5 bedroom detached house for sale

Amber Cottage is an attractive period home believed to date from the 1820's with later additions in 1993 and 2002; it is not listed and was re-thatched in 2019.

The property has light and spacious rooms with good ceiling heights and many original features including exposed timbers and inglenook fireplaces. The hall leads into the main reception rooms: a south-facing dining room with wonderful inglenook fire, triple aspect sitting room and adjacent conservatory. Both fireplaces work but have been capped off. The kitchen/breakfast room has a tiled floor and Aga with doors leading into the pretty garden. Adjoining the kitchen is a pantry with large worktop and room for fridge and freezers.

On the first floor there are four bedrooms, one currently used as a study, and three bathrooms, two ensuite. The three bedrooms at the front of the cottage enjoy wonderful south-facing views over fields.

A large gravel drive provides ample parking with garaging for four cars. The garages have water with one having an inspection pit and good storage space above. There is a fantastic self-contained studio flat, with kitchen area and shower room, over one of the double garages, which provides excellent guest accommodation or has potential to be let for income generation.

The private rear garden is mainly laid to lawn with a variety of mature trees and shrubs; there is a pond and shed.

Amber Cottage is a property of great character and charm, situated in Kingwardstone, a small hamlet on the edge of Burbage.

Burbage has a primary school, shop/post office, pub and doctor's surgery as well as a petrol station, tennis and cricket clubs. The market town of Marlborough is about 7 miles to the north and has a wide range of shops, including Waitrose, and recreational facilities. The village of Great Bedwyn has a village shop, primary school, post office, doctor's surgery and station.

Other schools in the area include St Johns, Pinewood, Dauntsey's, St Francis and St Mary's Calne.

Communications are excellent with Junction 14 of the M4 being about 12 miles to the west. There are regular trains to London Paddington from Hungerford, Pewsey and Bedwyn, which take about an hour. Andover station (15 miles) provides access to London Waterloo.

Services: Mains water and electricity. Private septic tank drainage. Oil heating and Aga. Electric underfloor heating in main ensuite bathroom.

Agent's note: The Aga is excluded from the sale. However, certain items may be available by separate negotiation.

Postcode: SN8 3BX

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Directions: From Hungerford, take the A338 Salisbury road for about 8 miles, passing through the villages of East and West Grafton. Pass through the right and left hand bends and once on the straight section of road the drive for Amber Cottage will be found on the right hand side just after the 50mph sign.