Property description

THE PROPERTY This is a beautifully presented and much improved village house offering substantial accommodation and a large attractive garden. The property offers a bright and spacious sitting room to the front with an open fireplace, separate dining/ music room, well fitted bespoke kitchen and cloakroom on the ground floor and five double bedrooms on the two upper floors. The master bedroom is particularly impressive being over 20' in length, enjoying a double aspect and with an ensuite shower room. There is also a family bathroom with a cast iron slipper bath and shower cubicle with a separate w.c. There is also the advantage of a good size basement which is presently used as a laundry room and very useful storage room. Outside, there is a garage, ample additional parking space and a large garden which includes an attractive landscaped garden behind the house and a large area of garden beyond with areas of lawn, trees and shrubs and a substantial timber built lodge which is used as an outside office with shower room. There is also a summerhouse and a timber garden shed.

 

LOCATION Middle Barton is a friendly and popular North Oxfordshire village, which is ideally placed for access to both Oxford and Banbury. The village offers excellent local facilities including an excellent village school, a church, a general store/post office and a Bistro pub. There are also a number of clubs and village activities including football, netball, tennis and bowling. The nearby village of Lower Heyford has the advantage of a railway station offering a main line service into Oxford and London (Paddington) and the recently opened Oxford Parkway station is within easy reach and will provide a fast service into London, Marylebone. Middle Barton is also well placed for access to the M40, both junctions 9 & 10 and Bicester village is just 20 mins drive away. 

ENTRANCE HALL Door to front. Small window to side. Double doors to sitting room. Travertine flooring. 

SITTING ROOM 23' 4" x 10' 9" (7.11m x 3.28m) Double fronted with bay windows to front, one with window seat with storage space under. Open brick fireplace with raised hearth. Staircase rising to first floor. Built in cupboard and shelving. Door to staircase leading to basement. Wall light points. Solid oak flooring. Two radiators. 

DINING ROOM 16' 7" x 9' 10" (5.05m x 3m) Patio doors to garden. Built in cupboard. Two radiators. Travertine flooring.  

KITCHEN 14' 5" x 12' 4" (4.39m x 3.76m) Well fitted with attractive range of painted timber wall and base units with ample work surfaces over. Space for range style cooker. Belfast style sink with wooden drainer. Plumbing for dishwasher. Large window overlooking the garden. Cloaks cupboard. Extractor fan. Radiator. Travertine flooring.  

 

CLOAKROOM Frosted window to rear. Low level w.c. and wash hand basin. Radiator. 

BASEMENT 19' 8" x 10' 4" (5.99m x 3.15m) Presently used as a store room and laundry room with plumbing for washing machine and space for additional appliance space. Gas fired boiler.  

FIRST FLOOR  

LANDING Staircase rising to second floor. 

BEDROOM THREE 14' 2" x 8' 2" (4.32m x 2.49m) Windows to front. Built in wardrobes. Under stairs cupboard. Radiator. 

BEDROOM FOUR 11' 0" x 9' 0" (3.35m x 2.74m) Window to front. Radiator. 

BEDROOM FIVE 9' 9" x 8' 1" (2.97m x 2.46m) Window to rear overlooking garden. Radiator. 

BATHROOM White suite comprising cast iron claw foot slipper bath, corner shower cubicle and wash stand with inset wash hand basin and cupboard and drawer under. Heated ladder towel rail. Frosted window to rear. Amtico flooring. Part tiled walls. Inset ceiling lights. 

SEPARATE W.C. Low level w.c. Frosted window to rear. Wooden flooring. Wash hand basin. Tiled surrounds.  

SECOND FLOOR  

LANDING Window to front. Exposed timbers. 

MASTER BEDROOM 20' 4" x 13' 1" (6.2m x 3.99m) Double aspect with window to front with far reaching views and window to rear over gardens. Velux window to side. Built in cupboard. Access to small loft space. Wall light points. Inset ceiling lights. Radiator. 

EN SUITE White suite comprising large tiled shower cubicle, low level w.c. and wash stand with inset wash hand basin and cupboard and drawers under. Frosted window to side. Heated ladder towel rail. Amtico flooring and travertine tiling. Inset ceiling lights.  

BEDROOM TWO 14' 0" x 9' 1" (4.27m x 2.77m) Window to front with views towards fields and countryside. Velux window to side. Radiator. 

 

OUTSIDE  

GARAGE Additional gated parking space to side. Power and light. 

GARDENS There is an attractive formal area of landscaped garden to the rear of the house with stone paved and gravelled areas for outside entertaining and shaped flower borders. Dry stone walling. Timber garden shed. Enclosed by tall timber panelled fencing. To the rear there are further areas of garden which are laid to lawn with mature shrubs and trees including apple, plum, pear and cherry trees. There are also gravelled pathways and a long driveway leads to the log cabin providing additional parking space. There is also a summerhouse with a paved patio to front and a built in pizza oven and barbecue with seating.  

THE LOG CABIN 23' 11" x 12' 6" (7.29m x 3.81m) Presently used as an office with shower room with shower and w.c.