Detached house for sale in Vicarage Street, Painswick, Stroud GL6

Hidden away from the road, this charming detached Cotswold stone cottage has been lovingly renovated and improved and now offers charming and characterful accommodation with beautifully laid out level gardens and views across the Painswick Valley. The ground floor accommodation is comprised of a modern kitchen, a spacious sitting/dining room with imposing inglenook fireplace at one end housing a modern wood burning stove, a games room/studio, a utility room and useful shower room. On the first floor, the ceilings have been vaulted to create a feeling of space and light for the two bedrooms whilst a family bathroom completes the principal accommodation.

With a plot extending to around 0.14 of an acre, the gardens are a particular attraction having been landscaped to offer level lawns broken up by paths and well-stocked borders, a vegetable area with raised beds, fruit trees and a greenhouse and a willow shelter with several sitting areas ideal for taking in the views across the Painswick Valley. A stone outbuilding is suitable for use as a workshop or garden store.

Situation

Painswick, the “Queen of the Cotswolds”, is a thriving community nestling in a delightful Cotswolds setting. Constructed of mellow locally quarried stone, the town has many beautiful buildings dating back as far as the 14th Century. Painswick Churchyard is famous for its impressive array of table tombs and its 99 yew trees about which folklore holds that if a 100th should grow the devil will pull it out. The Village offers a playgroup and primary school with many secondary schools (including grammar schools) being available in the surrounding towns of Stroud, Gloucester, Cheltenham and Cirencester. There are several local shops, galleries, tearooms and restaurants in the village along with a pharmacy, doctors’ surgery and dentists whilst the surrounding towns provide a good range of social, recreational and retail amenities to suit all tastes and budgets.

Recreational opportunities include tennis, rugby, cricket and bowls clubs with many other groups meeting at the Painswick Centre. In the wider area, events include national hunt racing at Prestbury Park, sailing at the Cotswold Water Park and golf at Painswick and Minchinhampton Golf Clubs.