LONDON PROPERTY
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Ladybird, Ladybird STONE BARN
A Grade II listed stone barn conversion in the Oxfordshire village of Little Milton, near Thame, has flexible living space on two floors. The three-bedroom home has walled and landscaped gardens at the front and rear, and plenty of off-road parking. Inside space includes an entrance hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen and breakfast room, and study. There are three bathrooms as well as a cloakroom and utility room. Little Milton is two-and-a-half miles south of the M40, Junction 7. London 49 miles Little Milton, Thame, Oxfordshire, guide price £550,000, Reaston Brown 01844 260626 or 020 7079 1589
Ladybird Cottage is a redbrick thatched property that stands in a secluded spot in the Wiltshire hamlet of West Stowell, a few miles south of the well-heeled market town of Marlborough. Offering four or five bedrooms and two or three reception rooms, the cottage now available to let has far-reaching views across the neighbouring open countryside. Wonderful walking and riding and scenery is on your doorstep, and the home in the Vale of Pewsey is close to Wiltshire’s highest point, Milk Hill, location of the Alton Barnes white horse.
Gabby Walker, residential lettings director at estate agent Manningford Croft Maclaine, said: “The house has a great feeling about it. The layout is well planned, with large rooms, plenty of bathrooms, particularly lovely gardens opening onto countryside and ideal space for a young family.” London 80 miles Ladybird Cottage, West Stowell, Marlborough, Wiltshire, £2350 per month, Manningford Croft Maclaine 01672 564555
Cider with Briar Dating back to the 19th century, Briar Cottage stands on the sunny side of the Cotswold village of Sheepscombe in Cider With Rosie country. The book’s author Laurie Lee lived in the nearby village of Slad and was a regular at Sheepscombe’s Butchers Arms. The cottage enjoys a south-facing aspect and farreaching elevated views. An entrance hall with a slatetiled floor leads to a large sitting and dining room featuring a pair of stone-mullioned windows at the front and an inglenook fireplace with a woodburner. The study also has a pair of front windows. Fitted with a range of shaker units, the kitchen and breakfast room leads to a recent addition to the fourbedroom cottage: an open plan conservatory that looks out towards the private gardens and village. There’s easy parking behind the property. Sheepscombe Valley was once part of a royal deer park for Henry VIII. The village is handy for Stroud, Cirencester or Cheltenham. London 111 miles Briar Cottage, Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire, £650,000, Perry Bishop 01285 655355
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