Mill Close, Blockley, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56

£600,000

Guide price

Charming unspoilt Grade II Listed cottage with a large garden, situated in a secluded village centre, in need of extensive modernisation.

Originally built in 1705, Mill Close is beautifully situated in a quiet location off the approach to St. Peter's & St. Paul's Church, originally forming part of a series of silk mills, which brought prosperity to the village in the late 18th and early 19th centuries0

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

In 1897 the Mill Pond fronting the terraced houses was developed to drive a generator which provided electricity for the whole village and following a fire in 1931 the property was rebuilt in its present form

These mills together with several terraces, set one behind the other on the valley side, give much of Blockley its distinctive character

5 Mill Close has high ceilings, and a light and bright atmosphere

There is a good-size hall connecting to all the ground floor accommodation

The sitting room is particularly impressive, measuring approximately 17'0" x 13'0" in total with exposed ceiling beams, an open brick fireplace and two large windows to the front aspect with stone mullion surround

There is a generous kitchen/dining room overlooking the pretty garden, a downstairs family bathroom and additional room siding onto the kitchen offering great potential as an adjoining utility room

To the first floor, the landing area enjoys an abundance of natural light, with three spacious bedrooms and a separate loo, offering great potential in adding a secondary stairwell to the roof space above, to create an additional bedroom, subject to the usual loft conversion planning and listed building consent

There is a restriction which does not allow the property to be holiday let

OUTGOINGS

Council tax – band E

Tax payable for 2022/23 - £2,420.19

There is an owners' management company of which the purchasers will have a one-sixth share

The monthly charge is currently £115 pcm and this covers buildings insurance and upkeep of all the communal areas, including the parking area, drive, pathways and the Mill Pond

Each of the six properties are liable for one-sixth of the annual expenditure for which there is a sinking fund

EPC Band E

SERVICES

Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage are connected

Gas fired central heating

Average broadband speeds advertised within this postcode are up to 75 Mbps if provider is BT

SITUATION

Attractive Cotswold village with many period properties

Communally run post office/store/cafe, two public houses, GPs surgery, parish church and primary school

Good selection of shops and amenities for everyday needs in both Chipping Campden and Moreton-in-Marsh, just 3 miles away

Within the catchment area for Chipping Campden School, a non-selective secondary school and sixth form with academy status

The award-winning Daylesford Farm Shop is about 10.5 miles away

The Members' Club, Soho Farmhouse, is about 20.5 miles away

Good train services to London via Oxford from Moreton-in-Marsh (4 miles), the fastest reaching Paddington from 92 minutes

OUTSIDE

Externally, the stunning gardens offer further opportunity to extend the property to the side and rear elevations, subject to the necessary consents

The gardens are predominantly laid to lawn with two fish ponds, mature trees and surrounded by dense hedgerow

An attractive veranda sides onto the cottage overlooking the gardens

On entering the terrace within Mill Close, there is a communal gravelled courtyard to the left-hand side

There is independent off-street parking to the right-hand side within the grounds

There is a gravelled communal pathway through the rear of the garden which the neighbours use to access their gardens independently of their properties

The communal areas include the beautiful Mill Pond and gardens as well as giving access to the centre of the village and village shop and café