Much admired house on the green in a perfect English village.
The main house, the cottage and the stone outbuildings form an appealing and harmonious group of Grade II Listed buildings on the west side of the village green. The courtyard was formerly the village pound, where stray animals were held, from which the house takes its name.Old Pound House dates from the mid-18th Century with later additions. A handsome village house set back from the village green with an attractive front facade, built of Cotswold stone beneath a traditional stone tiled roof. The windows are in a pleasing combination of styles offering delightful views across the green to the village at the front and overlooking the walled rear garden.From the front garden the wide front door opens onto a generous reception hall with a part flagstone and part oak floor which is currently utilised as a dining hall. The drawing room offers an abundance of light and space with leaded windows overlooking the front garden and a large bay window overlooking the rear garden. There is planning permission to extend the drawing room out into the back garden.The kitchen/breakfast room again offers plenty of light with casement windows, a raised ceiling and roof lights over the kitchen, an Aga, granite work surfaces and pantry.On the first floor there are four bedrooms and two bathrooms, the principal suite occupies one end of the house with access to the back staircase. The windows are predominantly large and to the front with lovely views of the green. On the second floor there is a further bedroom suite with vaulted ceiling and exposed beams and, accessed by a separate staircase, an unmodernised attic room. There is planning permission to add a first floor bathroom.Guest BarnThe guest barn has been tastefully converted and offers stylish ancillary accommodation with oak and flagstone floors, exposed timbers and stone work. On the ground floor there is a kitchen with an AGA, a living room/study and a cloakroom. Reached by an elm staircase the first floor includes a spacious bedroom and bathroom, both with vaulted ceilings and exposed beams.Party BarnAdjoining the guest barn, there is a party barn and gym. There is a stone-built studio with kitchen and WC on the other side of the courtyard.Squirrel CottageSquirrel Cottage is a charming 3 bedroom thatched cottage sympathetically renovated and completely separate from the main house. It is ideal for further ancillary accommodation or to provide an income. A quintessential Cotswold cottage with gardens to the front and side.Garden and GroundsThe formal garden at the back of the property is surrounded by a stone wall consisting of an elevated swimming pool, a garden office in one corner, a large greenhouse and several fully stocked flower beds. Over the wall to the right is a large orchard with a number of mature trees and raised vegetable beds, there is a separate access off the road into the orchard.
Kingham main line station to London Paddington 80 minsDaylesford 1.4 milesChipping Norton 4 milesStow-on-the-Wold 5 milesBurford 8 milesOxford 23 milesCheltenham 24 milesLondon 80 miles