6 bedroom village house for sale

Orchard House offers a rare chance to acquire a substantial family home, coming to the market for the first time in over 50 years. Now in need of modernisation, it presents an exciting opportunity for a new owner to create a truly exceptional home tailored to their own style and future needs.

Inside, a welcoming reception hall leads to generous and well‑arranged ground‑floor rooms, including a spacious drawing room with an attractive fireplace and double doors to the gardens, a formal dining room ideal for entertaining, and a cosy sitting room—each featuring original fireplaces. A kitchen, separate breakfast room and useful cloakrooms ensure excellent flexibility for family living.

The upper floors provide six well‑proportioned bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a large games room offering superb versatility as a study, studio or additional living space.

Outside, Orchard House is equally impressive. A large private driveway provides ample parking and leads to a range of garaging and outbuildings, offering excellent storage or potential for future conversion. The formal walled garden is particularly charming, with mature trees, established borders and a wonderfully nostalgic grass tennis court. Beyond this, additional land slopes gently toward the river, creating a peaceful, picture‑perfect setting with exceptional privacy.

The grounds also feature a unique Grade II listed, two‑storey summerhouse dating from the mid‑19th century. With its distinctive Gothic detailing, it stands as a striking reminder of the property’s rich heritage and offers an appealing focal point with a variety of possible uses (subject to the necessary consents).

Orchard House is a home of genuine distinction—quietly elegant, beautifully situated and brimming with potential. A rare opportunity to reimagine a significant family residence within remarkable grounds.

Shipston-on-Stour is a vibrant market town highlighted by The Sunday Times as one of the best places to live in the UK. The town offers a great range of independent shops, cafés, a bakery, butchers, a greengrocer, a boutique hotel, vets, a doctor’s surgery, a cottage hospital and local schools.

Stratford-upon-Avon lies to the north with extensive shopping, leisure facilities and cultural attractions, including the Royal Shakespeare Company.

The area is well served by excellent state, private, and grammar schools, with school and public bus routes running through the town. Schools include the boys' and girls' grammar schools in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick Boys' School and King’s High in Warwick, The Croft School in Stratford-upon-Avon, Bloxham and Sibford Public Schools, and Kitebrook in Moreton-in-Marsh.

For commuters, the M40 (J12) is easily accessible, with train services to London from Banbury, Warwick Parkway (Marylebone) and Moreton-in-Marsh (Paddington).

Local leisure options include a swimming pool and gym, rugby and sports clubs, golf courses at Brailes, Tadmarton and Chipping Norton, racecourses at Stratford, Warwick and Cheltenham, plus world-class theatre in Stratford and Compton Verney art gallery.

Stratford-upon-Avon 9 miles, M40 (J12) 10 miles, Chipping Campden 8.5 miles, Moreton-in-Marsh 6 miles (trains to London Paddington), Banbury 15 miles (trains to London Marylebone from 56 minutes) (All distances and times are approximate)