• Spacious detached family house +
• Generous 1,841 sq.ft. +
• Cotswold stone +
• Village with vibrant community +
• Excellent Village Cafe/shop at Blockley 2.5 miles +
• Shopping at Chipping Campden and Moreton-in-Marsh +
• Mainline station to Paddington 4 miles +
• Many beautiful countryside walks +
• In Cotswold National Landscape (previously AONB) +
• Renowned local pub and eatery due to re-open soon +

Characterful Grade II Listed cottage, with three bedrooms, in the heart of a much sought-after Cotswold village.

Beautifully situated in a secluded location, within an idyllic courtyard setting surrounded by similar 18th Century cottages, forming part of this delightful redevelopment, which was completed approx. 16 years ago, to what was originally a farmhouse and subsequently The Old Bakery, formerly owned by the Tarplett family, the cottage was originally the bakery itself

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
The cottage offers a fine blend of period character, with all the contemporary fixtures of modern day living, with flagstone floor and solid oak floors, latch and brace doors, beamed apex ceilings and original stone mullion windows, complemented by the stunning modern fitted kitchen and en-suite facilities to all three double bedrooms
To the ground floor the oak panelled front door leads through to the good-size hall with flagstone floor
Leading off the hall is the spacious sitting room with solid oak floor, exposed stone walls and wall-mounted lighting
Adjacent to the sitting room, is the impressive contemporary fitted kitchen, offering a good selection of wall and base units, with quartz work surfaces with tile surround, inset double sink unit with central mixer tap and concealed pelmet lighting. There are a number of built-in appliances such as a Rangemaster with five ring hob with hotplate, double electric oven below and integrated dishwasher with space for washing machine, separate fridge-freezer and American-style fridge freezer, complemented by solid oak floors and southerly-facing “Crittall” style window with stone mullion surround
Charming study/home office/snug off the kitchen, with access to a small terrace
The principal bedroom is of a particularly good size with A-frame exposed beams, twin Velux roof lights, and double wardrobe with shelving, with an en-suite bathroom
The second bedroom also has the advantage of a part-vaulted ceiling, with an en-suite shower room
The third double bedroom is in the North Wing accessed via stairs from the study, with stairs up to the en-suite bathroom above it
If this is a lettings investment, we would recommend a lettings guide price in the region of £2,000 to £2,250 pcm
EPC Band E

OUTGOINGS
Council tax – band E
Tax payable for 2025/26 - £2,778.46

SERVICES
Mains water, electricity and drainage are connected
Shared subterranean gas tank providing LPG is located across the village
Average broadband speeds advertised within this postcode are up to 25.8 Mbps if provider is BT

SITUATION
Situated in the Cotswold National Landscape (formerly Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty)
Chipping Campden is approx. 2 miles to the west and Moreton-in-Marsh (4 miles) catering for day-to-day requirements
The Churchill Arms pub is currently closed for refurbishment
The Members’ Club, Soho Farmhouse, is about 19.5 miles away Good train services from
Moreton-in-Marsh reaching Paddington from 92 minutes
Other centres within easy reach include Stratford-upon-Avon (14 miles), Cirencester (27), Cheltenham (30) and Oxford (32)

OUTSIDE
Outside, the property has off-street parking, a brick-built workshop with power and light, a terrace garden to the side of the property and landscaped detached garden
The terrace garden is predominantly laid to flagged stone, with an additional gravelled area with box hedging and mature trees
Fronting the paved front garden, is off-street parking for one vehicle
Each cottage owns a section of the courtyard and each property has vehicular and pedestrian rights over it
To the side of the courtyard, are five separate garden stores, with the third one from the right hand side belonging to this property, with power and light
The detached garden is only a short distance from the cottage, just beyond the garden stores, in the left-hand corner, called the "Tarpletts Secret Garden" which has been professionally landscaped, with a paved area to one side, and the remainder being laid to lawn with Beech and hedgerow surround, raised semi-circular patio to the far-left side with a pergola style trellis work and bench, with the whole enjoying a great deal of seclusion