Property description
A charming three bedroom period cottage set in the South Oxfordshire village of Garsington.
The comfortable, well presented accommodation is enhanced by character features including exposed beams and an inglenook fireplace. There is a kitchen/breakfast room with windows to three aspects and both a shower room and bathroom on the first floor. From the garden there is an outstanding view past the village church towards Wittenham Clumps and The Ridgeway beyond.
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, dining room, porch, sitting room, garden, garage, off street parking.SITUATION The property lies in the popular south Oxfordshire village of Garsington which has a public house, a church and village school. Local amenities can be found nearby in Wheatley, Stadhampton and Cowley Retail Park. There are local restaurants nearby including the Michelin starred Manoir aux Quat' Saisons in Great Milton and The Crazy Bear restaurant, pub and farm shop in Stadhampton. The market towns of Thame and Abingdon are within reach and Oxford city centre is approximately four and a half miles away, with an excellent range of educational, cultural and recreational facilities.
The area abounds with good schools, including the European School at Culham and the Montessori School in Newington. Garsington is well placed for the road links to the A34, A40 and M40, providing access to London and Heathrow Airport in addition to the rail networks available at Haddenham and Thame Parkway station to London Marylebone or Didcot Station to London Paddington.
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
DINING ROOM 14'1\" x 8'11\" (4.3m x 2.72m). Tiled floor, painted stone walls, beams, electricity meter cupboard, screened radiator, stable door to boot room.
KITCHEN 14'1\" x 11'5\" (4.3m x 3.48m). Tiled floor, range of wall and base units, tiled splashbacks, wooden work surface, one and a half bowl stainless steel sink with mixer tap, space and plumbing for dishwasher and washing machine, spotlights, AEG four ring gas hob with extractor hood above, electric fan oven and oven grill, breakfast bar, cupboard housing Worcester Bosch boiler.
PORCH Tiled floor, full height cupboards, trio of spotlights, door to rear garden.
UPPER SITTING ROOM 26'3\" x 14'1\" (8m x 4.3m). Inglenook fireplace with cast iron hood and stone hearth, beam mantel, wall lights, beams, radiator, wooden stairs to first floor, wooden beam wall divide to
LOWER SITTING ROOM Slate tiled floor, wall mounted cupboards to either side of cast iron wood burner set within brick fireplace, wooden mantel above, television aerial point, stone walls, radiator, door to garden.
LANDING Reduced ceiling height, beams, radiator with cover.
INNER HALLWAY Wooden floor, beam, wall lights, built-in bookshelves.
MASTER BEDROOM 14'1\" x 11'6\" (4.3m x 3.5m). Loft hatch, beams, built-in wardrobes, painted stone walls, radiator.
BEDROOM 3 9'8\" x 8'10\" (2.95m x 2.7m). Beam, telephone point, radiator.
FAMILY BATHROOM One and a half size tub with bath cushion, tiled splashbacks, WC, pedestal wash basin, mirror, beam, radiator with towel rail attached, loft hatch.
SHOWER ROOM Wooden floor, shower cubicle with attachment, extractor fan, beams, pedestal wash basin, tiled splashbacks, WC, medicine cabinet, radiator with towel rail attached.
BEDROOM 2 14'6\" x 12'11\" (4.42m x 3.94m). Wooden floor, built-in wardrobe, beams, radiator.
GARAGE 16'11\" x 10' (5.16m x 3.05m). Power to recharge an electric car.
OUTSIDE To the front of the property there is off street parking for one car on paved driveway and single garage. The property is in an elevated position and reached through a wooden gate and up steps to the front garden, which is screened by mature laurel hedging. The front door has a lantern wall light and there is an additional front door to the left. The front garden includes a paved terrace with pond and stream, an ornamental silver birch tree, a range of mature shrubs and flowering borders including seasonal plants such as cyclamen, primrose and hellebores. A gravel path leads round the side of the property, through a rockery area with mature planting and outside tap. The gravel path continues on to a further seating terrace, brick shed and a wooden shed with outside light. There is additional outside lighting on the house. There are two lawn areas to the rear of the property which are edged with railway sleepers and mature shrubs including a camellia bush, bamboo, laurel, bay trees and a magnolia.
DIRECTIONS From Oxford, proceed along the eastern bypass and, at the Cowley junction turn onto the B480, towards Watlington. After approximately two miles, turn left onto Pettiwell, which is signposted towards Garsington and proceed up the hill into the village for approximately 0.4 miles. Shepherd's Cottage will be found on the right hand side. Postcode OX44 9DB.
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