Coombe Warren is a group of three dwellings converted from redundant early 19th century farm buildings by the current residents in 2010–2011. The dwellings are of different heights and scales, grouped around a central courtyard along with a range of single storey outbuildings that provide storage for garden tools and furniture. The courtyard is part paved, part lawn, with a low dividing brick wall and three veteran apple trees. As well as the courtyard, there is an area of approximately 0.2ha providing car parking spaces and a good size garden with trees and vegetables as well as a wildlife pond. Coombe Warren is listed grade II. The property is set on a total plot of circa 0.8 of an acre, with four brick-built outbuildings, a stunning greenhouse, a clay oven and organic allotment as well as a duck pond and several seating and entertaining areas. Close to Binley, Coventry, Rugby and Lutterworth, the property is just minutes away from amenities including retail parks, village pubs, delis, take-aways, motorways and A-roads, as well as offering a range of local schooling for all ages and tastes. The homes are available separately or as one purchase for the whole site.

The shared grounds have an extensive organic vegetable plot, fruit trees, hen house, small Keder greenhouse, wildlife pond and small area of woodland. The shared courtyard has four barns, a cycle shed, wood store and outdoor toilet. A barn is allocated to each house if sold separately.

1 Coombe Warren 212 sq. m. Two storey. Large kitchen/dining room, downstairs bedroom with ensuite with walk in shower. Walk in cupboard. Downstairs hall, WC and walk in cupboard. Upstairs: two bedrooms and a reading area/platform. Large sitting room with extensive built in bookshelving and woodburner. Super-fast broadband.

2 Coombe Warren 129 sq. m. Part single-storey, part two-storey. Large double height living room/kitchen, main bedroom with en suite bathroom/wetroom and walk-in wardrobe, separate bathroom/wetroom, second bedroom with built-in wardrobe, cupboards and shelving, third bedroom, utility room, separate WC, 2 hallways with original flagstones.

3 Coombe Warren 84 sq. m. L-shaped single storey bungalow. Large living room, bedroom with built-in cupboards, second bedroom, kitchen, bathroom with shower, separate WC.

Coombe Abbey was, by the 13th century, one of the richest monasteries in Warwickshire. It was dissolved in 1539 and the main building subsequently used as a domestic residence. The Craven family owned the Abbey for some 300 years from 1622. During the Craven era, Baron Craven was granted a licence to enclose 650 acres to create a park to the south of Coombe Abbey. In 1771 the 6th Baron Craven commissioned Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown to create a naturalistic park which included a serpentine lake of some 77 acres and a Menagerie. The Menagerie, designed by Henry Holland, Brown’s son in law, was inspired by the Menagerie at Versailles. Many such buildings were erected in Britain at the time and Coombe’s is one of only two that remain. The farm buildings were built, probably a few years later, adjacent to the Menagerie, to store food and bedding for the animals in the Menagerie and to provide space for sheltered winter accommodation for the exotic beasts. What is now 1 Coombe Warren was the corn store (the wooden wheel for hoisting sacks of corn up to the store is still in place). Part of no.2 was a cowshed and part of no.3 was the pigsty. The estate was broken up and sold after WW1. After WWII the park was gradually reassembled by Coventry City Council, now the freeholder, to form Coombe Abbey Country Park. The former abbey is now a four-star hotel. The Park offers plenty to explore in its 500 acres of beautiful gardens, woodland, lakeside walks, and bird hides. (https://www.coventry.gov.uk/coombe-country-park/coombe-country-park-1) Coombe Abbey hotel is listed grade I The Menagerie is listed grade II* The Park is a grade II* registered landscape.

Coombe Warren is situated in Coombe Abbey Country Park, in Rugby District, Warwickshire, just over the boundary with Coventry (see Appendix). It is in the non-public area at the western end of the Park, surrounded by the lake, fields, trees, wildlife, etc. However, it is only a mile from a wide selection of supermarkets and other shops. It is approximately 5 miles to the centre of Coventry and 10 miles to Rugby. Both towns have railway stations providing a good service to London and elsewhere, including Birmingham International Airport. There is excellent access to nearby motorways (M45, M1, M40, M6, M69) Access is via a drive or track which serves Coombe Warren, the Menagerie, another neighbouring property, a fisherman’s car park and a sheep farmer’s field. Co-ordinates: 52.4082, -1.4301.

Coombe Warren is currently held by Capability Green (2007) Ltd on a 110 year lease (110 years remaining) from the freeholder, Coventry City Council. Capability Green (2007) Ltd, the management company, was set up by the Coombe Warren residents, when they developed the site. Each of the three dwellings has its own lease from Capability Green (2007) Ltd. The courtyard and the rest of the gardens are retained by the company with use shared by all of us. The residents are planning to acquire the freehold in which case the three properties would share the freehold via our management company. It is possible that all three dwellings will be available to purchase together.

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