10 bedroom detached house for sale

Great Rollright Manor is approached from the village along a gravel driveway to the front of the house. The drive continues past the house to the rear drive with a spur off to the outbuildings and garaging. The house is a striking Cotswold stone manor house occupying a commanding elevated position with distant views over its own land and countryside beyond. Entered through a beautifully ornate stone porch and into the reception hall with its wooden staircase, the hall provides access to the principal rooms, ideal for entertaining. The accommodation is spacious and well balanced throughout with elegant reception rooms combined with well orientated and practical spaces for everyday living. The same applies to the first-floor accommodation that offers a generous principal bedroom suite with a dressing room, excellent guest and family rooms with a good ratio of bathrooms to bedrooms. Part of the main house includes a three bedroom area able to be used for staff, family or guests. Gardens The gardens at Great Rollright Manor are very special, having been meticulously planned, laid out and maintained. Immediately adjacent to the house is the entertaining terrace and swimming pool with charming pool house. Lawns gently run down to the Ha-Ha with an adjoining paddock with a spring fed lake and thatched summer house beyond. To one side is the stunning walled rose garden and tennis court. Additional buildings and cottages There are numerous outbuildings that include storage barns, garaging, dog kennels and further fuel and machinery stores. Off a spur from the main drive is a pretty Cotswold stone barn with a meeting/'shoot' room with kitchen; large agricultural storage barn to one side and at one end is Manor Barn House cottage. This is a pretty and well appointed cottage with a large open plan sitting/dining room, kitchen/breakfast room and on the first floor are two bedrooms, a bathroom and shower room. The property also has a garage and a separate access off a third drive. Bordering the village as you enter along the main drive is the stable block and yard with 5 stables as well as a feed store, tack room and rug room. There is a further 2 bedroom cottage (Lot 2) and two other 3 bedroom cottages by the stables available by separate negotiation - please refer to the plan. The Land The land at Great Rollright Manor comprises permanent pasture and is divided into paddocks and grazing land with post and rail fencing. The perimeter 16 of the estate is bordered by trees with other wooded copses within the grounds and there is the opportunity to create a long sweeping drive entering the property away from the village running through the paddocks and benefitting from the full impact of the house from two sides (subject to the necessary consents). The village of Great Rollright sits on the edge of the Cotswolds and within a conservation area, surrounded by unspoilt rolling countryside. Wyatts garden centre and farm shop, just outside the village is extremely convenient and further shopping facilities can be found in the nearby market town of Chipping Norton including supermarkets, shops, pubs and restaurants. Daylesford Farm Shop and Soho Farmhouse are both about 6 miles away with many charming Cotswold pubs in the local area. Great Rollright has a popular village school and further education in the area includes private and state schooling in Chipping Norton, Bourton-on-the-Water, Moreton-in Marsh, Burford, Oxford and Stratford-upon- Avon. Independent schools include nearby Kitebrook, as well as Bloxham, Tudor Hall and Radley College as well as the renowned Oxford schools including Summerfields, The Dragon, St Edward's and Magdalen to name a few. The property is well located for access to the main communication routes, being midway between the M40 and the M5 for easy access to Oxford and London, the Midlands and the West Country. Oxford Parkway, Kingham and Charlbury provide mainline trains into Oxford and London Paddington whilst Banbury runs into London Marylebone. Sporting facilities in the area include racing at Cheltenham, Stratford upon Avon and Warwick; golf courses at Chipping Norton, Lyneham, Naunton Downs, Broadway and Burford; Rugby at Gloucester; trail hunting with the Heythrop and a large network of footpaths and bridleways for walking and riding. A303 0.5 mile, Charlton Horethorne 1.8 miles, Wincanton 4.5 miles, Templecombe station 5.5 miles (Waterloo 2 hours 10 minutes), Castle Cary Station 5 miles (Paddington 90 minutes), Sherborne 6.5 miles, Bruton 7.5 miles, Yeovil 12 miles, Bristol Airport 35 miles.