A well-presented detached period cottage.

Location

The village of Todenham is surrounded by rolling open countryside; perfect walking and riding country with its good network of footpaths and bridleways. Gastro pubs and restaurants in surrounding villages are within easy reach. Farm shops include Todenham Manor Farm, and Daylesford Organic (eight miles) whilst the private member’s club, Soho Farmhouse, is 16.5 miles distant. Shopping and other local amenities can be found in the nearby historic market towns of Moreton-in-Marsh, Shipston-on-Stour, Chipping Norton and Stow-on-the-Wold. Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon, Woodstock’s Blenheim Palace, Warwick, and Oxford are all further afield.

The area is served by a number of good schools including Kitebrook Preparatory, Sibford School, Kingham and Bloxham as well as the outstanding Shipston Primary, Chipping Campden and the award winning Cotswold School at Bourton-on-the-Water.

Moreton-in-Marsh has a mainline station with a direct service to London Paddington and the Midlands. Communications to the area are excellent with good access to the M40 (Junctions 8, 9, 10 and 11), providing easy access to London, Heathrow Airport and the Midlands. The M5 (Junctions 10, 11 and 11a) are 31 miles distant.

Sporting and recreational facilities are well catered for in the area with golf courses at Lyneham, Chipping Norton and Naunton Downs. National Hunt Racing is at Cheltenham, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick and Worcester. The Cotswolds’ year is packed with events ranging from world famous international festivals like Cheltenham Literature Festival and Cheltenham Gold Cup Week to major musical events such as the Wilderness Festival, Cornbury Festival or the Big Feastival, as well a jam-packed events calendar featuring concerts, exhibitions, arts and literature festivals and theatrical productions.

Description

Crossing Cottage is a detached former Victorian railway cottage situated in a rural setting approximately half a mile outside the village of Todenham. The property overlooks the surrounding open countryside. Extended and renovated to create a wonderful family home with great energy, there is scope for further extensions if required. The flexible and bright accommodation is arranged over two floors and is presented to a high standard throughout, combining the best of modern living including underfloor heating throughout the ground floor with some original period features including exposed beams.

You enter the property via the family room which leads into a spacious study with two sets of French doors to the gardens and through to the generous kitchen/dining room which is the heart of the home and offers a range of fitted units and modern integrated appliances. Steps from the study lead down into a generous vaulted sitting room with French doors to the gardens.

The first floor accommodation comprises a generous principal bedroom with ample storage and an en suite shower room and two further well-proportioned double bedrooms, both served by a well-appointed shower room and a separate cloakroom.

Crossing Cottage lies in a picturesque setting and has a large garden with two paved terraces, perfect for informal al fresco dining and entertaining. Access is via a mature cottage garden with established planting while the remaining garden is laid mainly to level lawn with numerous seating areas, including one overlooking the property’s pond, the whole bordered by fencing and mature shrubs and trees. There is ample parking on the gravelled driveway.

Planning: Planning consent for the erection of a single-storey side extension has been obtained under reference 21/02284/FUL.

Services: Mains electricity and water are connected. LPG central heating. Telephone line subject to BT transfer regulations. The property shares a sewerage treatment plant with a neighbouring property. Please refer to the agent for further information relating to the provision of an independent sewerage plant for the property.

Square Footage: 1768 sq ft





Directions

From Moreton in Marsh take the A429 (Fosse Way) towards Stratford-upon-Avon, after approximately 2.5 miles take the first turning right to Todenham. Having crossed the bridge, the property will be found on your right hand side after the entrance to the gallery.