Location

Priors Marston is a sought-after village, situated in undulating South Warwickshire countryside close to the Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire borders.

The village, with many fine period houses, parish church, thriving sports club, public house providing B&B accommodation, village hall and a sought after direct funded primary school and nursery, The Priors School.   

The nearby town of Southam (6 miles) provides various local amenities, with Leamington Spa (13 miles), Banbury (14 miles) and Rugby (14 miles) also offering more extensive facilities.

A wide range of schooling includes The Priors primary school, Southam College (secondary) Winchester House, (Brackley), Carrdus (Banbury), Bilton Grange (Dunchurch), Arnold Lodge (Leamington), Warwick Prep, Princethorpe (nr Leamington), Warwick (boys) and Kings High (girls) (Warwick), Kingsley (Leamington), Rugby, Bloxham and Stowe Schools as well as Lawrence Sherrif Grammar School (boys) Rugby and Rugby High Grammar (Girls).

The village lies between the M1 (junction 17 at Daventry 17 miles) and the M40 (junction 11 at Banbury 10 miles) motorways. Mainline railway stations at Banbury (Marylebone from 59 minutes) and Rugby (Euston from 55 minutes).   

Sporting activities in the area include Priors Marston tennis club; golf at Staverton and Hellidon Lakes Country Club (including gym, indoor pool and 10 pin bowling); spa and gym at Fawsley Hall; horse racing at Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick; polo at Stoneythorpe, Southam; full indoor sports complex at Banbury.

All distances and times are approximate.

Description

Birchwood is set in the heart of the sought after village of Priors Marston. This spacious family home offers well-proportioned accommodation in a generous mature garden with ample off-street parking.   

A spacious hallway leads through glass doors into a snug with wood-burning stove. The generous, dual aspect sitting / dining room provides versatile space well-suited for entertaining and family living. This room includes doors in to the garden and a wood-burning stove. There is also a spacious, dual aspect kitchen / breakfast room with views onto the garden.

Leading from the kitchen is a large utility room with door into the garden, which could also be used as a study. This connects into a useful corridor leading to the front of the house and into the integral garage. There is also a downstairs WC.

The first floor provides four generous double bedrooms, two of which have dual aspects and three of which have in-built wardrobes. There is also a family bathroom and a separate shower room.

Set in approximately 1/3 acres of gardens, the property includes a integral garage with a large driveway and parking area in front of the house. The generous, mature landscaped garden is level with a terrace, large lawn and mature trees and shrubs.