A compact detached period house with over 7.5 acres, garage, stables, barn, outbuildings manege and swimming pool on the edge of the village with lovely views.
Windyridge Farm is set well back from the road. It offers an opportunity for a purchaser wanting an attractive small four bedroom house of about 1600 sq ft, in a lovely garden, with an outdoor heated swimming pool, an extensive range of barns, stables and outbuildings, lovely views and land extending to about 7.65 acres with an all-weather riding arena.Believed to date from the 1920s, the house has rendered brick elevations under a tile roof, with uPVC double-glazed windows and oil-fired central heating. Entrance hall with understair storage, south and east-facing drawing room with stone fireplace and bay window, opening to the dining room. Kitchen/breakfast room with fitted kitchen units with granite worktops, breakfast bar, ceramic hob with extractor, sink and cooker, with a back hall off which is a pantry and cloakroom with WC, utility room with sink and plumbing, exterior boiler house which houses the oil fired boiler.Off the first-floor landing is the principal bedroom with windows to the east and west, a range of wardrobes to one wall and an en suite bathroom. Double bedroom two with a bay window and built-in cupboard, bedrooms three and four and a family bathroom.Subject to planning permission, the property has great scope for extension, which would be more than justified given its excellent location and amenities.Approached by a right of way from Banbury Road to a private drive and gates, Windyridge Farm has lovely gardens to the front and rear. There is an attractive sheltered swimming pool, oil-fired heating, and timber pool store.Across the drive from the house is a further garden, with potting shed and greenhouse and an apple orchard and vegetable garden.Extensive outbuildings offer great opportunities and comprise a two-bay pole barn, concrete floor, and a concrete yard. A brick and pantile building provides a double garage, workshop, tool store, and additional store room. The building might be suitable for a home office or other use.An equestrian building includes six stables, a tack room, a feed store, a fodder barn, and further storage. There is a 40 x 20 metre all weather manege and four lovely paddocks, the first with former dilapidated timber chicken housing. Beyond the paddocks are views over the open countryside.The property benefits from a vehicular agricultural right of way through Hays Meadow to the southeast corner of Windyridge Farm.
Ettington is a well-placed village situated to the southwest of Stratford-upon-Avon with facilities that include a community Spar shop and post office, The Chequers Inn, highly regarded pre and primary schools, community centre with a children's playground, football pitch, basketball and tennis court. Ettington Chase Hotel has a pool and gym. A bus service picks up for the local public, state and grammar schools. A more comprehensive range of shopping and leisure facilities can be found at Stratford-upon-Avon, Shipston-on-Stour, Wellesbourne, Leamington Spa, Warwick and Banbury. A range of state and private schools, including girls and boys grammar schools in Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford Prep School, The Croft Prep School and in Warwick, Warwick Prep, junior and public schools, King's High School for Girls and in Leamington Spa Kingsley School for Girls and Arnold Lodge. Windyridge Farm is superbly positioned for the commuter being only a stone's throw from the Fosse Way, giving access to the M40, providing routes to Birmingham to the north and London to the south. Golf courses can be found in nearby Stratford-upon-Avon, whilst there is racing at Stratford, Warwick and Cheltenham. Stratford-upon-Avon 6 miles, M40 (J15 & J12) 9 miles, Moreton-in-Marsh 11 miles, Warwick 11 miles, Banbury 14 miles (trains to London Marylebone from 73 mins), Birmingham International Airport 26 miles