a popular village.

Pretty late-Victorian semi-detached house dating to 1898

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

Brick-built front elevation and stone elevations to the rear aspect, with an attractive Victorian-style extension built in 2002 to a high standard

The hall is spacious in size, with good quality wooden flooring throughout and the original stairs leading to the first floor

To the left of the hall, is the elegant front sitting room, with exposed wooden flooring, ceiling coving, open feature fireplace with wooden surround and cast-iron inserts, and a large panelled window, flooding the room with plenty of natural light

At the far-end of the hall, is the fitted kitchen, which leads through to the impressive family/dining room

The kitchen offers a selection of wall and base units with integrated low-level fridge and separate freezer, space and plumbing for dishwasher, oil-fired AGA, wood work surfaces and part-tiled walls

The adjoining family/dining room is highly impressive, with a vaulted ceiling, ceramic tiled flooring, large panelled windows and French doors leading to the gravelled terrace, and ornamental fish pond, with steps up to the tiered garden

To the first floor, the generous landing space connects to the main vintage-style family bathroom, with a cast-iron roll-top bath, with a large airing cupboard housing the washing machine and immersion tank

The principal double bedroom has exposed wooden flooring, cast-iron feature fireplace, and an en-suite shower room, with shower cubicle with electric shower over

On the second floor, there are two large double bedrooms and a single bedroom with exposed wooden flooring and rooflight, one of the doubles is over the neighbouring property

EPC Band D

If this is a lettings investment, we would recommend a lettings guide price in the region of £1,800 pcm

OUTGOINGS

Council tax – band C

Tax payable for 2023/24 - £1,884.04

SERVICES

Mains water, electricity and drainage are connected

Oil fired central heating

Average broadband speeds advertised within this postcode are up to 66.4 Mbps if provider is BT

SITUATION

North Cotswold village, situated just off the Fosse Way approximately 4 miles from Moreton-in-Marsh and 2½ miles from Shipston-on-Stour, where there are a wider range of facilities for day-to-day needs

Fine village church and local inn

Popular 'Vegetable Matters' Farm Shop and Café is about 2.8 miles

Other towns within easy reach include Stratford-upon-Avon (12 miles), Leamington Spa (20) and Banbury (16)

Although Gloucestershire is the correct postal address, the property is in Warwickshire

Chipping Campden School (5 miles) is a non-selective secondary school and sixth form with academy status

Good train services from Banbury (15 miles) reaching Marylebone from 56 minutes, and Moreton-in-Marsh (6 miles) reaching Paddington from 92 minutes

OUTSIDE

The south-facing and idyllic cottage gardens were landscaped back in 2002, with a raised ornamental pond, attractive patio terrace, box-hedging, interspersed flower and shrub borders, and brick-built shed, which could be converted into a home office/studio, subject to the usual consents

The whole garden is enclosed with close-board fencing, whilst to the front of the cottage, is a small gravelled driveway, surrounding by hornbeam hedging and low-level panelled fencing