SOLD by Public Auction on Wednesday 20th September 2023 - A charming mid-terraced Cotswold stone cottage occupying a peaceful position just off the village lane and requiring complete refurbishment and improvement.
GUIDE PRICE £175,000 - £195,000

Sold By Public Auction - Held at the Tayler & Fletcher North Cotswold Sale Room, Lansdowne, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, GL54 2AR on Wednesday 20th September 2023 at 6pm precisely. The turning to the Sale Room is diagonally opposite the Tayler & Fletcher office signposted Royal British Legion (along the driveway past Bourton Land Rover).

Location - The charming village of Church Westcote lies less than a mile from neighbouring village Nether Westcote with its award-winning inn. Bourton-on-the-Water (4.5 miles) has many restaurants and shops with an excellent secondary school for which Old Post Office Cottage lies in the catchment. Upper Rissington (2 miles from Church Westcote) offers a number of shops and leisure facilities, while Chipping Norton (9 miles) and Burford (6.5 miles) offer more extensive facilities. Larger shopping centres are located in Witney (13.5 miles), Cheltenham (21 miles) and Oxford (25 miles) with cinemas, theatres and other recreational activities. Kingham rail station is located just a 10 minute drive away with regular main line services to London Paddington.

Description - Old Post Office Cottage comprises a charming mid-terraced Cotswold stone cottage occupying a peaceful position just off the village lane with a fine south facing aspect. The cottage, which requires complete refurbishment, has a fine stone facade with casement windows with cut stone lintels under a plain concrete tiled roof. The property currently has accommodation arranged over two floors with a kitchen/dining room and sitting room on the ground floor and two bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor.

The cottage has a separate garage that fronts on to the village lane, with a pathway leading past, down to the cottage. There is a garden to the front interconnecting through to an additional separate garden.

Approach - Painted timber front door with glazed insert to:

Kitchen/Dining Room - With casement window with window seat to front elevation and a fireplace fitted with a solid fuel fired Rayburn (dilapidated). Recess with Belfast sink, timber drainer and cupboards below, tiled splashback and space for electric cooker. Wall mounted fuse box and meter cupboard. Built-in cupboard with shelving and stairs rising to first floor with built in cupboard below.

From the kitchen/dining room painted timber door to:

Sitting Room - With beamed ceiling, cut stone fireplace with decorative surround and fitted with a wood burning stove. Casement window to front elevation with window seat and separate glazed panelled door. Two wall light points.

From the kitchen/dining room timber staircase with handrail rises to:

First Floor Landing - With roof light to rear elevation, door to airing cupboard with pine slatted shelving and water tank. Door to:

Bedroom 1 - With casement window to front elevation, built in cupboard with hanging rail and shelving.
From the landing door to:

Bedroom 2 - With casement window to front elevation.
From the landing door to:

Bathroom - With bath, wall mounted wash hand basin and opaque glazed casement window to rear elevation.

Outside - Old Post Office Cottage is approached from the village lane via a path past the adjoining cottage (The Guggle) with a semi-detached single garage constructed of reconstituted stone elevations to the side with a single up and over door.
Set immediately to the front of the cottage is a garden with a number of shrubs and trees. Access continues through an adjoining garden in separate ownership in turn leading to an additional garden. See attached plan..

Rights Of Way - The path past The Old Post Office Cottage leads to the adjoining cottage, Rose Cottage and the separate garden for The Guggle.

Council Tax - Band 'C' for council tax purposes. Rate payable for 2023-24: £1,749.14

Directions - From our Bourton office take the Fosse Way north towards Stow. After approximately 3 miles at the traffic lights turn right on to the A424 towards Burford. Continue for approximately 4 miles and then turn left signposted towards Church Westcote (just before the Yellow Hat Gallery). Drop down to the T junction in the village, bear left and then right and follow the lane to the bend, with a grass triangle in the middle. Guggle Cottage will be seen before you, with a pair of garages to the right. Old Post Office Cottage is approached via the path between the two.

General Remarks & Information -

Viewing - Strictly by prior appointment via our Bourton-on-the-Water Office. [use Contact Agent Button]

Tenure & Possession - Freehold with Vacant Possession upon completion

Services - We are informed there is shared private drainage, mains electricity and water.

Local Authority - Cotswold District Council, Trinity Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 1PX ([use Contact Agent Button])

Special Conditions - These will be available from the Vendor's Solicitors offices fourteen days prior to the Auction Sale. They will not be read out at the Auction. It will be assumed that the purchaser has bid with full knowledge of such conditions of sale whether in fact he or she has inspected the same or not.

Reserve Price - The property will be offered for sale subject to an undisclosed Reserve and the Vendors retain the right for the Auctioneers to bid on their behalf up to the Reserve Price. The Vendors also reserve the right to sell or withdraw the property prior to auction.

Anti Money Laundering - The successful purchaser will be required to provide proof of identity to satisfy the Money Laundering Regulations. This will need to be a proof of address (utility bill no older than three months or council tax bill for the current period) and photographic ID (driving licence or passport).

Completion - On the fall of the hammer, the purchaser will be required to sign the contract in the sale room and pay ten percent deposit by cheque or bankers draft (not cash). Completion will be 28 days thereafter or earlier by mutual agreement, when the balance of purchase monies are due.

Administration Fee - The successful purchaser will be liable for an administration charge of £1,000 plus VAT, payable to Tayler & Fletcher.

Vendor's Solicitor - Johnson & Gaunt Solicitors, 47 North Bar Street, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 0TJ. (Mr Alan Ramsay). E:[use Contact Agent Button] T:[use Contact Agent Button] (Option 1)