Chestnut House, Oxfordshire/Gloucestershire border Guide price £1,200,000

Situation

Bledington is a sought after village in the heart of the North Cotswolds, an area renowned for its charm and picturesque villages. Chestnut House is situated on the green, set in a Conservation Area and in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Amenities in the village include a local pub, primary school and Norman church. The village of Kingham, (about 2 miles), provides for further facilities such as village shop/post office as well as Daylesford Organic Farm Shop.
The nearby towns of Chipping Norton and Stow-on-the-Wold have shopping and recreational facilities suitable for daily needs. Further afield, Oxford, Cheltenham, Stratford-upon-Avon and Bicester Village provide extensive shopping, recreational and leisure facilities.
Sporting and recreational opportunities in the area include: hunting with the Heythrop and Warwickshire Hounds; polo at Cirencester Park and Kirtlington; golf at Lyneham, Burford and Chipping Norton; racing at Cheltenham and Warwick; Silverstone is also accessible for motoring enthusiasts. There are also cultural pursuits at Oxford, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon, including The Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon.
Connections by road and rail with M40 J11 (about 20 miles) or J8 (about 34 miles) providing access to London, Birmingham and the North. Kingham mainline station (1.5 miles) provides services to London Paddington in approximately 85 minutes. Birmingham International Airport is about 50 miles and Heathrow International is about 71 miles.
Schooling in the area is excellent, including the village primary school in Bledington. Local independent schools include:- Kitebrook, Tudor Hall, Bloxham, Kingham Hill School, Winchester House, Stowe School, as well as those in and around Oxford including The Dragon School, Summer Fields and Radley.

Description

Chestnut House is a traditional Cotswold stone village property which enjoys and enviable position overlooking the village green and brook with its resident ducks.
The property is believed to date back to the early 18th Century and, not listed, it has been sympathetically refurbished and extended over recent years to provide contemporary accommodation without compromising the charm of the original features with open fireplaces, exposed beams and window seats.
A particular feature of the property is the stunning kitchen-dining-living room. Constructed of oak and glass, with limestone floor, bespoke kitchen units and an Aga it has French doors opening out to the terrace and gardens beyond.
On the ground floor there is also a drawing room with Inglenook and working open fire place; a sitting room and dining room with serving hatch to kitchen; utility room, boot room and cloakroom.
The first floor is served by two stair cases and there are 5 bedrooms, one of which has en suite facilities, and two further bathrooms. On the second floor there is an office/den.
The house is approached off the village road, over the brook, through a pair of wooden electric gates.
The Cottage
Adjacent to the gravelled parking area is a one bedroom timber cottage which has been constructed to a very high standard and is ideal as guest/staff accommodation or a home office.
The door opens in to a living room with galley kitchen and door to shower room. Staircase to galleried bedroom. The cottage has the benefit of under floor heating on the ground floor and is run off the same services as the main house.
Behind the cottage is a garden shed and log store.
Outside
To the front of the house is an enclosed lawned garden sheltered by a wall and mature hedge. The majority of the garden lies behind the house and includes a paved terrace and sheltered lawn flanked by well stocked flowering borders and established trees.
Note:- photographs taken 2005 and 2011

Accommodation

See floor plans.

Directions

(OX7 6XQ)
From London and the south, take the M40 to Junction 8A on to the A40 towards Oxford. Follow signs for Woodstock and Chipping Norton (A44) and continue into the centre of Chipping Norton.
From the north, take the M40 to Banbury, on the A422 into the centre of Banbury. Take the A361 towards Chipping Norton. Continue over the roundabout into the centre of Chipping Norton.
In Chipping Norton turn left at the mini roundabout in the centre of the town and take the B4450 towards Churchill and Kingham. Continue through Churchill, passing signs to Kingham and past Kingham station. Proceed in to Bledington round a sharp right hand turn, past the primary school on the right. Chestnut House is in on the right just after the big left hand turn leading to the green, crossing over the brook and through a pair of electric wooden gates.