Property description

A handsome five/six bedroom semi detached Victorian family house, superbly located for the amenities of Summertown.

The house retains many of its period features and has elegant rooms on each of the three floors. The accommodation is well laid out but it could be altered to suit the new owner's needs. The house would benefit from some modernisation.

There is a pretty rear garden, driveway parking and also vehicular access to the rear via the Marston Ferry Road.

5 bedrooms (2 en suite), bedroom 6/dressing room, shower room, kitchen/breakfast room, sitting room, family room, conservatory/dining room, study, cloakroom, entrance hall, cellar with laundry room and workshop, driveway parking, garden.

SITUATION    Summertown is a sought after residential suburb just north of the historic Oxford city centre. The Summertown shopping parade provides a wide range of everyday shops, doctors' and dentists' surgeries, public library, pool and leisure centre and major banks. The area is well known for its wide variety of excellent schools, both primary and secondary, and there is good access into the city centre along Woodstock Road and Banbury Road. Oxford railway station provides a mainline rail link to London Paddington in approximately one hour and, from the coach station at Gloucester Green, there are frequent services to London Victoria, Heathrow and Gatwick airports.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

GROUND FLOOR

PORCH    Terracotta tile floor, front door with leaded lights.

ENTRANCE HALL    tile floor, wood panelling, two radiators, picture rails, cornicing and skirting boards, stairs with elegant bannisters and balustrades to first floor.

PASSAGEWAY    Porthole window overlooking the covered porch, storage cupboard.

CLOAKROOM    WC, wash basin, tiled splashback, mirror, radiator.

KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM

BREAKFAST ROOM 11'11\" x 11'2\" (3.63m x 3.4m). Wooden floorboards, built-in cupboards, radiator, downlighters, built-in shelf above one of the cupboards, breakfast bar, door to bin and outdoor storage area.

KITCHEN 15'5\" x 9'6\" (4.7m x 2.9m). Tiled floor, range of wall and floor mounted units, white worktops with a wooden trim, Rangemaster five ring gas oven with grill, Rangemaster extractor, space for fridge/freezer, built-in dishwasher, one and a half bowl porcelain sink with mixer tap, tiled splashbacks, downlighters, under cupboard lighting.

CONSERVATORY/DINING ROOM 12'11\" x 11'11\" (3.94m x 3.63m). Tiled floor, radiator, spotlights, open plan to the family room, two double doors to the garden.

FAMILY ROOM 18' x 11'11\" (5.49m x 3.63m). Wooden floorboards, decorative fireplace with marble hearth and surround, wooden mantel, radiator, television aerial point, built-in shelving, picture rail, cornicing and skirting boards.

SITTING ROOM 19'7\" x 12'11\" (5.97m x 3.94m). Fireplace with marble surround and hearth, painted white wooden mantel, two radiators, television aerial point, telephone point, bay window with secondary glazing, picture rail, cornicing and skirting boards.

STUDY 13'11\" x 8'5\" (4.24m x 2.57m). Decorative fireplace with tiled surround, radiator, built-in shelves, picture rail, cornicing and skirting boards, television aerial point, telephone point.

FIRST FLOOR

LANDING    Stained glass leaded window, radiator, under stairs storage cupboard, wood panelling, stairs to second floor.

MASTER BEDROOM 18' x 11'10\" (5.49m x 3.6m). Decorative fireplace with tiled surround, white painted wooden mantel, picture rail, cornicing and skirting boards, radiator, door to dressing room/bedroom 6.

DRESSING ROOM/BEDROOM 6 11'3\" x 7'3\" (3.43m x 2.2m). Built-in cupboards, two radiators door to en suite bathroom.

EN SUITE BATHROOM    White Jacuzzi bath with shower above with circular glass shower screen, WC, wash basin, tiled splashbacks, mirror and light, partly tiled walls around the bath, radiator towel rail, wooden floorboards, extractor fan.

PASSAGEWAY    Cupboards with shelves, internal window between here and the dressing room, airing cupboard housing the water tank.

SHOWER ROOM    Shower cubicle, partly tiled walls, WC, wash basin, tiled splashback, mirror, glass shelf with light above, extractor fan, tiled floor.

BEDROOM 2 17' x 12'11\" (5.18m x 3.94m). Wooden floorboards, decorative fireplace with tiled surround and hearth, white painted wooden mantel, picture rail, coving and skirting boards, radiator, telephone point.

BEDROOM 5 13'11\" x 8'6\" (4.24m x 2.6m). Decorative fireplace with tiled surround, white painted wooden mantel, picture rails, coving and skirting boards, radiator.

SECOND FLOOR

LANDING    Space used as a reading area or for a desk, triangular window, some reduced head height, radiator.

BEDROOM 3 17' x 13' (5.18m x 3.96m). Wooden floorboards, decorative fireplace (sealed) with tiled surround and hearth, white painted wooden mantel, wash basin, radiator.

BEDROOM 4 18' x 11'11\" (5.49m x 3.63m). Wooden floorboards, decorative fireplace with tiled surround and hearth, white painted wooden mantel, loft hatch, radiator, door to en suite shower room.

EN SUITE SHOWER ROOM    Tiled floor, WC, shower cubicle, wash basin, splashback, mirror and light, radiator towel rail, skylight, partly tiled walls, access to eaves storage.

LOWER GROUND FLOOR

CELLAR    Wooden staircase, terracotta tiled floor, white painted exposed brick walls, wine storage, space and hooks for hanging coats.

LAUNDRY AREA 11'3\" x 5'6\" (3.43m x 1.68m). Porcelain sink with worktop next to it, space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer, rails for clothes drying, Ideal Concord CX gas fired central heating boiler.

WORKSHOP 7'1\" x 5'9\" (2.16m x 1.75m). Wooden worktop and built-in shelving.

OUTSIDE    The conservatory has two sets of double doors which open to the rear walled garden, one set leads to some stone steps which take you to the main area of garden and the other opens onto the outside dining area (which has similar tiles to the conservatory). There are more wooden steps here, under the magnolia tree leading to the garden. This is where there is an established pond. The main area of garden is laid to lawn with pretty borders planted with a variety of flowers and shrubs. At the bottom of the garden there is a seating area and a garden shed.
The front area of the property is mainly tarmac with parking for two to three cars. It is walled with borders. The approach to the front door is via a path and there is a side gate to the bin storage area.

DIRECTIONS    From our office in Summertown proceed south down the Banbury Road. The property is on the left hand side shortly after the turning for Beechcroft Road which is on the right hand side. Postcode OX2 7BT.