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Sheep Street, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, CV36 4AE

Guide Price £1,700,000
Lansdowne House is a substantial and imposing Grade II Listed family home dating back to the late 18th Century with later additions. The property is beautifully located at the western end of Sheep Street with off-street parking and vehicular access to the main gardens situated off Darlingscote Road. The property has evolved over the years with the central stone cottage and the barn added to Lansdowne House to create the accommodation on offer. The main part of the house is built of brick with a slate roof and the former cottage and barn, of stone and a slate/tile roof. There are numerous period features such as original pane sash windows, high ceilings, exposed ceiling and A-frame timbers, attractive fireplaces, traditional wooden doors and architraves, and stairwell balustrades. The numerous bathrooms are finished to a good standard with marble and vintage-style fittings.
  • Property Type
    House
  • Bathrooms
    3 bathrooms
  • Bedrooms
    5 bedrooms
  • Reception Rooms
    3 reception rooms
Key Features
  • Imposing and elegant Grade II Listed town house
  • Dating back to the 18th Century with later additions
  • Highly flexible accommodation
  • Many original period features
  • 4,242 sqft
  • Grounds extending to approx. 1/2 acre
  • Off-street parking
  • Charming and historic thriving market town
  • Walking distance of the town centre
  • No onward chain
Property Description

The highly flexible accommodation offers a good variety of reception rooms and bedrooms over three floors, as well as a magnificent contemporary fitted kitchen/breakfast/sitting room and a large wine cellar
Accessing the property off Sheep Street, through the front door to the original stone cottage, the spacious reception hall with ceramic tiled flooring and exposed ceiling beams leads through adjacent doors to the kitchen/breakfast/sitting room and dining room
The kitchen has been updated in recent times to a high standard with a good selection of contemporary wall and floor units and with a fitted Everhot 110+ electric oven configuration of cast iron hot and simmer plates with separate lids (both of which are independently controllable) and three separate ovens. The work surfaces are finished in Corian with a twin Belfast sink, fitted pantry cupboard, central island with breakfast bar and recess for American-style fridge-freezer and dishwasher. There are also a number of built-in floor-to-ceiling storage cupboards and elegant French doors opening into the delightful walled gardens
There is also a practical utility room with oak wooden work surfaces, Belfast sink, space and plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer, external door access to the gardens and adjoining pantry cupboard
The downstairs cloakroom is generous in size with low-level wc and wash-hand basin as well as coat hanging space
Dining room with decorative wall lighting, original recessed alcoves and central ceiling beam
The drawing room is particularly striking with twin sash windows overlooking the secluded grounds, decorative shelved alcoves and an Adams-style fireplace with stainless-steel coal-effect gas fire
The third reception room (currently used as a study/home office) has a dual-aspect and a selection of fitted and built-in book shelving
To the first floor there are three double bedrooms (one en-suite) and a main family bathroom
The impressive principal bedroom suite, measuring approximately 17' x 15' has attractive floor-to-ceiling wardrobes, en-suite bathroom with inset sink, separate wc and dressing area with inset sink with marble top, shower cubicle and additional built-in storage cupboards
On the second floor there are two further double bedrooms both with fitted wardrobe cupboards and both serviced by a bathroom with panelled bath, low-level wc and wash-hand basin

OUTGOINGS
Council tax – currently band G; Tax payable for 2025/26 - £4,077.35

SERVICES
Main water, electricity, gas and drainage are connected
Gas fired central heating
Average broadband speeds advertised within this postcode are up to 25.6 Mbps

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