Description
A Grade II listed five bedroom detached thatched cottage with five reception areas, gated off street parking, a double carport, and a workshop on a 0.29 acre plot with established, west facing gardens in a village location. This 17th-century cottage - the village pub until the late 1950s - has been renovated by the current owners, but retains period features including open fireplaces, exposed stone walls, latch and brace doors, wooden parquet flooring and timber ceiling beams.
It has a combined 2,785 sq. ft. of accommodation arranged over two floors, including the outbuildings and separate guest bedroom. On the ground floor there is a reception hall with a three piece shower room, sitting, dining, and family rooms, a breakfast room connecting to the kitchen and a utility. On the first floor there are four bedrooms, one a walk through, the principal with fitted wardrobes, and a three piece family bathroom. The guest bedroom. with a three piece en suite shower room, is located externally above the workshop.
Off street parking at the front, extends to the rear via gates, with an open fronted double carport, an over 19 ft. by 16 ft. workshop and a summer house, in the private and established garden.
Ground Floor The kitchen has a range of base and wall mounted Shaker style units with quartz worktops, a ceramic double sink and tiled splash backs. Tiled flooring extends to the breakfast room with French doors to the rear and access to a walk-through utility with more storage. The dual aspect dining room has a stone inglenook open fireplace, wooden parquet flooring and, like the kitchen, exposed ceiling beams. The reception hall also has parquet flooring, a three piece shower room and leads to the sitting room, also with an open stone fireplace. The family room is at the rear with French doors to the patio.
Outside In a conservation area, the cottage has a gravel driveway with parking for four cars at the front. To the rear and beyond double gates there is further parking for eight cars and a double bay carport with a cloakroom and a workshop. There is a patio outside the family room with a summer house, used as an office. The over 170 ft. by 50 ft. west facing garden is enclosed and mainly laid to lawn with mature trees and shrubs providing privacy. A second patio/barbeque area has a well and access to the guest suite.
Situation and Schooling The village of Marsh Gibbon has a Church of England primary school - highly rated by OFTED, a pre school, a shop and post office, a public house and a thriving village hall that caters for many events and clubs. A range of shopping, health and leisure facilities is located in the town of Bicester, Bicester Village (both approximately 5 miles), and the market town of Buckingham (approximately 11 miles).
