5 bed detached house for sale

Burford Road, Lechlade, Gloucestershire GL7

Approached via a gravelled driveway, with ample parking, the accommodation is predominantly arranged over two floors, and is both spacious and bright. A stone porch with Grade II Listed wooden door opens into a lovelyentrance hall, with high ceilings. A door to the left gives access to the games room, with sash windows, wooden shutters and fireplace. The livingroom is situated a little further down the hallway to the right, and againfeatures high ceiling, sash windows to the front and rear, and fire place. At the end of the hallway, a doorway opens into the dining room, with an oilfired Rayburn, alcoves to either side and sash window. Beyond the dining room is a wonderful, fitted kitchen/breakfast room, with windows to the rear and a door to a courtyard. A spacious garden room is found off the kitchen, featuring a woodburning stove, underfloor heating and French doors onto the garden. A step down leads to a utility room, again with French doors opening onto a rear courtyard. The ground floor accommodation also includes a study with wood burning stove and a cloakroom. A staircase from the dining room leads down to a tanked room, currently used as a cellar/storage room.

There are two staircases in the house, one of which is off the kitchen and leads to a separate bedroom with en-suite bathroom, ideal for guests or a nanny. The main staircase is in the entrance hall and leads to a spacious and bright landing, with a sash window. There are four double bedrooms on the first floor, three of which benefit from their own bathrooms. A family shower room serves the remaining bedroom. All of the bedrooms also have fire places. To the exterior of the property, a lovely garden with mature shrubs and trees, and a small ha ha, runs away from the front of the house. There are lawns to the side of the property, with a pretty gravelled seating area and box hedging. Much of the garden is bordered by Cotswold stone walls, with some steel estate fencing. To the rear of the house are two pretty courtyard areas, ideal for alfresco dining. In addition, there are outbuildings including a new greenhouse, two car garage and stables, which runs along the side of the driveway.

The Old Farmhouse can be found at the end of a long drive flanked by paddocks on the edge of the Cotswold market town of Lechlade. The small town offers a range of restaurants, hotels, public houses, a small supermarket, bank, dentists' and doctors' surgeries as well as sporting and leisure facilities. A wider choice of shops, restaurants and other amenities are available in Cirencester, Cheltenham, Oxford and Swindon.

Local sporting facilities in the area include golf at Burford, Highworth, and Witney; racing at Cheltenham, Stratford and Newbury; and polo at Cirencester and Inglesham. Lechlade is located close to the boundary of the Cotswold Water Park, which provides various water sports. Trout fishing is available at Lechlade. Schools include one of the only state boarding schools in the country, located in nearby Burford. Private schools nearby include Hatherop Castle, Cokethorpe and St Hugh's.