4 bedroom detached house

Located on the edge of the village with superbviews of open countryside, White Cottage is a charming detached period cottage accompanied by pretty gardens, a small copse and paddocks totalling 3 acres.

Having been in the same ownership since 1975, the house has been lovingly maintained, enhanced and retains a number of attractive period features. Arranged over two floors, it extends to approximately 1,416 square feet, briefly comprising an open plan kitchen dining room, separate utility, cloakroom and a sitting room with an ingle nook fireplace.

On the first floor, there are three double bedrooms, a single bedroom and a family bathroom. The house enjoys super views over the lane in front of the house to open fields and the hills.

The gardens are a particular feature of the property and a haven for wildlife. Split into varying pockets under the backdrop of a wooded copse, there are a number of secluded seating areas with paths that link each part of the garden, eventually leading through the wood to the paddocks that accompany the property. There is a productive rabbit fenced vegetable patch and a small pond.

The outbuildings include a large brick garage (with a sink and electricity) that offers conversion opportunities subject to the relevant consents. There is also a permanent open fronted field shelter offering dry storage.

Services: Mains water and electricity are connected. Private waste. LPG fired central heating.

There are no public rights of way crossing the property and the property is not historically listed.

Set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, on the edge of the Cotswolds, the village of Gretton is just nine miles north of the fashionable Regency Spa town of Cheltenham. The pretty market town of Winchcombe is about a mile away and has a range of shops, a supermarket, pubs and restaurants and good secondary school.

Gretton village has an active community that centres on the excellent primary school, church, village hall, children's play area and the well patronised public house, the Royal Oak. Cheltenham can be reached in less than 30 minutes by car and there is a regular bus service. Tewkesbury and the M5 are less than 9 miles to the west.

Winchcombe 1 mile • Broadway 8 miles • M5 junction 9 (N&S) 8 miles • Cheltenham 10 miles • Stow-on-the-Wold 14 miles • Cirencester 27 miles • Oxford 43 miles • London 100 miles (Distances approximate).

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