Curers Cottage is a gorgeous 200 year old village house which has been sensitively updated to provide over 2,400 sq. Ft. Of well-presented flowing and flexible accommodation with a wealth of retained character features including some original beams and internal doors.
The property is accessed from a small entrance hall leading into the well-proportioned front aspect drawing room with adjoining double aspect dining room with French doors to the rear courtyard. The neighbouring dual aspect ‘cooks’ kitchen lies at the heart of the home and boasts a good range of fitted units, integrated appliances and a large ‘RangeMaster’ cooker. The kitchen leads into a spacious front aspect drawing room which features an inglenook fireplace, with bread oven. A rear hallway with cloakroom and shower gives access to the rear courtyard and to a well-proportioned double aspect family room with feature fireplace, containing a classic ‘Morso Squirrel’ multifuel stove, and stairs to the first floor.The first floor accommodation comprises a spacious dual aspect bedroom with plenty of built-in storage together with 3 further well-proportioned double bedrooms, all serviced by a family bathroom and a shower room.
Curers Cottage sits in a prime position in the picturesque and highly desirable village of
Chilton Foliat, itself at the heart of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural
Beauty, with plenty of easily accessible public footpaths. The village offers day-to-day amenities including a pub, parish church, village hall, recreation ground and village school. Leisure and fitness facilities are close by at Littlecote. The nearby market towns of Marlborough, Hungerford and Newbury offer extensive leisure and shopping facilities including boutiques, antique shops, supermarkets and banks. Sporting amenities in the area include golf at Chaddleworth, Newbury, Donnington and Marlborough, together with racing at Newbury. All your Equestrian requirements can be found locally, from stabling to horse whispering courses.
The property boasts excellent communication links to all major regional towns and the nearby M4 provides excellent vehicular access to the West Country, London and its airports while trains from Hungerford station reach London Paddington in around an hour.
The range of schooling in the area is excellent, including the state schools of Chilton Foliat C of E Primary School, John o’Gaunt School and St. John’s Marlborough (rated Outstanding by Ofsted) and some notable independent schools including Marlborough College, St. Gabriel’s,
Pinewood School and Downe House. Outstanding childcare and Nursery schools close by.
The low maintenance fenced front garden overlooks the village green and features a paved path with well-stocked flowerbeds bordered by mature shrubs, lending privacy to the setting.
A gravel driveway to the rear of the property gives space for off-road parking for several cars and leads to a range of outbuildings incorporating an office with power, phone and internet installed, garaging and store rooms, suitable for a variety of uses or potential conversion (subject to the usual consents).
The private fenced main garden enjoys an expanse of level lawn, a separate vegetable plot and mature flowerbeds with a wealth of mature shrubs, in the centre of the herb garden is a capped brick well. A path leads to the spacious paved rear courtyard, absolutely ideal for entertaining. If the party gets a bit larger there is a sunken patio with power sockets hidden and sheltered by shrubs to accommodate the overflow!
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