Cold Aston, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54

Elegant Victorian detached family home built in 1899, set in about one-third of an acre with south-facing garden. Located in a sought-after Cotswold Hill village, quiet and off the beaten track, with a pub and primary school, a thriving community and beautiful countryside walks. Double garage and parking and potential to extend subject to consents.

This stunning Victorian detached family home was originally built in 1899, occupying a generous overall plot of approx. 1/3 of an acre, and extended extensively in 1994 by the current owners to create a large family kitchen and principal bedroom with en-suite, complemented by underfloor heating downstairs, sash windows on the south elevation of the original building and double-glazing on the rest of the house, and an internal air circulation system.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
The spacious hall was extended in 2016 to create a welcoming reception space, with a downstairs cloakroom/shower room and a large walk-in shower, all with electric underfloor heating
Across the hall, is the elegant dual-aspect sitting room with high ceilings, sash windows, attractive fireplace with stone surround and hearth incorporating a one-year old (HETAS compliant) multi-fuel wood burner and a number of bespoke storage cupboards
The sitting room flows through double doors into the dining room, which has a large sash window providing idyllic south aspect and views of the gardens. There is potential for this to be used as a home office or an additional bedroom with the shower room across the hall
The kitchen/family room is particularly impressive offering a good selection of wall and base units, with Corian work surfaces, oil-fired gravity fed AGA, walk-in pantry, space for table and chairs with integrated L-shaped wooden bench and a snug
Double doors lead through to the garden room which provides panoramic views of and access to the established Cotswold country gardens
Off the kitchen is the practical utility/boot room with an outside back door
To the first floor, the large galleried landing offers plenty of natural light with exposed floorboards and attractive balustrades
There are three double bedrooms with fitted wardrobes and a good-size single bedroom, formerly used as an office, which forms part of the original first floor of the house
The dual-aspect principal bedroom is within the 1994 extension and enjoys an abundance of natural light with the added benefit of four fitted double wardrobes with storage cupboards above and an adjoining en-suite bathroom with a panelled bath and separate shower
Family bathroom off the landing along with bookshelves and airing cupboard
EPC Band E
If this is a lettings investment, we would recommend a lettings guide price in the region of £3,850 to £4,000 pcm

OUTGOINGS
Council tax – band G; Tax payable for 2024/25 - £3,496.42
As the property has been improved it has been marked with an improvement indicator. Therefore, the council tax band will be reviewed and will likely increase following the sale of the property

SERVICES
Main water and electricity are connected
Air source heat pump for underfloor heating to all rooms downstairs apart from electric underfloor heating to the new hall/shower room extension. Hot water cylinder and upstairs radiators are also run by the air source heat pump
Private drainage
Average Vodafone broadband speeds advertised within this postcode are up to 71.9 Mbps

SITUATION
Cold Aston is a desirable rural hill village, well located for transport links to Cirencester (14.5 miles), Cheltenham (13.5) and Oxford (31.5)
The village has a public house, The Plough Inn, an Ofsted outstanding primary school, an active village hall and annual village Fayre
St. Andrew’s Church, whose 5 bells were lovingly restored a number of years ago after 50 years of silence
The village name appears in the Domesday Book as Estone (East Farm) and by the mid-13th Century changed to Cold Aston; by 1535 the name changed again to Aston Blank, but in 1972 reverted back to Cold Aston
Other local towns with amenities for day-to-day requirements are Bourton-on-the-Water (3 miles) and Northleach (4.7)
The award-winning Daylesford Farm Shop is about 10 miles away
Mainline stations at Kingham and Moreton-in-Marsh, with train services to Oxford and London Paddington

OUTSIDE
Approached through a five-bar gate is the gravel drive running along the rear of the house providing parking
Detached double garage with an adjoining workshop area, up-and-over aluminium door, car pit, and light and power
The generous south facing garden offers a great degree of seclusion as it is elevated from the village
Predominantly laid to lawn, with year-round colour in the borders, mature apple trees and shrubbery, a working kitchen garden, large terrace, and a beautiful wisteria running across the house. It is enclosed by Cotswold-stone walling and high hedgerows