Main Street, Long Compton, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, CV36

Detached character cottage with garden and garage, presented to a superb standard

Pretty cottage having been renovated and modernised to an extremely high standard by the current vendors

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
Superbly presented two-bedroom stone-built detached cottage, renovated and modernised to an extremely high standard by the current vendor with secluded cottage garden and off-street gravelled driveway leading to a detached single garage
Entrance hall with stairs rising to the first floor with beautiful oak balustrades, stone tiled flooring, and front door providing access to the walled front garden
The stunning dual aspect kitchen/dining room offers an excellent selection of wall and base units with granite work surfaces and inset Belfast sink, several built-in appliances including an Indesit dishwasher, Smeg stainless-steel electric oven and separate four-ring hob with Neff extractor hood over, and a large recess for an upright fridge-freezer. The kitchen is further enhanced by tongue and groove panelling, exposed painted beams with downlighters, part-exposed stone walls, closed fireplace with free-standing cast-iron wood burner (currently not in use) and door to the private garden
The adjoining dual-aspect sitting room is spacious in size, with a number of period features, including a large inglenook fireplace with cast-iron wood burner with oak beam over and slate hearth, exposed beams and original window seat
The landing is lined with exposed stone walls and provides access to the two double bedrooms and well-appointed bathroom
The principal bedroom is generous in size, and offers a number of fitted wardrobe cupboards
The second bedroom has an exposed A-frame beam and stone feature fireplace
Impressive family bathroom, with a vintage-style suite comprising a freestanding roll-top bath with mixer shower attachment, beautiful oak-made vanity unit with marble top and twin countertop mono-bloc sinks, separate shower with rain-shower over, low-level wc and oak wooden floor
EPC Band E
If this is a lettings investment, we would recommend a lettings guide price in the region of £1,550 to £1,600 pcm

OUTGOINGS
Council tax – band E
Tax payable for 2025/26 - £2,869.74

SERVICES
Mains water, electricity and drainage are connected
Oil fired central heating
Average broadband speeds advertised within this postcode are up to 26.6 Mbps if provider is BT

SITUATION
Long Compton is a pretty village in The Cotswolds, close to the South Warwickshire / North Oxfordshire border
Award-winning 18th Century Public House, historic church, village shop, Post Office, Primary School and a selection of boutique shops and local businesses
Larger local centres include Chipping Norton (5.5 miles), Shipston-on-Stour (5.5), Stratford-upon-Avon (16.5) and Oxford (20)
The Members’ Club, Soho Farmhouse, is about 10 miles
Junction 11 of the M40 motorway is at Banbury
Kingham mainline station (8 miles) with trains reaching London Paddington in about 80 minutes, and Oxford Parkway Station (20 miles) with trains reaching London Marylebone in about 55 minutes

OUTSIDE
The rear garden affords a high degree of privacy, having a raised lawn area with a retaining stone wall, and interspersed with a number of mature shrubs and planting beds, as well as a secluded gravelled area situated to the rear of the garage where there is a further raised hardstanding terrace for a small table and chairs
The external oil-fired boiler and oil tank is situated to the side of the cottage, enclosed by attractive wooden screening
Accessed over a shared drive, is the detached single garage situated to the side of the cottage, with an up-and-over door, power and light, with gravelled parking for one/two vehicles and pedestrian gated access to the rear garden