Barcheston Manor BARCHESTON WARWICKSHIRE/GLOUCESTERSHIRE/OXFORDSHIRE BORDER
Barcheston Manor BARCHESTON NEAR SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE An historic manor house of considerable charm Shipston-on-Stour 0.5 mile Moreton-in-Marsh 8 miles (mainline to London Paddington from 90 minutes) Stratford-upon-Avon 12 miles Banbury 12 miles (mainline to London Marylebone from 54 minutes) Oxford 30 miles Birmingham 39 miles London 95 miles M40 (J11 and J12) 15 miles (all distances and times are approximate) Reception hall dining hall with garden loggia drawing room study farmhouse kitchen laundry room cloakroom Principal bedroom with bathroom en suite guest bedroom with bathroom en suite three further bedrooms and bathroom Three attic rooms cellars Range of outbuildings including three stables double garage and two offices Formal gardens orchard frontage to the River Stour and paddocks In all about 7.37 acres Knight Frank Stratford Bridgeway House, Bridgeway Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6YX 01789 297735 stratford@knightfrank.com Savills Stow-on-the-Wold Cotswold House Church Street Stow-on-the-Wold Gloucestershire GL54 1BB 01451 832832 stow@savills.com Savills Banbury 36 South Bar Street Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9AE 01295 228010 banbury@savills.com YOUR ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE IMPORTANT NOTICE ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE TEXT
Situation Barcheston is a small hamlet on the edge of the Cotswolds on the opposite side of the River Stour to the market town of Shipston-on-Stour, a popular and attractive country town (noted by the Sunday Times March 2016 as one of the best places to live in the UK). The hamlet, which enjoys views across rolling countryside towards Brailes Hill, has a no through road and its cluster of houses and ancient parish church enjoy a peaceful setting and yet have the advantages of being within walking distance of the amenities of a thriving market town. These include a doctors surgery and small NHS community hospital, excellent local shops including two butchers and a fishmonger, as well as a number of pubs and restaurants. The larger towns of Stratford-upon-Avon (12 miles), Chipping Norton (11 miles) and Banbury (12 miles), provide a wider range of shopping, cultural and recreational facilities including a recently opened Waitrose to the south of Stratford-upon-Avon which is easily accessible from this part of south Warwickshire. There are many places of historic interest to visit in the area with a number of National Trust houses and the villages and towns of the Cotswolds. Recreation and Cultural Racing at Stratford-upon-Avon (12 miles), Warwick (17 miles) and Cheltenham (30 miles). Golf courses at Brailes, Tadmarton, Stratford-upon-Avon and Broadway. RSC Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon with further theatres at Chipping Norton, Oxford and Cheltenham. Communications Banbury mainline railway station to London Marylebone from 54 minutes, Moreton-in-Marsh mainline railway station to London Paddington from 90 minutes, M40 at Banbury. Education Primary and secondary schools in Shipston-on-Stour and Chipping Campden (8 miles), grammar schools for boys and girls in Stratford-upon-Avon, independent schools include Tudor Hall, Bloxham, Kitebrook, Kingham Hill and The Croft whilst further afield are Cheltenham, Rugby, Warwick and Beaudesert Park. Historical Note Whilst Barcheston is mentioned in The Domesday Survey of the eleventh century, it was in the sixteenth century that the house played a part in the history of the arts in England when William Sheldon, according to his will of 1570, established what is probably the earliest English tapestry weaving enterprise in the Manor House. Tapestries associated with Sheldon range from large maps of the English counties, such as the tapestry map of Warwickshire on display in the county museum, to smaller items such as cushion covers. Extract, showing Barcheston, from the 16th century Sheldon tapestry map of Warwickshire. By kind permission of Warwickshire Museum.
Barcheston Manor Dating in parts from the sixteenth and early seventeenth century and built of Cotswold stone with mullioned and transomed windows under a stone slated roof, the house would appear to have been restored in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century when the elevations overlooking the garden and river to the west were rebuilt in an attractive brick with sash windows again below Cotswold stone slated roofs. There are many period features throughout the house including open stone arched fireplaces, stone flagged floors and exposed beamed ceilings. From the walled entrance courtyard/stable yard, which is in part bordered by pleached hornbeams, a pathway through the front garden passes between box hedges to the front door of the house. Whilst the present owners have sensitively restored the house over the last 35 years and enhanced its unspoilt character, there is considered to be further scope for improvement should a purchaser so wish.
Accommodation The front door opens into a reception hall of an imposing height with a guest cloakroom and an old boarded door to the main reception room. Known as The Dining Hall, and marvellous for entertaining, this is a magnificent room with an impressive stone arched open fireplace. Double panelled oak doors open to the garden loggia having an open oak truss roof, raised inglenook fireplace with an old hearth oven and coppers to one side and stone flagged floor. The garden loggia adjoins the south facing terrace and is a magical place ideally suited for al fresco dining on summer evenings. From the reception hall a further old boarded door opens into the farmhouse kitchen, a room of considerable character with its exposed beamed ceiling having original bacon rack and meat hooks, a stone recess fireplace with a two oven oil fired Aga (also heating the hot water and bathroom radiators) and an attractive bay window with window seats. Hardwood work surfaces with a stainless steel sink, fitted drawers and storage space below and space for dishwasher and refrigerator. Water softener. Door to garden. Laundry room with tiled floor and hardwood work surface having a Belfast sink and door to garden. An inner hall off the reception hall leads to a study with fitted bookshelves, a pine glazed built in cupboard, a Victorian hob grate with a fitted coal effect gas fire and a bay window overlooking the formal gardens. Drawing room, a wellproportioned room with an open fireplace, a pine built in cupboard and a bay window with glazed doors opening onto the garden terrace.
From the inner hall, a polished elm staircase with a half landing, having a most attractive Georgian arched staircase window overlooking the garden, rises to the first floor. Landing off which leads the principal bedroom suite, an imposing room with a stone mullioned and transomed window, an open stone arched fireplace, a polished elm boarded floor, exposed beamed ceiling and a built in cupboard. Bathroom en suite with stone mullioned and transomed windows, a built in antique pine dresser base having drawers and a surround incorporating a wash hand basin, panelled bath with shower fitting, WC, bidet and a built in hanging/airing cupboard with a hot water cylinder having an electric immersion heater. Guest bedroom suite with bedroom 2 having exposed ceiling rafters and bathroom 2 en suite with partly limestone faced walls, a built in panelled bath with shower, a wash hand basin and WC. Bedroom 3 with Victorian hob fireplace (sealed) and a sash window with window seat. Bathroom 3 with part limestone faced walls, built in panelled bath with shower fitting, wash hand basin, WC and built in airing cupboard with a hot water cylinder having an electric immersion heater. Interconnecting door to bathroom 2. Bedroom 4 with Victorian hob fireplace (sealed), sash window with window seat. Bedroom 5 with stone mullioned and transomed window and a built in cupboard having a wash hand basin. From the landing the staircase continues to the second floor with three attic rooms including a cheese room with a screeded floor. Cellars including wine cellar.
Outbuildings Two self-contained offices with access from the front garden and a door to the loggia terrace to the rear. One of the offices having fitted bookshelves and built in filing cabinets and cupboards. A brick and tiled double garage with doors onto the entrance/stable courtyard and a range of three brick and tiled stables. There is a range of open sided farm buildings in a dilapidated condition including a garden store with considerable potential subject to necessary consents. An open sided wood store.
Gardens and Grounds To the front of the house is an old world garden, partly walled and with paths edged with mature box hedges and lawns with mixed borders and eating apple trees of varying varieties. The formal gardens to the rear of the house comprise a partly stone paved terrace to the western elevation of the house with steps down to a lawn with mixed borders. Garden compartments contained within clipped yew hedges comprise a shrubbery with mature vibernums framing an old bothy and off the south facing loggia an Italianate garden with low box hedges containing beds of lavender and further beds of roses. Beyond the formal gardens there is an orchard, with pruned bramleys and other fruit trees and planted with spring bulbs, which has extensive frontage to the River Stour with riparian rights. There are two paddocks with separate access from the village lane, the one having an avenue of horse chestnuts and recently planted limes, providing a pleasing view beyond the garden when approaching the front door to the house. The total area amounts to approximately 7.37 acres.
Ground Floor (Not shown in actual location) First Floor Barcheston Manor Approximate Gross Internal Area House: 450.8 sq m / 4852 sq ft Garage: 36 sq m / 387 sq ft Cellar: 38.8 sq m / 418 sq ft Garden Store: 14.4 sq m / 155 sq ft Wood Store: 31 sq m / 334 sq ft Stables/Stores: 74.2 sq m / 799 sq ft Workshop: 13.2 sq m / 142 sq ft Total: 658.4 sq m / 7087 sq ft For identification only - Not to scale Second Floor Cellar (Not shown in actual location) Stables/Stores (Not shown in actual location)
GENERAL REMARKS AND STIPULATIONS Rights of Way Local Authority There is a public footpath and a private agricultural right of way for the benefit of an adjoining property in the large field to the north of the house. There is a public right of way that runs down the track to the Old Mill between the garden and the large field. Services Mains electricity and water. Private drainage. Oil fired central heating to the ground and first floor of the house with the exception of The Dining Hall and the attics. Night storage heaters to the offices. BT and broadband connected subject to usual transfer regulations. Fixtures and Fittings Those items mentioned in these sale particulars are included in the freehold sale. All other fixtures, fittings and furnishings i.e. carpets, curtains, light fittings, etc. are expressly excluded. Certain such items may be available by separate negotiation. Further information should be obtained from the selling agent. Stratford-on-Avon District Council. Telephone 01789 267575. Council Tax Band: H. Directions (CV36 5AY) From the centre of Shipston-on-Stour take the B4035 towards Banbury and after crossing the bridge, take the first turning on the right hand side signposted to Barcheston. Pass the village green and church on the right and follow the road round the corner of the Old Rectory and the entrance to Barcheston Manor is straight ahead. Planning The property is Listed Grade II. Grazing Agreement The vendor has entered into a seasonal grazing licence on 5.29 acres. Agent s Note It is drawn to your attention that the vendor has a business association with Savills Stow-on-the- Wold. Tenure Freehold. Viewing Strictly by appointment only with Savills. IMPORTANT NOTICE Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1.They have no authority to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2.Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Particulars Prepared: April 2016. Photography taken: July 2014/May 2016. 16/05/27 HR