Ford, Temple Guiting, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Ash Cottage is an attractive stone-built home with
more than 1,700 sq ft of light-filled flexible
accommodation arranged over two floors. Configured to provide an ideal and practical environment for both living and entertaining, the house is well fitted with modern high-quality fixtures, and large windows that maximise the far-reaching Cotswolds views.

The accommodation flows from a generously
proportioned yet welcoming reception hall with
flagstone flooring, fitted storage, a useful cloakroom, and a fitted utility room. There is a sitting room featuring a stone-built fireplace with a wood burning stove and full-height glazing with French doors opening to the garden terrace. The large kitchen/dining room also has flagstone flooring, a range of base units, a Belfast sink, modern integrated appliances, and a stable door leading out to the terrace. This room also has wonderful views down the valley. On the first floor, the principal bedroom has a vaulted ceiling, built-in seating and fitted storage. Adjacent is the family bathroom. Also on this floor is a double bedroom with an en-suite, and another double bedroom with window seating, fitted storage and loft access and an en suite shower room. A door leads through to dressing room/bedroom 4

The property is approached over a gravelled driveway and forecourt with private parking and adjacent single garage. The part-walled wraparound enclosed garden to the side and rear, is accessible through a wrought iron gate off the forecourt and from the sitting and kitchen/dining rooms. It is laid mainly to lawn with mature shrubs and trees and features a number of seating areas, including a large paved terrace, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining. The whole enjoys
far-reaching views over the property’s garden, the
valley beyond. and surrounding rolling Cotswolds
countryside

The hamlet of Ford lies in the Cotswolds Area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty and includes the well
renowned pub The Plough. The nearby village of
Temple Guiting village has a church, village hall and primary school. Guiting Power has a village store, café, Post Office, farm shop, church, village hall, recreation ground and pubs. Winchcombe, Stow-on-the-Wold and Bourton-on-the-Water market towns provide excellent shopping, dining and leisure opportunities, with Cheltenham, Stratford-upon-Avon and Oxford also within easy reach. Local sporting opportunities include numerous race and golf courses.

Communications links are excellent: the A46, A40 and Moreton-in-Marsh station (9.8 miles) give access to major regional centres, the motorway network and London.