Property description

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SITUATION Great Haseley is an attractive and popular village which includes a Conservation Area with fine stone houses, old thatched cottages, and original windmill and Georgian Manor. St Peter's Church with 13th century chancel and The Plough public house. There is a thriving village community and village hall offering a variety of gatherings from yoga to Farmers' Market, tennis club with two courts and cricket club with village clubhouse both located at the spacious recreation ground. There are primary schools at the neighbouring villages of Great Milton and Little Milton.



Great Milton offers a village shop/ post office and Raymond Blanc's famous hotel and restaurant Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons. The village is well located for the M40 into London, Oxford and the Midlands. Railway stations are in Oxford, and Haddenham/Thame Parkway providing mainline services to Marylebone and Paddington. The Oxfordshire Golf Club and the Waterstock Golf Club are nearby. There are comprehensive shopping facilities in the nearby market town of Thame with its weekly market, or the university city of Oxford offers extensive shops, theatres and the world-renowned Ashmolean Museum to name but a few

 

DESCRIPTION A beautiful part-thatched stone cottage dating back to 1715, situated within this sought-after village location, with south-facing landscaped cottage garden to the rear of the property, as well as a further detached front garden with gravelled parking for three vehicles.



The cottage has been much improved in recent years, whilst enjoying many original features, offering highly flexible and spacious accommodation throughout, with two main reception areas and three other rooms on the ground floor. The front reception offers a wealth of character with a pretty fireplace incorporating a coal-effect electric burner with brick surround, oak mantel and tiled hearth, central oak beam, useful storage cupboard with coat rack and shelves and panelled front window, with access to a useful downstairs fourth bedroom/study with ensuite wc, basin and shower.



The sitting room, forming part of the original cottage, offers an impressive inglenook fireplace with original bread oven and stone surround, original oak central beam and radiator with attractive decorative cover. Via the middle reception, is the light and airy conservatory/ dining room, with light, power and heating, being predominately glazed to three sides with stone-built base, exposed wooden flooring and fully-glazed French doors to the idyllic cottage gardens. Off the sitting room, is the well-presented kitchen, offering a good selection of traditional cream wall and base units, ceramic tiled flooring, downlighters, combination gas boiler and a useful open understairs space with small fitted cupboards/shelving.



Via an enclosed wooden latch and brace door in the middle reception, you approach the first floor galleried landing area, enjoying a good degree of light, from a velux,window access to loft space above and a small recessed area for additional drawers etc.



The master bedroom is situated to the front of the cottage, providing overall generous space, with the advantage of a range of fitted double wardrobes. There are also two further bedrooms, with the second bedroom also enjoying a spacious feel with a recessed wardrobe cupboard to right-hand side of chimney breast. There is a small third bedroom/study with a velux window in the roofline.



The family bathroom is of a modern standard, offering a spa bath with tongue & groove panelling and shower attachment, wc and vanity unit with wash-hand basin, heated towel rail, down lighters and small panelled window.



The cottage garden is split into two parts, with the rear cottage-style garden offering a good degree of privacy, with immediate paved patio area, interspersed flower borders, including a herb garden, separate kitchen garden with raised wooden beds, attractive box-hedge feature and three walk-through rose arches, the whole enjoying superb views over open countryside. Across the lane there is a detached front garden, partly hidden from the road by a tall hedge, with a shed, a raised L-shaped lawn with three fruit trees, gravelled parking for three cars and space for bin storage