Winderton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15

£1,000,000

Guide price

Charming characterful farmhouse, with beautiful gardens, outbuildings, and adjoining cottages and apartments, which are let on assured shorthold tenancies, situated in this unspoilt south-Warwickshire Cotswold hamlet.

FARMHOUSE

Mid-17th Century farmhouse with 20th Century alterations

Grade II Listed Hornton stone part thatched house

Copious character and historical features

Overlooks the gardens and a central courtyard

Charming hall with some exposed stone, painted stone and exposed beams

Dining room with impressive stone fireplace, shepherd's seat and wood-burner, quarry tiled floor, and a wealth of exposed timbers

Drawing room with fantastic easterly distant views, impressive open fireplace, stone wall, and timber beams

Fitted kitchen/breakfast room with an extensive range of floor and wall mounted cupboards, oil-fired Rayburn range cooker, double electric oven, and bottled gas hob

Downstairs shower/cloakroom, and rear lobby leads to the garden

On the lower ground floor is a study/fifth bedroom, providing valuable office space for home working

On the first floor are four bedrooms and a family bathroom

Landing currently used as a home office

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

MANOR COTTAGE

Split level cottage comprising entrance hall, cloakroom, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, two bedrooms and bathroom

Let on a periodic AST

THE BARN – GROUND FLOOR FLAT

Sitting room, kitchen, one bedroom and bathroom

Let on a periodic AST

THE BARN – FIRST FLOOR FLAT

Open plan sitting room/kitchen, bedroom and bathroom

Let on a periodic AST

THE STABLE

Sitting room, fitted kitchen and bathroom, mezzanine bedroom accessed via a fixed ladder

Let on a fixed term AST

Currently producing an annual rental income of £25,600

EPCs for all the let properties are band E

OUTGOINGS

Council tax and tax payable for 2022/23:

The Farmhouse – band G; £3,398.30

Manor Cottage – band D; £2,038.98

Barn Ground Floor, Barn First Floor, and The Stable – all band A; £1,359.32

SERVICES

Main water and electricity are connected

Oil fired central heating to The Farmhouse only

Drainage is to two private systems

Average broadband speeds advertised within this postcode are up to 74.8 Mbps if the provider is BT

SITUATION

Winderton is a picturesque hamlet with many period houses

Located within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Shipston-on-Stour is approx. 5 miles where there are excellent shops and amenities for everyday needs

The award-winning Daylesford Organic Farm Shop is about 13.5 miles

The Members' Club Soho Farmhouse is about 12 miles

Other larger centres within easy reach are Banbury, Leamington Spa and Oxford

Excellent rail links are found at Banbury 10.5 miles reaching Marylebone from 55 minutes and Moreton-in-Marsh about 11 miles reaching Paddington from 92 minutes

OUTSIDE

Approached off the hamlet road the drive rises to a central courtyard

Parking for several vehicles within the courtyard

Rear drive leads out of the courtyard to a further area of parking behind The Barn

Beautiful country garden, with lawns, mature trees, shrubs, flower borders, delightful wildlife pond and kitchen garden area

Lovely views over surrounding countryside

OUTBUILDINGS

Large full height vaulted barn offers scope for more accommodation (subject to planning); the barn is currently used as a storage barn for the farmhouse; two WC's

Traditional stable and tack room currently used as a workshop and storage