House For Sale £375,000
Hay Street, Marshfield, Chippenham SN14
previous price £400,000

A charming 18th century Grade II listed cottage located in the popular village of Marshfield. Full of character, the property has two bedrooms, three reception rooms, a kitchen, utility room and study.
Entering the property into the entrance hall there is access to both the sitting room and dining room. The sitting room has a number of period features including a large working Inglenook fireplace, beams and stone mullion windows. Offering flexibility, this room has also been used as an occasional 3rd bedroom. The dining room again has a number of period features including a fireplace and original cupboards. At the rear of the property is the kitchen which opens on to the rear garden and has a range cooker and a selection of shaker style units. The second sitting room with its curved vaulted ceiling is on the lower ground floor. There is a useful utility room with a study beyond perfect for working from home. On the first floor are two bedrooms and a bathroom. Outside the garden has rear access to the street and there is a stone shed and log store.
The cottage is located in the heart of Marshfield. Marshfield was a prosperous Cotswold wool town and the high street is very picturesque with seventeenth, eighteenth and early nineteenth century homes. There are two very well regarded pubs in the High Street; the Catherine Wheel and the Lord Nelson Inn, and the pretty Sweetapples tea shop is worth a visit as is Marshfield Dairy, with its ice-cream parlour open to the public throughout the spring and summer. There is also an interiors shop, Vintage and Brown, butcher, post office, general shop, veterinary practice and a primary school rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted. The village hosts the famous Marshfield Mummers every Boxing Day - an event attended by hundreds, coming from afar. Within the southern boarders of the Cotswolds and easy striking distance of the southern end of the Cotswold Way, the walking around Marshfield is excellent and picturesque villages like Castle Combe, the National Trust locations of Dyrham Park and Bowood House, the National Arboretum at Westonbirt and the and the superb cream teas at Lucknam Park and the Manor House Hotel in Castle Combe make for great days out. Marshfield offers very good access to Chippenham train station, 10 miles away, and 1 hour and 14 minutes to London. The World Heritage City of Bath is 6 miles away with the centre of Bristol 13 miles and Filton a 25 minute drive.