A charming cottage in popular village

Description

A charming detached cottage in the heart of this popular north Oxfordshire village. The house provides flexible accommodation across four floors and offers an abundance of period features including Inglenook fire places, exposed stonework and beams.

The ground floor comprises entrance hall, farmhouse style kitchen with a stone surround open fire place leading through to a bright breakfast room with French doors to the garden. There is a dining room with stone flooring and an impressive Inglenook open fireplace, this leads through to a sitting room with wood floors and another open fireplace. A later addition to the house is a bright, corner aspect, garden room to the rear providing another reception space or play room. Finally there is a rear hall area providing access to the garden and a guest cloakroom.

The first floor comprises a central landing area that is currently set up as a library and provides access to the second floor, double aspect principal bedroom with built in wardrobes and en suite bathroom with walk in shower and separate roll top bath on feet and a second double aspect bedroom.

The top floor provides two bedrooms and a shower room. The basement, accessed from the rear hall, includes a utility room and store room.

Externally, to the front, there is a pretty cottage garden with lawn area and mature shrub and bush borders. There are manual iron gates to the side providing access to a gravelled parking area and the garage. The expansive rear garden offers a large lawn area with mature shrub and bush borders and a terrace for alfresco dining. The rear of the garden enjoys fantastic views of the surrounding countryside.

PLEASE NOTE:
The Shepherds Hut in the garden and stable do not form part of the tenancy, the landlord retains these for their own use.
The garden boundary is the HAHA behind the Hedgerow at the lower gate, tenants may have access over the lower paddock to access the public foot paths but the paddock does not form part of the tenancy. Tenants are advised there is an unfenced pond in the area beyond the HAHA limit of demise and Tenants are prohibited from using this area. Tenants are not to use the pond during the tenancy.

Services
LPG Calor gas fired boiler, mains electricity and water, private drainage

Location

Shenington is a charming, highly sought-after Oxfordshire village situated in attractive, rolling countryside between Banbury and Stratford-upon-Avon, on the edge of the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village comprises ancient ironstone houses, a 12th Century Church, Church of England primary school, well-regarded pub, village hall and doctors’ surgery. Shenington has a thriving community and a popular annual music and literature festival. The Monkeybean coffee shop can be reached by a short walk across the historic airfield. There is a village shop at Tysoe and farm shops nearby – more extensive shopping and leisure facilities are to be found in the market towns of Banbury (5.5 miles), Stratford-upon-Avon (15.5 miles), Warwick (18.5 miles) and Leamington Spa (19 miles).

Excellent communication links with equidistant access to the M40 at Banbury (7 miles) for the South and Gaydon (9 miles) for Birmingham and the North. Mainline train services from Banbury to London Marylebone (from 56 minutes). Birmingham International Airport is 38 miles away.

Shenington is in the Priority Area for the Warwickshire Grammar Schools at Stratford-upon-Avon (at time of print, October 2022) - King Edward VI (KES) for boys, Stratford Grammar School (for girls). Local private schools include Kings High (girls), Warwick (boys), Tudor Hall Girls, Bloxham (co-ed) and Sibford. Preparatory schools in the area include St Johns’ Priory (Banbury), Carrdus (Overthorpe), Sibford, Kitebrook (Moreton-in-Marsh), The Croft (Stratford-upon-Avon) and Warwick Prep.

Sporting facilities in the area include golf at Tadmarton Heath, Rye Hill and Feldon Valley; Spiceball Leisure Centre, Bannatyne health club/spa and Soho Farmhouse private members club. There are theatres and cinemas at Chipping Norton, Stratford-upon-Avon and Oxford. Shenington is within reach of Silverstone and horse racing at Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon and Cheltenham. There is a comprehensive footpath and bridleway network through the surrounding countryside. Upton House and Gardens National Trust property is only 3 miles away.

Please note all property times and distances are approximate.

Square Footage: 4,425 sq ft



Additional Info

Holding Deposit: £1,038.46 (1 weeks rent)
Deposit Payable: £6,230.77 (6 weeks rent)
Minimum Term: 12 months
Rent must be paid monthly in advance