Five Bedroom Detached Character Cottage
Farm Street Harbury
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- Inglenook Fireplace & Additional Wood Burner
- Character Property with Exposed Beams
- Spacious Property
- Separate Office
- Sought After Village Location
- A Must See Property
Old Well Cottage is an exceptional detached character property restored with original features and beautifully presented making an ideal family home. This Grade II Listed Building dating back circa 1680 has a lovely ambience and offers good living accommodation across three floors with additional storage space throughout.
The property comprises sitting room, separate dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, five bedrooms with an en-suite to master, family bathroom and playroom. There is an outbuilding with office and utility room, driveway with parking and rear garden with original Well, established shrubs and fruit trees.
Ground Floor
Sitting Room – 14’ 11” x 13’ 8” (4.55 x 4.17)
With Villager log burner set in brick and wooden beam surround with quarry tiled hearth. There are exposed beams, wall lighting, television and telephone points.
Dining Room – 16’ 3” x 15’ 7” (4.95 x 4.75)
There is an Inglenook fireplace set in Harbury stone and brickwork housing the original bread oven. A light hangs across the inner beam, the hearth is laid with quarry tiles and houses Yotel log burner. The room has triple aspect windows two of which have beams running across them and the other has a stone lined feature alongside. There is also a storage cupboard/cloakroom with a further cupboard housing some of the original stairs to the property, currently used as a bar store. There are also television and telephone points.
Kitchen – 18’ 3” x 10’ 3” (5.57 x 3.12)
With solid pine kitchen with glazed wall units and down lights beneath. There are integrated pantry and base units with space for white goods. The kitchen has exposed beams and Harbury flagstone flooring. The Rayburn gas cooker, mains connected, supplies the central heating and hot water. There is a four way gas hob with extractor above. The pine wooden seating lifts for storage. There is also a TV aerial point and dual aspect windows with out look to the rear garden.
Hallway
With quarry tiled flooring and cloakroom with WC, wash hand basin with cupboard beneath and tiled splash back. There is also an under stair storage cupboard.
First Floor
The staircase with pine solid wood bannister and spindles leads to the first floor landing with exposed beams, a spacious storage cupboard a further storage cupboard and a telephone point.
Master Bedroom – 18’ 3” x 10’ 5” (5.56 x 3.18)
With wood laminate flooring, television point and outlook to rear garden. There is also an airing cupboard housing the hot water tank, pressure cylinder for hot water and immersion heater.
Master En-suite
With built in stand-alone shower unit and power shower, wash hand basin on pedestal, low level WC and vinyl flooring. There is an expansion chamber radiator from the Rayburn, heated towel rail, and velux window.
Bedroom Two – 15’ 7” x 13’ 11” (4.75 x 4.25)
With integrated double wardrobe, wall lighting, dual aspect windows, exposed beams and Elm wood flooring beneath the laid carpet.
Bedroom Five – 12’ 3” x 8’ 0” (3.74 x 2.45)
With exposed beams, and outlook to front aspect of the property.
Family Bathroom
With bathroom suite including bath with shower over, low-level WC, wash hand basin on pedestal with mosaic tiled splash back. There is vinyl flooring, exposed beams and the outlook is to the rear garden.
Second Floor
A dogleg staircase leads to a spacious second floor landing where there is space for a bookcase and access to storage areas in the eaves.
Playroom – 10’ 10” x 10’ 4” (3.30 x 3.15)
With outlook to rear garden and storage in the eaves.
Bedroom Three – 14’ 9” x 11’ 4” (4.50 x 3.45)
With exposed beams, chimney-breast feature, partial Elm wood flooring and storage in the eaves.
Bedroom Four – 15’ 6” x 9’ 3” (4.72 x 2.81)
Original latched Elm wood door to further bedroom with Harbury stone chimney-breast and further storage in the eaves.
Outdoors
Outbuilding
The outbuilding has a pitch roof, built in Harbury stone and is supplied with electricity and telephone point to the building.
Office – 11’ 1” x 8’ 2” (3.39 x 2.49)
A fully functional working office with storage space in the loft area of the building.
Utility – 12’ 6” x 4.0 (3.80 x 1.23)
With cold water supply, hot water heater, shelving and stainless steel sink unit.
Garden
There are raised flowerbeds to the front of the property and the front of the outbuilding. There is a gravelled driveway with parking for two/three vehicles and gated access leading to the rear of the property and block paved patio area. There are two separate power points in the garden, outside lighting, along with an outside tap and Belfast sink. The original well, lined with Harbury stone has a naturally fed water supply. There is a further patio area to bottom of the garden, two garden sheds and a privy now used for storage. The garden is mainly laid to lawn with planted borders and there are also three plum trees, one a Warwickshire Drooper and a pear tree.
Council Tax – Band E
Viewing – Is highly recommended and strictly by appointment
Location
Old Well Cottage is situated in Harbury approximately five miles from Royal Leamington Spa. Harbury is a highly desirable village location and has a strong sense of community and offers excellent facilities including village stores, post office, doctors’surgery and chemist along with a choice of public house. There are various clubs and activities to take up, including rugby, tennis and amateur dramatics. The village has a primary school and pre-school facilities.
It is also well placed for the Fosse Way, the M40 being just ten minutes away, A46, A425 and is a short distance from Stratford upon Avon and the Cotswolds. Rail links to London Marylebone run from Royal Leamington Spa and Banbury stations. Euston can be reached from nearby Coventry. Harbury is also well placed for a wide range of state, private and grammar schools, including Princethorpe College, Warwick School and Stratford Grammar schools.