Property description

A delightful five bedroom detached farmhouse set within beautiful stone walled gardens with a gated driveway.

The property dates from 1882 and includes charming period features including an inglenook fireplace and exposed beams. It was extended in 1979 and it has been beautifully refurbished to provide excellent accommodation throughout.


Shipton-on-Cherwell is a small village approximately two miles north of Kidlington, with its amenities and shopping facilities and near to Woodstock and Blenheim Palace. The new Oxford Parkway station is approximately four miles away and provides a fast train service to London Marylebone in approximately fifty minutes. Nearby road networks include the A34, the A44 and the M40 to the north.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

ENTRANCE HALL    Slate tiled floor, matwell, stable door, downlighters.

SITTING ROOM 15'5\" x 13'11\" (4.7m x 4.24m). Oak floor, inglenook fireplace, wooden mantel, stone hearth, cast iron hood, exposed stone walls, built-in shelves, downlighters, 5 amp sockets, radiator.

DINING ROOM 14'11\" x 10' (4.55m x 3.05m). Sealed inglenook fireplace, wooden mantel, stone hearth, downlighters, built-in stone cabinet, built-in locker within window sill, painted beams, radiator.

KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM 18'10\" x 11'1\" (5.74m x 3.38m). Stone floor, space for breakfast table, built-in wooden seat with storage beneath, downlighters, former mantelpiece, shelves within, range of wall and floor mounted units, granite work surfaces, space and plumbing for dishwasher, space for fridge, butler sink with mixer tap, granite window sill, space for cooker with four ring electric hob and fan oven, extractor hood with light, glass display cabinet, panelled shelves, space for fridge freezer, radiator, central heating boiler, stable door to terrace.

LOBBY    Slate tiled floor, painted beams, skylight, radiator, under stairs cupboard, stairs to first floor.

STUDY 9'7\" x 7'10\" (2.92m x 2.39m). Built-in bookcase, exposed beam, downlighter, telephone point, radiator.

FAMILY ROOM 19'9\" x 10'5\" (6.02m x 3.18m). Built-in bookcase with cupboards below, television aerial point, exposed beams, downlighter, two radiators, French doors to terrace.

UTILITY ROOM    Slate tiled floor, WC, tiled splashback, butlers sink with mixer tap and cupboard below, space and plumbing for washing machine and dryer, extractor fan, radiator.

FIRST FLOOR

LANDING    Built-in cupboard with hot water tank and airing shelves, second airing cupboard with slatted shelves, radiator.

MASTER BEDROOM 15'7\" x 14'4\" (4.75m x 4.37m). Built-in wardrobes, mantelpiece, sealed cast iron fireplace, radiator.

FAMILY BATHROOM    Limestone tiled floor and walls, under floor heating, tile panelled bath with granite shelf behind, shower curtain, shower screen, power shower with attachment, downlighters, WC, his and hers wash basins on vanity unit, granite surface with cupboard below, fitted mirror, extractor fan, radiator towel rail.

BEDROOM 2 11'2\" x 8'4\" (3.4m x 2.54m). Downlighters, loft access, radiator.

EN SUITE    Limestone tiled floor and walls, under floor heating, WC with push button flush, wall mounted wash basin with mixer tap, glass shelf, fitted mirror, shower cubicle with power shower, limestone tiled splashback, extractor fan, downlighters.

BEDROOM 5 10'6\" x 9'3\" (3.2m x 2.82m). Downlighters, radiator.

BEDROOM 4 8'1\" x 7'11\" (2.46m x 2.41m). Loft access, radiator.

BEDROOM 3 11'11\" x 10'4\" (3.63m x 3.15m). Six fitted wardrobes, radiator, downlighters.

OUTSIDE    The property is enclosed within stone walls and approached through gates onto a gravel drive. The drive has parking for several cars and there is motion activated outside lighting to the front of the property and a path to the front entrance and to the rear. There are mature borders to each side of the front door with climbing roses, honeysuckle and mature shrubs.
The front garden is a pretty cottage style garden with mature box hedges, roses, lavender, euphorbia, magnolia, apple trees and lawns leading to the front gate set within the stone walls. To the left of the drive is a trellis archway with another lawn with cherry and apple trees, roses, staddlestones, shed and a pond filled with water irises.
A path through a trellis bower with roses leads around to the rear of the property and back terrace which links to the kitchen and back lobby. There is a mature white almond tree by the back terrace and a horse chestnut and fir trees beside the greenhouse, oil tank and second shed.