Property description
A delightful six bedroom Grade II Listed 17th Century detached house with beautiful walled gardens designed by RHS award winner Sarah Price and a paddock with stables in the heart of the village of Garsington.
The property provides excellent family accommodation over three floors with a wealth of period features including an inglenook fireplace, exposed beams and a barn with mezzanine.
In the 19th Century the Kennelsman for Christchurch College's beagle pack lived at the property. The current vendors have owned the property for over 20 years and have made considerable improvements.
There is a lapsed planning consent for the adjoining barns to be integrated into the main house, subject to planning consent and building regulations approval.
There are far reaching views towards the Ridgeway from the upper floors and the total plot is just over an acre including a rear paddock of 0.55 of an acre with separate rear access.
Garsington is a popular south Oxfordshire village approximately five miles south east of Oxford with a primary school, public house, playing fields, a church and a regular bus service to Oxford. Local amenities can be found in Wheatley, Stadhampton and the Cowley Retail Park and is well located to access road links to London on the M40 and the north and south on the A34. The property is well positioned for local schools in Abingdon and Oxford. There are mainline rail services from Didcot Parkway to London Paddington in approximately forty five minutes and from Haddenham and Thame Parkway to London Marylebone in approximately forty minutes.
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
GROUND FLOOR
KITCHEN 16'2\" x 13'8\" (4.93m x 4.17m). Porcelain tiled floor, leaded windows, tiled splashbacks, double stainless steel sink with mixer tap and drinking water tap, a range of wall and floor mounted cupboards with mother of pearl composite work surface, oil fired four oven Aga with two hobs and hotplate, recessed downlighters, wooden shelves, space and plumbing for dishwasher, space for oven and refrigerator, telephone point, radiator.
STUDY 16'1\" x 8'6\" (4.9m x 2.6m). Porcelain tiled floor, a range of floor mounted units with wooden work surfaces, fitted desk with drawers below, built-in cupboard, recessed downlighters, radiator.
WC Decorative tiled floor, wash basin set within limestone counter with wooden vanity unit below, WC with concealed cistern, tiled splashback, airing cupboards housing Megaflo hot water tank with hanging rail and shelves.
SITTING ROOM 15' x 12' (4.57m x 3.66m). Inglenook fireplace with stone tiled hearth and brick back, exposed beams, fitted cupboard, radiator, television aerial point.
ENTRANCE HALL Radiator.
DRAWING ROOM 26'6\" x 13'1\" (8.08m x 3.99m). Open fireplace with brick back, stone hearth and beam mantel, extractor flue, exposed beams, window seat, wall lights, three radiators, French doors to garden.
DINING ROOM 16'5\" x 9'10\" (5m x 3m). Exposed beams, wall light, radiator, stairs to first floor.
LOBBY Spotlights on a rail, wall light, under stairs cupboard, radiator, stairs to first floor.
FIRST FLOOR
LANDING Fitted bookcases, exposed beams, wall lights, covered radiator, stairs to second floor.
MASTER SUITE LOBBY Partial wood floor, built-in bookcase, wall light, loft access, radiator.
MASTER ENSUITE BATHROOM Tiled floor with decorative pebble details, oversized shower cubicle with glass screen, overhead shower and attachment, WC with concealed cistern, circular wall mounted radiator towel rail, granite wash basin with mixer tap set on limestone counter with glass splashbacks and limestone shelf above, shaving point, glass splashbacks, window seat with low spotlights set within, downlighters, exposed beams and stone walls, radiator towel rail.
MASTER BEDROOM 16'1\" x 13'9\" (4.9m x 4.2m). Built-in wardrobes, exposed beams, two radiators.
FAMILY BATHROOM Panelled bath with shower screen and shower attachment, tiled splashbacks, WC, wash basin on tiled counter with wooden vanity unit below, mirror with spotlight above, airing cupboard, exposed beam, radiator towel rail.
BEDROOM 2 15'3\" x 12'2\" (4.65m x 3.7m). Built-in wardrobe and shelves, wash basin with cupboard with tiled counter and vanity unit below, mirror above, exposed beam, radiator.
BEDROOM 3 19'9\" x 10'7\" (6.02m x 3.23m). Built-in wardrobe, cupboards and shelves, two radiators.
BEDROOM 4 15'3\" x 8'6\" (4.65m x 2.6m). Built-in wardrobe with shelves and cupboards below, radiator.
SECOND FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR LANDING Exposed beams, skylight, trio of spotlights, wall lights, rope handrail, telephone point.
BATHROOM 2 Tiled floor, skylight, pedestal wash basin with mirror above, tiled splashbacks, WC, bath with Mira shower attachment, extractor fan, downlighters, exposed beams, fitted cupboard, radiator towel rail.
BEDROOM 5 15'8\" x 11'10\" (4.78m x 3.6m). Built-in wardrobe with downlighter, exposed beams, loft access, radiator.
BEDROOM 6 15' x 10'2\" (4.57m x 3.1m). Fitted wooden chest of drawers, built-in closet and cupboards, radiator.
OUTBUILDINGS
BARN ROOM 24'6\" x 16'1\" (7.47m x 4.9m). Tiled floor, glazed inner doors behind barn doors, laundry cupboard with space and plumbing for washer and dryer, exposed beams and stone walls, a range of floor mounted cupboards, walk-in larder with space for refrigerator and freezer with power and light, door to garage barn and stairs rising to mezzanine.
MEZZANINE 16'1\" x 12'10\" (4.9m x 3.91m). Wood floor, A-frame exposed beams and stone walls, wooden bannisters, sealed entrance to hay loft.
STORE ROOM 1 16'4\" x 8'6\" (4.98m x 2.6m). Stone floor, power and light with outside tap.
STORE ROOM 2 25'9\" x 8'6\" (7.85m x 2.6m). Stone floor, exposed beam, light.
OUTSIDE The property is approached through stone walls with wooden gates that open onto a gravel drive with ample parking. The gardens to the front and the rear have been designed by award winning RHS designer Sarah Price. To the left of the drive is an elevated mature flower bed with alliums and seating area set within the stone boundary walls. A York stone path leads to the studded wooden front door and around to the right of the property and side gate set within brick walls. The front garden is mainly laid to lawn with beautiful mature flowering borders and mature shrubs and trees including magnolias, holly and ornamental grasses. There is an outside tap and also wooden pedestrian gate to the road.
To the rear are two walled gardens, on the left from the kitchen/barn room there is a stone dining terrace with a path leading round to the two store rooms and oil tank which is screened behind mature planting. A stone path slopes up to the formal ornamental gardens which have a central stone focal point with mature flowering bed sections interspersed with gravel, box hedges and brick paths. The flowering borders and beds include alliums, roses, sedums, aquilegia, herbs and alchemilla mollis. There is a mature grapevine trained along the walls and fruit beds with redcurrant and gooseberry bushes. There is a wide variety of espaliered fruit trees including fig, apple and pear trees. Stone steps lead back down to the terrace and a brick archway in the upper walled garden leads through to the second walled garden which is mainly laid to lawn with a wonderful selection of mature fruit trees including a Victoria plum, pear and espalier peach and apple trees, and a mature clematis. The gardens are completely enclosed and sheltered within the brick walls and there is a stable door in the rear wall giving access to the rear paddock.
The paddock is set partly within hedges and brick walls with a mature bay tree and two five bar gates to access from the farm track behind the property. To the left there are two former stable blocks with a total of three loose boxes with wrought iron fences which could be serviceable following repairs. From the rear of the paddock there are views over farmland towards the Shotover nature reserve. The paddock and the grounds total approximately one acre.
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