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Attractive Cotswolds stone property

Yew Tree Cottage is a handsome, detached period house dating back to the mid-18th century built of Cotswold stone, and listed Grade II.

The property faces south and has light-filled rooms and accommodation over three floors; the current living accommodation could be refurbished to provide either three bedrooms or five bedrooms. 

Accommodation comprises: hall, sitting room, dining room, study, family room/bedroom five, kitchen with Aga, store room, playroom/bedroom four, master bedroom suite, and two further double bedrooms, plus a family bathroom.

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Outside is a large stone outbuilding with light and power and behind this are the former pigsties, and a workshop, all of which could be developed into ancillary accommodation. The rear garden is a good size and enclosed by Cotswold stone walls. Principally laid to lawn, there is a vegetable garden, and a side garden, to one side and beyond is a small paddock and a stable block.

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Yew Tree Cottage sits on the edge of Ampney St Mary in the Cotswolds. The village lies around four miles from Cirencester, although the nearest shop is around a mile away at Poulton, which also has a good pub.

The guide price is £845,000. For further information please contact Knight Frank on 01285 659 771 or visit www.knightfrank.co.uk.

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