4 bedroom detached house

An extensively modernised Cotswold cottage in an idyllic village.

Description

Randalls Cottage is an Idyllic stone built Cotswolds cottage, that has been extensively modernised by the current owners, but still retaining its classic Cotswolds character. The cottage itself is set back from the road with a private driveway, garage & front garden. There is mature hedging to the front that does a brilliant job of screening the cottage.

Upon entering through the central front door, the hallway now leads you to a lovely open plan kitchen/ dining room. New French doors lead out onto the large private rear garden and a big bay window with window seat looking out on the front garden. Moving on through the cottage there is a further dining space with more views out to the rear garden. The cosy sitting room is the last of the current reception rooms, with a large feature fireplace and new SaltFire log burner. The current owners have also added a large shower room downstairs.

Three double bedrooms and the family bathroom are found on the first floor with the fourth bedroom on the second floor. All have been heavily modernised by the owners.

The rear garden has been landscaped to give to more open and useable space with a large patio area close to the house perfect of alfresco dining.

Location

Nestling in the beautiful Coln valley, Bibury is in many ways, the typical Cotswold village, featuring many fine traditional buildings, set in this stunning valley straddling the river Coln. The majority of the village lies within a Conservation Area and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It was described by William Morris as the most beautiful village in England. The village is located in a loop of the River Coln, between the mill stream and river lies The Rack Isle, an open wetland meadow owned by the National Trust and managed as a wildfowl reserve. A narrow footbridge leads over the river to Arlington Row, originally a fourteenth century wool store altered to weaver’s cottages and restored by the National Trust in the 1970’s. Its distinctive undulating roofline and irregular gables are now one of the most photographed scenes in the Cotswolds. With the new addition of a brilliant coffee shop ‘The Twig’ the village is close to perfect.

Nearby Cirencester, often referred to as the ‘Capital of The Cotswolds’, is only about 7 miles away and provides excellent boutique shops, restaurants and two supermarkets, including Waitrose. The town was mentioned in the Doomsday Book and traders still set up their stalls every Monday and Friday. Contributing to the area’s appeal are the convenient transport links with easy access to the M40 via the A40 and to the M4 via the A419. There are also train links from Kemble Station (about 12 miles) to London Paddington in about 75 minutes. The area is well-situated for some of the best schools in the country in Cheltenham and Oxfordshire. Local leisure activities include cricket at the Bibury Cricket Club, sailing at the Cotswold Water Park, boating on The River Thames, golf at Burford and Cirencester, polo at Cirencester Park, trout fishing and superb walks throughout the surrounding countryside.





Additional Info

Northleach 5 miles, Cirencester 7 miles, Burford 9 miles, Swindon 14 miles, M4 (J15) 18 miles. London (Hyde Park) 85 miles (all mileages are approximate)