Draycott, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56

£675,000

Guide price

Beautiful Cotswold stone period cottage, with generous accommodation over three floors

Dorn Cottage is a superbly presented three-storey cottage with an impressive kitchen/dining room with large sky lantern and adjoining utility, two further reception rooms, an idyllic cottage garden and a wealth of period features, with numerous improvements made by the current vendors, such as bespoke wooden window shutters throughout the majority of the property

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

Access to Dorn Cottage is via a stone porch with space for coats and boots

There are two separate reception rooms, with the sitting room being particularly generous in size, having an attractive stone fireplace incorporating a cast-iron wood burner, fitted brass-plated hearth and oak mantel, and a central oak ceiling beam

The connecting snug/study also enjoys the benefit of a stone fireplace incorporating a double-fronted cast-iron wood burner, part tongue and groove panelled walls, and access to the first floor

The family kitchen/dining room is flooded with natural light from the large sky lantern, and French doors leading into the pretty cottage gardens, and has an excellent selection of traditional oak-built wall and base units, with space for a double gas oven with extractor hood over, space and plumbing for a dishwasher, space for double fridge-freezer, granite work surfaces, inset double Belfast sink unit, integrated wine rack, and ceramic tiled flooring throughout

There is also an adjoining utility with a selection of base units, laminated work surfaces, wall-mounted boiler, inset sink unit and door access to the rear terrace

There is also a downstairs shower room leading off the snug/study

To the first floor, there are two double bedrooms, with one of the bedrooms having the benefit of built-in double wardrobes and part-exposed stone walls, and the family bathroom with a tongue and groove panelled bath with mixer shower attachment, low-level wc, pedestal wash-hand basin, part-tiled walls and oak wooden flooring

On the top floor, the main bedroom is spacious with a range of bespoke fitted wardrobe cupboards, exposed ceiling beams and door access to the adjoining fourth bedroom, which could be converted into an en-suite shower room, subject to the usual consents

If this is a lettings investment, we would recommend a lettings guide price in the region of £2,250 pcm

OUTGOINGS

Council tax – band G

Tax payable for 2024/25 - £3,618.06

SERVICES

Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage are connected

Gas fired central heating

Average broadband speeds advertised within this postcode are up to 73.5 Mbps if provider is BT

EPC Band E

SITUATION

Attractive North Cotswold hamlet with a mix of period stone cottages and modern houses, lying within easy reach of Blockley (2 miles) which has a shop for day-to-day needs, and Moreton-in-Marsh (3) which has a wider selection of shops and amenities

Within the catchment area for Chipping Campden School, a non-selective secondary school and sixth form with academy status

Other local centres include Broadway (8 miles), Evesham (14) and Stratford-upon-Avon (16)

The award-winning Daylesford Farm Shop, including the exclusive 'The Club by Bamford' is about 11 miles away

The Members' Club, Soho Farmhouse, is about 21 miles away

Main line railway station at Moreton-in-Marsh with good train services, the fastest reaching Paddington from 92 minutes

OUTSIDE

To the front of the cottage, there is a gravelled driveway with parking for two vehicles, which could be expanded for further parking if required, manicured hedgerows, raised planting beds, interspersed with ornamental gravelled areas, and Cotswold stone walling

To the rear of the cottage, the generous gardens are mainly laid to lawn with two separate terraces, mature trees, a gated rear access with a right of way through a neighbouring garden, with the whole being enclosed by Cotswold stone walling and high hedgerow/closeboard fencing