Property description

A delightful spacious one bedroom apartment with a separate studio and three garages (one double, one single), set within this gracious former manor house. The property dates from the eighteenth century and is set within extensive grounds and also has a private garden terrace.

The apartment has a very generous drawing room and retains period features including sash windows, panelled walls, stained glass and feature fireplaces. The studio offers excellent additional space for those looking to work from home or for storage. The property also includes an additional area of land measuring approximately 0.18 acres, set within the grounds of Oakley Park, which subject to planning permission, may provide a building plot or additional private garden area.

The property is situated within the grounds of Oakley Park in the prestigious hamlet of Frilford Heath, approximately five miles from Abingdon and eight miles from Oxford. Frilford Heath is on the A338 Oxford to Wantage road surrounded by the villages of Tubney, Frilford, Appleton, Kingston Bagpuize and Marcham. The village boasts a pub in the Dog House Inn Hotel. There is a hail and ride bus service to Oxford departing every thirty minutes. On the outskirts of the village towards Kingston Bagpuize is Millets Farm Centre which includes a farm shop, restaurant and garden centre. Frilford also has a petrol station and convenience store. Nearby attractions include Kingston House and gardens in Kingston Bagpuize and the Cothill National Nature Reserve. Leisure facilities include the Frilford Heath Golf Club which offers three eighteen hole championship golf courses set within five hundred acres of parkland.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

ENTRANCE HALL    Cornicing, recessed downlighters, two archways, cupboard with shelves, built-in bookcase with cupboards below, airing cupboard with hot water tank and shelves, panelled walls to dado height, electric heater.

DRAWING ROOM 34'1\" x 13'8\" (10.39m x 4.17m). Sash windows with shutters, four window seats, panelled walls, ornamental marble mantelpiece with stone hearth and cast iron grate, second fireplace (sealed) with marble mantelpiece, stone hearth, cornicing, ceiling rose, telephone point, stained glass doors to kitchen/breakfast room, French doors with shutters to garden.

KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM 18'10\" x 7'11\" (5.74m x 2.41m). Sash window with shutters, space for breakfast table, two ceiling roses, cornicing, archway to kitchen area, vinyl floor, Cottesmore kitchen with floor and wall mounted units, copper extractor hood, four ring Neff electric hob with hotplate, built-in Siemens freezer, one and a half bowl stainless steel sink, built-in Neff electric oven and grill, built-in spice rack, built-in Miele fridge, pull out larder, recessed lighting, mirrored glass splashbacks.

SHOWER ROOM    Shower cubicle with Mira Sports shower, WC, marble tiled splashback, wash basin with marble top and vanity cupboard below, ceramic covers to taps, recessed downlighters, extractor fan, electric radiator towel rail, shaver point, electric heater.

BEDROOM 14'6\" x 9'1\" (4.42m x 2.77m). Sash windows, marble window sill, four door built-in wardrobes with hanging rail and cupboard above, archway and step up to bath with mixer tap and shower attachment, panelled walls, marble splashback, fitted mirror, WC with wooden lid and Spode decorated chamber, extractor fan, built-in cupboard and vanity unit with marble worktop and wash basin set within, shaver point, two downlighters, electric heater.

STUDIO ROOM 15'11\" x 14'9\" (4.85m x 4.5m). Sash window, built-in cupboards, downlighters, shelves, telephone point, cast iron safe.

STUDIO SHOWER ROOM    Sash window, downlighters, shower cubicle, tiled splashbacks, Triton electric shower, WC with panelled cistern, mirrored medicine cabinet, Heatrae Sadia Hot Flow 10 hot water heater, wash basin with mixer tap on wooden counter, built-in cupboards, solid wood worktop, tiled splashback, Dimplex heater, heated towel rail.

DOUBLE GARAGE    Power and light, outside light, tap.

SINGLE GARAGE    Light.

OUTSIDE    The property is approached through stone pillars onto a carriage drive with a turning circle with mature fir trees and spring bulbs in rockery. There are stone steps up to the front door and an outside light.
To the rear of the property there is a porch with two doric sandstone columns to each side of the French doors and an outside light. Stone steps with wrought iron handrails lead down to the private garden terrace and communal gardens beyond. There is a beautiful wisteria trained around the drawing room windows. Behind the steps is a gravel area and an outside tap.
There is a York stone path leading around the property and beyond is an area of lawn and a pond with mature borders to each side set within stone walls including acers, spruce, a mature bay, bamboo, a mature holly tree and yew hedges.
Directly behind the private garden is the communal garden with mature trees and a ha-ha, providing an uninterrupted view of the extensive parkland beyond. To the side of the property there is a York stone path connecting the gardens back to the drive and garages. There is also a communal shed and bin store area near the garages. The plot is situated to the left of the lime tree avenue (with private no entry sign) behind a hedge and is currently an orchard with fruit trees.