Superb country house with paddocks, stabling, and a swimming pool in a rural location, improved and extended by the present owners to combine traditional appeal with contemporary design and comfort.
Brick Kiln House, believed to date originally from the 1920s, this Arts and Crafts period property has been extensively redesigned with timber framing and ornately patterned brickwork and to take full advantage of the beautifully landscaped south-facing garden, patio and view.Underfloor heating to the ground floor and traditional radiators upstairs, oak doors and architraves, oak and travertine flooring, timber double-glazed windows, sound system and modern efficient services.The accommodation provides an ideal family house where the large open plan living/dining/kitchen with bifold doors opening on to the south-west facing terrace forms the heart of the house with a beautiful kitchen with granite worktops, island unit with breakfast bar and dining area with built-in furniture. In addition to the drawing room with a dressed stone fireplace and dining room, there is a gym and family/cinema room. A handmade oak staircase to the first-floor landing to five good-sized bedrooms, most with built-in wardrobes with luxurious tiled bathrooms to match, three of which are en suite and include a fine vaulted principal bedroom with a balcony, with lovely views and full bathroom with bath, twin basins and separate shower.Brick Kiln House is beautifully situated, with ample parking to the front, a turning circle, lawns and cedar trees and gardens surrounding the house, with a brick wall and double wrought iron gates to the main garden to the south side with a flagstone terrace to three sides. The garden is lawned with box hedges, borders, trees and shrubs, including fruit trees and flowering cherry. There is a greenhouse, soft fruit and vegetable beds and a gravelled Mediterranean garden. In the garden is a lovely outdoor heated swimming pool framed by elegant cypress trees with a seating area, a breeze house for al fresco dining, and a loggia off the family room.A former brick-built garage provides a useful large workshop/garden store.Beyond the three-car open framed carport is the stableyard with an American barn, currently with six stables and ample storage and a further range of five stables, with a staff kitchen and WC. The property was formerly a thoroughbred stud and is well suited to a professional equestrian buyer as well as a buyer wanting to keep horses or other livestock or looking for the protection of overlooking their own land.The paddocks are all laid to grass, with hedges and post and rail fencing. A bridle path passes down the drive and through the property to give the significant advantage of being able to ride out over adjoining countryside rather than on the road.
Brick Kiln House is approached through a pair of brick pillars with orb finials to the long shrub lined drive which forms part of the property, past two other substantial private houses which share the approach, to electric gates to access the private drive for the property.Ettington is a well-placed village situated to the south-west 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. A bus service picks up for the local public, state and grammar schools. A wider 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.The Fosse Way gives access to the M40, providi