3 bedroom detached house for sale

Attractive detached residence with the benefit of an extensive refurbishment and loft conversion

Charming three-bedroom detached cottage-style home in the centre of the well-regarded village of Lyneham

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
Stone Wall Cottage had the benefit of a full refurbishment and loft conversion in 2023 carried out by the current owners to the highest standards, complemented by pretty gardens and gravelled off-street parking
Originally the house was built on the site of a tin tabernacle, also known as an iron church, which was flattened in the 1970’s and rebuilt in a better position to take advantage of the lovely local views, with the original chapel gate still in use by the back door
Ground floor bedroom
The light and airy hall has travertine flooring and a good feeling of space, with stairs raising to the first floor
Open-plan kitchen/dining room offering a selection of wall and base units with integrated appliances, underfloor heating and travertine flooring
Across the hallway is the dual aspect sitting room with a central feature fireplace and oak wooden flooring
Additional reception room, offering a number of uses
On the far-side of the kitchen area is the downstairs cloakroom, additional single bedroom and a rear hall, providing access to the main street and the rear of the property, where the vendors have created a delightful gravelled area for a small table and chairs, with a productive apple tree by the back door
To the first floor, as part of the renovation works, the newly completed loft conversion provides two spacious double bedrooms with roof lights, which are both serviced by the well-appointed family bathroom with underfloor heating and rain-shower
Above bedroom three is very useful loft storage
If this is a lettings investment, we would recommend a lettings guide price in the region of £1,800 pcm

OUTGOINGS
Council tax – band D
Tax payable for 2024/25 - £2,214.22

SERVICES
Mains water, electricity and drainage are connected
Electric heaters and part underfloor heating
Average broadband speeds advertised within this postcode are up to 72.4 Mbps if provider is BT
EPC Band E

SITUATION
Lyneham is a Cotswold hamlet about 5 miles south-west of Chipping Norton and about 6.5 miles from Burford, both of which provide a good range of shopping facilities
There is a popular ‘pay and play’ golf club with a restaurant and bar, a couple of minutes’ walk
Milton-under-Wychwood (about 1.5 miles) has two village stores, post office, dental surgery and veterinary surgery, hairdressers and the award-winning Hare public house
Shipton-under-Wychwood (2 miles) also has a village shop and post office, petrol station, three public houses, a primary school, village hall and doctor’s surgery
The award-winning Daylesford Shop, including the exclusive, Club by Bamford, is about 4.5 miles away
Good train services from Kingham (about 3 miles), the fastest reaching Paddington from 86 minutes
Other larger towns within easy reach are Cheltenham (16 miles), Cirencester (16), Stratford-upon-Avon (25) and Oxford (28)
Trains to London Paddington (from 80 minutes) from Charlbury (7 miles) and Kingham (3)

OUTSIDE
Pretty south-west facing front garden with a T-shaped gravelled driveway providing parking for several vehicles, two flanking lawn areas with a variety of mature flowers and shrubs, seating area, a lovely medlar tree, and a patio leading to the wooden garden shed
The private north-east facing rear garden is gravelled, providing an area for alfresco dining and is interspersed with plants and shrubs
In the Spring there is an abundance of flowers, including cowslips, primroses, grape hyacinth, a carpet of lily of the valley under the medlar tree, and wonderful cherry, medlar and apple blossom