Description
- A handsome Grade II Listed Cotswold stone house with a paddock and orchard conveniently situated on the edge of the town with views over open countryside and yet within a short level walk of the marketplace.Entrance hall – Drawing room – Sitting room – Dining room – Garden room – Kitchen/breakfast room with AGA – Pantry – Utility room – Cloakroom – Side hall – Five bedrooms – Two bathrooms – Shower room – Attic bedroom 6 – Parking – Double carport – Walled gardens – Listed Gazebo
– Paddock – Orchard – In all about 2 acres* Rivermead House is a really lovely old Georgian house, situated well away from passing traffic, along a no-through road on the eastern edge of the town. A garden door opens onto Shelley’s
Walk, which provides a delightful short walk through the churchyard directly in to the marketplace.
* The house is detached and built of mellow Cotswold stone with traditional sash windows and has natural stone tiles to the main roof slopes.
* It is Listed Grade II as being of special architectural and historical interest, with origins dating back to the early 18th Century and was considerably enlarged in the early 19th Century.
* The accommodation, which is principally arranged over two floors with two interconnecting attic rooms above, is beautifully presented and extends to approximately 3,800 sq ft in total. Great
care has been taken to preserve as much of the original charm and character of the property as possible, with period features including sash windows with shutters, fireplaces and flagstone
floors.Situation
* Lechlade is a small attractive Cotswold market town situated on the banks of the River Thames. Within Lechlade are a range of shops, including a supermarket, a post office, bank, primary
school, doctors, dentist, restaurants, public houses and an historic church.
* The larger centres of Cirencester, Witney, Oxford and Swindon are all within easy driving distance.
* State and private schooling in the area is excellent, with St Hugh’s just 9 miles to the southeast near Faringdon.
* There is golf at Burford, Cirencester, Frilford Heath and Highworth; racing at Cheltenham, Newbury and Stratford-upon- Avon; polo at Cirencester; theatres and cultural activities in Oxford,
Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon. Gardens and grounds
* The house is approached through double wrought iron gates, set between stone pillars, which lead from a no-through road to a gravelled parking and turning area in front of the house and a
double carport.
* To the east of the house a flagstone path leads from Wharf Lane under a Yew arch to the front door. Either side of the path are gravelled areas with clipped box-hedging. The majority of the garden lies to the rear of the house and is a particularly lovely feature of the property. It is walled on three sides and comprises a level expanse of lawn with deep colourful well-stocked flower and herbaceous borders.EPC – E – Grade II Listed
Council Tax – Cotswold District Council – BAND G
