3 bedroom detached house for sale

A STYLISHLY PRESENTED 3 BED COTTAGE IN THE HEART OF THE SOUGHT AFTER VILLAGE OF BOX, WITH OPEN-PLAN RECEPTION AND SPACIOUS KITCHEN, OPENING TO A BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED GARDEN OVERLOOKING GLORIOUS COUNTRYSIDE

Entrance Hall with Coat Hanging Space, Kitchen/Dining Room, Sitting Room, 2 First-floor Bedrooms, Family Shower Room, Second Floor Principal Bedroom with En-suite Bathroom, Planning Approved to extend Kitchen, Beautifully Landscaped Garden with Purpose-built Home Office/Summerhouse and Store Rooms, Garden Shed

Description - Grey Cottage offers a beautifully presented Cotswold home, renovated with exceptional attention to detail and creative flair. The cottage has a wonderful sense of flow, with an abundance of natural light and magnificent views across open countryside. The main entrance leads off a quiet country lane, opening to a useful landing area with room to hang coats and country paraphernalia. Steps lead down to the main living space, comprising a spacious sitting room, leading open-plan to a magnificent kitchen. The sitting room is beautifully proportioned and a wonderful room that works equally well for quiet relaxation, as it does for entertaining. A wood burning stove is inset into a handsome fireplace with stone lintel, creating the perfect cosy-up for the colder months. The sitting room leads open-plan to the rear-facing kitchen. Clearly the heart of the home, the kitchen is a charming room with ample space for a good-sized dining table. Hand built shaker style units provide plentiful discreet storage and a cream coloured Aga is ideal for cooking up a feast for family and friends. Double doors open directly to the garden and a secluded patio, perfect for alfresco dining in the summer months.

Stairs lead from the main entrance to the first floor accommodation, with a large landing creating a wonderful sense of space and light. Two double bedrooms are located on the first floor, together with a family shower room. Both of the bedrooms have been thoughtfully laid out, with discreet hand-crafted carpentry and wonderful views across the garden and open countryside. A third bedroom is located on the second floor with a spacious en-suite bathroom, built-in storage and pretty views.

The garden has been thoughtfully landscaped to create a quintessential English cottage garden, tiered with dry stone walling and with well-stocked borders, level lawn areas and magnificent topiary. A stylish home office/studio, is located at the bottom of the garden, providing a useful area to work from home, or creative studio. A kitchen garden allows for growing home produce and there is a shed at the top of the garden. A side gate provides access to the garden from the road.

Agent's Note - Planning is in place to extend the kitchen, to the side of the cottage. Stroud District Council Planning reference: S.23/1308/HHOLD

Location - Box is a quintessential Cotswold village and one of the most sought after locations in the Minchinhampton area. The village has a wonderful sense of community spirit, hosting regular events including 'Box Bar' run fortnightly from the village hall, numerous clubs including a gardening club and enormously popular Open Garden events. Located just yards from Minchinhampton Common, offering unrestricted access to over 650 acres of National Trust land, the common is well-known for the free-range cattle that freely graze in the summer months amid the golfers that play on its golf course. One of the key draws to the area is the excellent choice of schools in both the private and public sector. Beaudesert Park is within easy walking distance of Grey Cottage and Westonbirt school in nearby Tetbury is circa 20 minutes drive. There are several sought after grammar schools in Stroud, as well as an excellent choice of schools in Gloucester and Cheltenham, all easily accessible from Box.

Box is less than two hours from London by car or circa 90 minutes from nearby Stroud Station, while Bristol is within commuting distance and the M5 motorway is easily accessible (Junction 13). Minchinhampton is within walking distance from Box and offers excellent amenities, including a popular gastro-pub. Stroud and Cirencester are also conveniently close, both with major Waitrose supermarkets and Stroud also has an award winning Saturday Farmers market. There are lovely walks in the vicinity, including Box woods, owned by the local community.

Directions - From our Minchinhampton office head along West End towards Minchinhampton Common leading into Windmill Road and out to the common. Turn left at the T junction, in the direction of Nailsworth. Take the next left into Box village and then take the first right towards the village green. Continue straight on past the green for a few hundred yards and Grey Cottage is found on the left hand side of the lane.