Darlingscott, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, CV36

Tucked well away from the road, the barn was sympathetically converted to create light and spacious accommodation in the late 1990s. Mill Barn benefits from a number of period features including exposed oak beams and a large stone open fireplace.

The three reception rooms are generously proportioned with the dining hall and open study area having oak flooring. The snug room has a feature fireplace with a wood-burning stove and French doors leading to a private courtyard.

The vendors have added an extension to create a superb kitchen/sitting/dining room. The kitchen has an electric Aga with a gas hob, a separate breakfast area and access to the utility room and downstairs WC. The kitchen has attractive views of the manicured landscaped gardens.

Upstairs, there is an attractive and spacious landing providing access to the four double bedrooms. These include a principal bedroom with an en suite shower room and views over the gardens. There is a guest bedroom with an en suite shower room, family bathroom and two further bedrooms.

The annexe accommodation is situated above the double garage and office. This spacious studio-style apartment is accessed via an external staircase, however, this could be connected via an extension to the office and kitchen below (Subject to planning permission).

To the front of the property is a large gravel drive, to the side of which is a brick-built double garage and office.

The rear garden is led out from the open plan kitchen/sitting/dining room to a Cotswold stone chippings terrace with a water feature and fountain, bordered by a hornbeam hedge and clipped box balls. A flat lawn area comprises well-stocked, colour-themed herbaceous borders with roses enclosed by mature topiary yew hedges. The formal gardens lead onto a mature avenue of cherry blossoms with magnificent white blossoms in the spring.

There is an orchard area approaching one-acre with mature apple, plum, pear and damson trees and an expanse of flat lawn.

The vendors have created a woodland casual dining area with a fire pit and barbeque and an enclosed vegetable garden with raised beds and a greenhouse.

Darlingscott is an attractive hamlet comprising of a number of Cotswold stone period farmhouses and cottages with a small parish church. It lies just two miles from Ilmington on the borders of South Warwickshire and the North Cotswolds, in the midst of superb countryside within a Conservation Area.

There is a good choice of schools in the vicinity and local shopping in Shipston-on-Stour, Chipping Campden and Stratford-upon-Avon, including an excellent primary school at Ilmington. Cheltenham and Oxford are also within easy reach, as is the M40. There are regular train services to London Paddington from Moreton-in-Marsh or to Marylebone from Banbury or Warwick.

Shipston-on-Stour 2 miles, Chipping Campden 5 miles, Moreton-in-Marsh 6 miles (trains to London Paddington from 85 minutes), Stratford-upon-Avon 8 miles, M40 (J15) 15 miles, Banbury 17 miles (M40 J11 and trains to London Marylebone from 56 minutes), Birmingham International Airport 33 miles. (distances and times approximate).