Property description

Sam’s Hill Cottage in the well served Oxfordshire village of Middle Barton, just a few miles from Chipping Norton on the edge of the beautiful Cotswolds and surrounded by picturesque countryside, is a lovely picture-postcard of a property with gorgeous gardens and outbuildings, here for sale with no onward chain.

This Grade II Listed Thatched Cottage offers plenty of historical character and charm, but it is worth mentioning the space it offers too. Far from being afflicted by low beams and dark rooms as other properties of this type can be, Sam’s Hill Cottage in fact offers a great sense of space and light, having been modernised by the current owner in 2012, including new kitchen and bathrooms and a new Vaillant combi boiler, since inspected annually.

The ground floor consists of an Entrance Hallway, four Reception Rooms including Living Room with open fire, Dining Room which could have a wood burning stove reinstated if new owners so desired, a Breakfast Room and a large Study (which could if needed provide a third, pleasant double bedroom on the ground floor, with its own door to the rear garden). The Kitchen has been refitted with modern units that nevertheless offer a country cottage style, and wooden worktops. There is also a ground floor Shower Room.

On the first floor are two Double Bedrooms and a large Landing Room. The Guest Bedroom includes an en-suite wc and wash basin; the Master Bedroom includes a large Master Bathroom en-suite.Outside the property there are pretty, well stocked gardens to the front, side and rear, as well as two solid-built outbuildings: a garage/workshop, including electric doors to the street, and a large studio equipped with plumbing (to a butler sink), light and power.

The thatch was fully replaced by local Master Thatcher Ian Parkinson in the year 2000, and the entire north-facing rear wall of the cottage has been fully insulated, as has the external Studio. The property is currently insured at £932 p/a (as at time of writing in June 2016).

Middle Barton is one of three ‘Barton’ villages which run one to the next; together they offer primary school, shop, two village pubs and two churches.

Property Features :

• Two Bedroom Cottage
• Four Reception Rooms
• Two Bathrooms, plus a wc en-suite in Guest Bedroom
• Well Tended Gardens to Front, Side and Rear
• Outbuildings including solid-built shed and garage