Folly Cottage, Bourton on the Hill, Gloucestershire, GL56 9AG

An 18th-century Cotswold stone cottage with planning consent to extend, set in a sought-after hilltop village in the North Cotswolds.

Description This charming cottage is not listed but is situated within the Bourton-on-the-Hill Conservation area and has traceable origins to 1884 when it comprised two farm workers’ cottages Previous to the current owners, it was in the same family for 65 years.

It. It is positioned on the end edge of the village, at the end of a no-through lane that offers peace and privacy.

It retains a range of traditional features, including exposed timber beams, stonework, inglenook fireplaces, leaded mullion windows and pitched rooflines typical of Cotswold construction.

It has the benefit of planning consent to extend and remodel it. The proposed layout would create additional and more logical accommodation.

In respect of the existing accommodation, from the entrance porch, which has a glazed roof and quarry tiled floor, a door opens to the family bathroom.

A further door opens to the living room that features an inglenook fireplace with a woodburning stove on an elevated hearth and built-in window seat with small paned mullioned window.

The fitted kitchen features a small paned mullioned window with southerly aspect. It includes a Stoves stainless steel five ring gas range cooker.

There is a curtained area with space and plumbing for a washer dryer. Stairs lead to the first floor, where there are two inter-connecting double bedrooms, one of which enjoys a window seat.

A further staircase rises to the second floor, which offers a third bedroom with an adjoining dressing room. This level features a vaulted ceiling, exposed roof timbers and useful eaves storage.

Location Bourton-on-the-Hill by name is a hillside village lying on the eastern slopes of the Cotswold escarpment overlooking the Moreton Vale.

It sits between Moreton-in-Marsh and Broadway, which are two miles and five miles, respectively.

The village is located between two of the North Cotswolds’ great estates, namely Sezincote and Batsford Park, and has a pleasing architectural mix of sixteenth and seventeenth century cottages, farmhouses, a fine early nineteenth century former rectory and the Norman Church of St Lawrence, which dominates the village.

Nearby Longborough has a village shop and Bourton-on-the-Hill itself hosts an award-winning gastro pub, The Horse & Groom.

The nearby towns of Chipping Campden and Moreton-in-Marsh provide a wide range of day-to-day facilities. Moreton-in-Marsh has a mainline rail station serving London/Paddington.

The important surrounding centers of Stratford-upon-Avon and Cheltenham are all within reasonable distance and provide further cultural and recreational facilities, together with excellent independent and state schools.

On the doorstep are many attractive walks in the surrounding countryside around Sezincote House and Batsford Arboretum.

Square Footage: 1,114 sq ft Directions What3words: ///measure.prompt.mingles Additional Info Services: Mains electricity, water and drainage are connected. Mains gas fired heating.

Local Authority: Cotswold District Council t: Viewings: By prior arrangement with Savills Stow-on-the-Wold t: