4 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Delightful family home
- Spacious and versatile living
- Peaceful village location
- Extensive gardens
- In all about 2.3 acres
- EPC Rating = E
Description
Entered by one of the most enchanting driveways, Close Cottage commands an enviable rural setting in the delightful village of Farnborough.
This detached property is of brick and pebbledash construction under a pitched tile roof. Dating back to the 1900’s, it has also been heavily extended over the years, now providing spacious and versatile accommodation throughout.
The ground floor comprises a generous sitting room with triple aspect and a focal inglenook with open fire place. The kitchen is spacious with a Rayburn, separate induction hob and plenty of workspace and storage units. There is also room for a spacious breakfast/ dining area making it a lovely social hub. There are two further reception rooms; a snug/ study and a dining room all of generous size. The majority of the ground floor rooms have access out into the garden, providing wonderfully light living throughout. There is also a utility, boot room and downstairs cloakroom too.
Upstairs there is ample bedroom accommodation with a principal bedroom with an en suite, and three further spacious bedrooms. One even with a its own balcony. There is also a family bathroom.
One of the key features of the property is not only its setting, but also the extensive gardens that surround the house, all providing a real feeling of open space and privacy but in the heart of a village. The best of both worlds. Set in about 2.3 acres, the pockets of variety in the garden provide a real and true oasis. An abundance of mature trees, shrubs, bushes, vegetable gardens, flower beds, and seating areas to be enjoyed all year round, as well as a paddock ideal for grazing sheep or goats or even a pony. There is also an extensive workshop with power and electric and also garden sheds.
Location
Farnborough is a particularly sought after village in rolling North Oxfordshire/ South Warwickshire countryside with access to Banbury (7miles), Warwick (15 miles), Leamington Spa (14 miles), historic Stratford-upon- Avon (18 miles), Birmingham (41 miles) and Coventry (21 miles.)
Local facilities include a village hall, parish church and public house/restaurant. There is a doctor’s surgery, primary school and shops in the nearby village of Fenny Compton, approximately 2 miles away.
National Trust property Farnborough Hall is approximately 1.5 miles away.
Local primary in village and local secondary school – Kineton and Southam College. Prep schools - The Croft (Stratford-upon-Avon), St John’s Priory (Banbury), Carrdus (Overthorpe), Bilton Grange Dunchurch) and Arnold Lodge (Leamington Spa). Senior independent schools – Tudor Hall Girls (Bloxham), Bloxham, Warwick, Kings High Girls (Warwick), Stratford Grammar, Kingsley Girls (Leamington Spa) and Rugby.
Connections to the M40 motorway at junction 12 (Gaydon) approximately 5 miles or Junction 11 (Banbury) 8 miles. Junction 11 of the M40 links to London and the Midlands.
Rail services from Banbury to London (Marylebone from 55 minutes) and Birmingham from Leamington Spa (from 33 minutes.) Birmingham Airport from 40 minutes. Bicester railway station also provides mainline rail links to London Marylebone (from 55 minutes) and Paddington (from 71 minutes.)
Sporting and leisure facilities include golf at Hellidon, Tadmarton and Cherwell Edge (Middleton Cheney); Horse racing at Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick; lovely walks in the Burton Dassett Country Park and along the Oxford canal, and theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon.
Please note all times and distances are approximates.
Square Footage: 2,164 sq ft
Acreage: 2.3 Acres
Additional Info
The house has three points of access to the property, please contact the Savills office for more details.
Also please note Close Cottage house is not a part of the Conservation area, but the land owned, is.
Photos taken and details prepared: August 2023.
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