2 bedroom terraced house

A charming Grade II Listed period Cotswold stone cottage with two reception rooms and two bedrooms with a south facing garden and parking set back from a no through lane in the heart of the village.
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Location - Brockhampton is a charming and unspoilt small rural Cotswolds village set on the Western edge of the Cotswolds which along with the adjoining village of Sevenhampton has a lovely parish church of St Andrew, a village hall and active village community. The historic town of Winchcombe (5 miles) provides a superb range of local shops and pubs/restaurants and is also home to Sudeley Castle. The region's major commercial and cultural centre of Cheltenham lies just 9 miles to the west. Cheltenham provides a comprehensive range of services and amenities with excellent shopping including most of the nation's largest retailers and restaurants. It is also home to Prestbury Racecourse, cinemas and the Everyman Theatre and hosts major festivals including the annual literature, jazz, science and cricket festivals. There are also mainline rail services. The surrounding Cotswolds provide for a comprehensive range of rural leisure pursuits and there is excellent access to the local footpath network.

Description - Honeybee Cottage is a charming period Cotswold cottage believed to date from the mid 1800s and forming part of a grade II listed terrace of cottages, constructed of Cotswold stone elevations under plain tiled roofs. The cottage forms a central part of the terrace sharing the date stone 1856 and some delicate stone tracery with the adjoining cottage, No.3. The cottage has been much improved in recent years by the current owners with the reconstruction of the dining room to the rear and now provides characterful accommodation arranged over two floors with a hall, sitting room with a deep open fireplace and stone mullioned window, an "L" shaped dining room, simply fitted kitchen, utility room and a shower room on the ground floor. On the first floor there are two double bedrooms and a large bathroom.

Set to the front of the cottage is a pretty south facing garden and there is parking for two cars.

Approach - A handrail and four stone steps with outside light rise to a painted solid timber front door, leading to:

Entrance Hall - With door through to the:

Ground Floor Shower Room - With built in shower with glazed folding screen and chrome fittings, wash hand basin with built-in cupboard below and chrome mixer tap with tiled splash back, low-level WC, double glazed casement to front elevation and tiled floor.

From the hall, painted timber door through to the:

Sitting Room - With wide deep fireplace with brick and stone outer surround and Quarry tiled hearth with recess to one side and fitted with a Hamlet wood burning stove. Part-exposed stone walls, a wide double glazed stone mullioned window to front elevation and enjoying views over the garden and to the countryside. Dimplex quantum electric heater, one wall light point, stairs rising to first floor and deep below stairs storage cupboard. Separate painted stable door to dining room and separate painted timber door through to the:

Kitchen - With a simply fitted kitchen comprising a worktop with Belfast sink and with tiled splashback, a range of built-in cupboards, space and plumbing for dishwasher and space for Range style cooker with electric cooker point with tiled splash back behind. A range of eye-level shelving and a pair of eye-level cupboards. Wide interconnecting archway through to:

"L" Shaped Dining Room And Study Area - With Oak double glazed door to rear passageway with matching panels to either side and a wide Oak framed casement. Four rooflights over and a Dimplex Quantum electric heater. Two wall light points. Separate ledged solid Oak door to:

Utility - With space and plumbing for washing machine and Oso electric heater and hot water store with Horstmann Economy 7 controls.

From the sitting room, stairs with painted timber hand rail and balustrade rise to the:

First Floor Landing - With double glazed casement to rear elevation, access to roof space and painted timber door to:

Bedroom 1 - With wide painted mullioned double glazed windows to front elevation, fireplace with painted outer surround and decorative cast iron grate (inoperative), recess with built-in shelving, Dimplex Quantum heater and coved ceiling.

From the landing, painted timber door to:

Family Bathroom - With painted mullioned double glazed window to front elevation, panelled bath with chrome mixer tap with wall mounted shower attachment and glazed shower panel, low-level WC, pedestal wash hand basin with tiled splashback and heated towel rail.

From the landing, painted timber door to:

Bedroom 2 - With double glazed window to rear elevation, raised eye-level shelf and Dimplex Quantum electric heater.

Outside - The cottage is approached from the village lane via a private parking area with parking for two cars and in turn the path leads from the parking area though the front garden with a range of mature shrubs and plants with herbaceous borders and lawn with a brick pathway leading through to a large paved terrace immediately to the front of the house with steps leading up to the front door. Set to the rear of the house is a passageway to the rear of the cottages with a Cotswold stone wall adjoining.

Services - Mains Electricity & Water . Shared private drainage.

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

Council Tax - Council Tax band D. Rate Payable for 2023/ 2024: £2,008.84

Directions - From Bourton-on-the-Water take the A436 towards Cheltenham. Pass the junction with the B4068 from Stow and take the right hand turn signposted Brockhampton and Sevenhampton (adjacent to Cotswold Trailers). Proceed along the lane and drop down into Brockhampton past the green and telephone box in the centre of the village and take the next left hand turn signposted to The Craven Arms. Pass the pub (currently closed) and Honeybee Cottage will be found shortly on the right hand side.

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