3 Bed Detached House For Sale

Unique equestrian opportunity with approx. 8 acres of paddocks, stabling, menage and horse walker, with the advantage of an adjoining semi-detached family home


Semi-detached house with gardens and equestrian facilities of paddocks, stabling, field shelters, tack room, menage, horse walker and chalet-style wooden cabin

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
An ideal equestrian opportunity, this modern semi-detached three bedroom family home has secluded gardens, a gravelled front driveway for several vehicles and adjoining paddocks of approx. 8 acres, with four stables, two field shelters, tack room, chalet-style wooden cabin, ménage, horse walker, with separate vehicular access
Generous entrance hall has stairs rising to the first floor with ample open understairs storage and a downstairs cloakroom
The house offers a good level of accommodation with an open-plan kitchen/dining and sitting room
The sitting room has plenty of natural light from the large bay window, as well as ceramic tiled flooring and an attractive fireplace incorporating a cast-iron wood burner with tiled hearth and wooden mantel
The shaker-style kitchen/dining room offers a good selection of wall and base units with fitted Rangemaster gas double oven, granite work surfaces and inset circular sink, as well as a breakfast bar, with ample space for a large table and chairs
Adjoining the kitchen, is the utility room with a further range of shaker-style wall and base units, granite work surfaces, and an additional external glazed door to the garden
Connecting to the utility room, is a large downstairs shower room incorporating a shower cubicle with electric shower over and space and plumbing for up to three washing machines with work surfaces and fitted shelving above
To the first floor, there are three bedrooms
Family bathroom with a panelled double-ended bath, complemented by fully tiled walls, ceramic tiled flooring and a heated towel rail
Useful loft space above the garage

AGENT’S NOTE
Stepping Stone was subject to a recent insurance claim for subsidence
The current insurer will continue to insure the property

OUTGOINGS
Council tax – currently band D
Tax payable for 2025/26 - £2,331.40
As the property has been improved it has been marked with an improvement indicator
Therefore, the council tax band will be reviewed and will likely increase following the sale of the property

SERVICES
Main water, electricity and drainage are connected
Bottled gas provides central heating
Average broadband speeds advertised within this postcode are up to 23.5 Mbps
EPC Band F

SITUATION
North Cotswold village, situated just off the Fosse Way approx. 4 miles from Moreton-in-Marsh and 2½ miles from Shipston-on-Stour, where there are a wider range of facilities for day-to-day needs
Fine village church and local inn
Popular ‘Vegetable Matters’ Farm Shop and Café is about 2.8 miles
Other towns within easy reach include Stratford-upon-Avon (12 miles), Leamington Spa (20) and Banbury (16)
Chipping Campden School (5 miles) is a non-selective secondary school and sixth form with academy status
Good train services from Banbury (16 miles) reaching Marylebone from 56 minutes, and Moreton-in-Marsh (6 miles) reaching Paddington from 92 minutes
Although Gloucestershire is the correct postal address, the property is in Warwickshire

OUTSIDE
The long rear gardens offer a good degree of seclusion, with extensive flower and shrubs and a central paved pathway leading to the rear of the garden, where there is gated access in the stable yard and the surrounding paddocks
The enclosed stable yard is laid to concrete with ample drainage, with a block of four stables, tack room and additional wooden sheds for storage
Leading through a connecting five bar gate are the surrounding paddocks, providing access to the nearby chalet-style wooden cabin with power, water and drainage, a 35m x 25m ménage with a sand and clopf surface, horse walker, field shelters with water and power, established pond with bull rushes and an impressive natural swimming pool with surrounding gabion stone baskets
There is plenty of additional parking, if required, with easy vehicular access via the twin five-bar gates accessed from the top of the farm-track called Old Tree Cottages, leading off the Green, which is the main road leading through the village
There is also the advantage of secondary vehicular access via a right of way for agricultural use to the north-east corner, via the Golden Cross, which is accessed off the Fosseway