5 bedroom house

Hill Farm would certainly justify extension to the house, given the superb location, and the holding is ideal for farming, equestrian use or amenity and leisure activity, subject to necessary consents.

Hill Farm is an attractive brick built period farmhouse, with extensive views to the east retaining period features with modern fittings and services, secondary glazed sash windows, 6 panel timber doors, diamond patterned flagstones to the hall with staircase rising.
To either side of the hall are a handsome dual aspect drawing room and dining room, both with east facing views and fireplaces.

Off the back hall is access to the four chamber brick vaulted cellars, sitting room with brick chimney breast, shower room/cloakroom, back staircase and farmhouse kitchen, which is fitted with a two oven oil fired Aga, kitchen cabinets with timber tops, sink, cooker and hob, and quarry tile floor. With a utility room off with plumbing for a washing machine. Behind is a courtyard with three store rooms, one with the oil tank, and an attached farm office with sink, boiler room/ drying room and shower room.

From the main staircase is a wide landing with study area with 4 double bedrooms, 2 with east facing views to the Cotswolds, and 2 bathrooms one with separate shower, wc, basin and bidet. Store closet. Off the back staircase is a large landing and double
bedroom 5.

Behind the house, with a separate access from the road, is an extensive range of brick built traditional farm buildings, with slate roofs, which could be adapted to a large range of uses (subject to planning permission), including stabling, ancillary accommodation, party barn, home office or other uses associated with the house and farm, or to separate dwellings. The outbuildings incorporate 2 double height driftways , and part with storage lofts, with stables and stores. Attached to the rear is a steel frame lean to about 150 feet
long, which might adpt to an extensive range of stables , or garaging. There is also a detached 4 bay two span portal frame
farm building with blockwork walls with Yorkshire boarding above.Pole barn. The outbuildings extend in all to about 14,000 sq ft.

The farmhouse has lawned gardens to the south and east side, with a hedge to the roadside and a wide roadside verge forming part of the property, and access and parking to the front of the farmhouse and seating area to the side. The farm has extensive road frontage to the lane. Between the farmstead and the village is a traditional pasture field, which is subject to a historic development uplift covenant, and a right of way across in favour of the farmland to the east side.

There are further grass fields to the side and rear of the farm buildings with two belts of mature woodland. 3 further fields, currently productive arable land, which would also convert to grassland if desired, two with road frontage and further clump of mature trees.

situated a short distance above the popular village of Alderminster, close to Stratford-upon-Avon and within walking distance of an award winning gastro pub The Bell. The local market town of Shipston-on-Stour provides an excellent selection of daily amenities. More extensive shopping and leisure facilities including the world renowned Royal Shakespeare Company can be found at nearby Stratford-upon-Avon.

There is an excellent selection of state, grammar and private schools including boys and girls grammar schools in Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick, The Croft Prep School in Stratford-upon-Avon, Bloxham and Sibford near Banbury and Kitebrook near Moreton-in-Marsh.

For the commuter there is easy access to the M40 (J15) approximately 10 miles away, and there are regular train services from Warwick Parkway and Banbury to London Marylebone and from Moreton-in-Marsh to London Paddington.

Racing is at Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon and Cheltenham. Polo at Cirencester. Golf courses are at Brailes, Tadmarton, Stratford-upon-Avon and the Welcombe Hotel.

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