London House
High Street
Bourton-On-The-Water
Gloucestershire
GL54 2AP
The Row, Great Rissington, Cheltenham
Auction Guide £450,000
4 Bedroom Cottage
A spacious detached property with accommodation arranged over two floors set centrally within a generous plot in a good central village position. For Sale by Public Auction on Wednesday the 18th June.
FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION
To be held at the Tayler & Fletcher North Cotswold Sale Room, Lansdowne, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, GL54 2AR on Wednesday 18th June 2025 at 6pm precisely. The turning to the Sale Room is diagonally opposite the Tayler & Fletcher office signposted Royal British Legion (along the driveway past Bourton Land Rover).
LOCATION
The Old Post Office is set in the heart of the popular village of Great Rissington, a classic Cotswolds village with an active community centred around the village primary school, The Lamb Inn, St John the Baptist village church and village cricket team and sports and social club. Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-Wold and Burford are all within a 6 mile radius providing a comprehensive range of services including supermarkets, shops, restaurants and boutiques, doctors, dentists and excellent local schooling including the award winning Cotswold School at Bourton.
The regional centres of Cheltenham, Oxford and Cirencester are all within easy travelling distance together with a wide range of cultural and sporting pursuits. There are main line rail connections nearby at Kingham (London Paddington 80 minutes) and Cheltenham (18 miles).
DESCRIPTION
The Old Post Office comprises a substantial detached property of reconstituted stone elevations under a pitched tiled roof with accommodation arranged over two floors with a kitchen/dining room, utility room, sitting room and two double bedrooms on the ground floor with two double bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor. The property is situated in a generous plot in the heart of the village and offers considerable potential for further extension/refurbishment and/or redevelopment subject to any necessary consents.
Approach
Gabled entrance porch with painted timber and glazed door to:
Lobby
With casement to side elevation and glazed painted timber door to:
Kitchen/ Dining Room
With Oil-fired Rayburn (inoperable), a simply fitted kitchen with stainless steel sink unit with built-in cupboards below and worktop, part-tiled splashback, eye-level cupboards. Built-in cupboard to the corner with shelving and housing the electricity meter and fuse box.
From the kitchen/dining room, glazed painted timber door to:
Utility
With crittall framed casements to rear and side elevations, stainless steel sink unit set within a Formica worktop with built-in cupboards below and over.
From the kitchen/dining room, painted timber door to the:
Staircase Hall
With uPVC double glazed front door to the front of the property with matching double glazed casement to side, stair rising to first floor and painted timber door to:
Sitting Room
With crittall windows with secondary glazing to front and side elevations, stone fireplace with reconstituted stone hearth, picture rail, night storage heater.
From the hall, a painted timber door to:
Bedroom 1
With an extensive range of built-in shelving, crittall window with secondary glazing to rear elevation, picture rail.
From the hall, painted timber door to:
Bathroom
With a simply fitted bath, Aqua shower (not connected) and low-level WC with timber seat, wall mounted wash hand basin and part-tiled walls, opaque crittall window to front elevation.
From the hall, painted timber door to:
Bedroom 2
With built-in wardrobes, crittall window to front elevation and secondary glazing. Night store heater.
From the hall, stairs with timber hand rail and balustrade rise to the:
First Floor Landing
With Velux roof light to rear elevation, night storage heater, door to built-in cupboard, further built-in cupboard housing the foam lagged hot water cylinder and pine slatted shelving.
From the landing, painted timber door to:
Bedroom 3
With crittall window to gable end with secondary glazing, eaves storage and wall mounted wash hand basin.
From the landing, painted timber door to:
Bathroom (inoperative)
With bath/WC.
From the landing, painted timber door to:
Bedroom 4
With extensive built-in wardrobes, access to eaves storage and crittall window with secondary glazing to gable end and night storage heater.
OUTSIDE
The Old Post Office is approached from the lane via a driveway, which in turn leads past the rear of the house to a DETACHED SINGLE GARAGE. The property sits centrally within a generous plot extending to approximately 0.235 of an acre and enjoys some lovely views out over the village towards the surrounding Cotswolds.
The property offers considerable scope for further extension or alteration and/or redevelopment, subject to any necessary consents and occupies a superb central position within a very popular Cotswold village.
GENERAL REMARKS AND INFORMATION
VIEWING
Strictly by prior appointment via our Bourton-on-the-Water Office. Tel: 01451 820913.
TENURE & POSSESSION
Freehold with Vacant possession upon completion.
SERVICES
Mains Electricity and Water are connected. Drainage to be confirmed. Night storage heating (some not working) and Oil-fired Rayburn (inoperable).
LOCAL AUTHORITY
Cotswold District Council, Trinity Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 1PX (Tel: 01285 623000) www.cotswold.gov.uk.
COUNCIL TAX
Council Tax band F. Rate Payable for 2025/ 2026: £3,192.94
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
These will be available from the Vendor's Solicitors offices fourteen days prior to the Auction Sale. They will not be read out at the Auction. It will be assumed that the purchaser has bid with full knowledge of such conditions of sale whether in fact he or she has inspected the same or not.
RESERVE PRICE
The property will be offered for sale subject to an undisclosed Reserve and the Vendors retain the right for the Auctioneers to bid on their behalf up to the Reserve Price. The Vendors also reserve the right to sell or withdraw the property prior to auction.
ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING
The successful purchaser will be required to provide proof of identity to satisfy the Money Laundering Regulations. This will need to be a proof of address (utility bill no older than three months or council tax bill for the current period) and photographic ID (driving licence or passport).
COMPLETION
On the fall of the hammer, the purchaser will be required to sign the contract in the sale room and pay ten percent deposit by cheque or bankers draft (not cash). Completion will be 28 days thereafter or earlier by mutual agreement, when the balance of purchase monies are due.
ADMINISTRATION FEE
The successful purchaser will be liable for an administration charge of £1,000 plus VAT, payable to Tayler & Fletcher.
VENDOR'S SOLICITOR
Kendall & Davies, Station Road, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire GL54 2AA (Mrs Paula Garbutt)
E: paula.garbutt@kendallanddavies.co.uk T: 01451 820277 (office)
DIRECTIONS
From Bourton-on-the-Water take the Rissington road out of the village. Shortly after leaving the village, take the right hand turn signposted to Great Rissington (and The Lamb Inn). Proceed in to Great Rissington and bear right past The Lamb Inn across the Green. Proceed down the hill past the telephone box, and immediately after Sherborne Lane on y9our left, turn right into The Row and The Old Post Office will be found on the right hand side.
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