Property description

An elegant semi detached late Victorian house, built to a design of H.W Moore in 1900 with ample driveway parking and a beautiful west facing rear garden. The property offers extensive accommodation over three floors, with the addition of a cellar. The house has retained many of its wonderful period features and offers well proportioned rooms with high ceilings and good natural light.

6 bedrooms, 2 family bathrooms, shower room, sitting room, drawing room, study, dining room, kitchen, utility room, cloakroom, cellar, gardens, parking.

SITUATION    The property is situated in this desirable Central North Oxford location a little over a mile north of the city centre, on the favoured west side of the Woodstock Road. To the north-east is the popular area of Summertown with its specialist shops, supermarkets, restaurants, wine bars, library and banks. Other leisure facilities include The Oxfordshire Health and Racquet Club and the University Parks. To the south-west is Walton Street, which is a charming part of the city with its local shops and popular restaurants including Raymond Blanc's Brasserie Blanc and the independent cinema, The Phoenix Picture House. Other attractions in the area include the Oxford canal, Trap Grounds and Port Meadow. The area is also renowned for its choice of both state and private primary and secondary schools.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

ENTRANCE PORCH    Recessed under an archway with beautiful striped brickwork, tiled floor, stone steps up to the elegant front door with stained glass panels, matching but slightly larger stained glass panels above, outside light.

ENTRANCE HALL    Varnished floorboards, cornicing, skirting boards, radiator, telephone point, stairs to first floor with lovely wooden panelling.

DRAWING ROOM 18'7\" x 13'5\" (5.66m x 4.1m). Slate fireplace with marble inset, bay window with sashes, cornicing, picture rail, skirting boards, radiator, ceiling medallion.

STUDY 16'8\" x 11'6\" (5.08m x 3.5m). Bay window with sashes, wrought iron fireplace with tiled surround and painted wooden mantel, tiled hearth, wrought iron fender, cornicing, picture rail, skirting boards, radiator in the bay.

SITTING ROOM 17'11\" x 13' (5.46m x 3.96m). Wrought iron fireplace with brass canopy, tiled surround and hearth, painted wooden mantel, cornicing, picture rail, skirting boards, two radiators, door to rear garden with sash windows either side.

DINING ROOM 17'1\" x 11'3\" (5.2m x 3.43m). Double French doors to the garden with full length windows either side, radiator, built-in shelf above the radiator, low level dado rail, skirting boards, ceiling madallion.

KITCHEN 13'4\" x 8'3\" (4.06m x 2.51m). Range of wall and floor mounted units, matching worktops, Corniche oven, space and plumbing for dishwasher, Neff four ring gas hob, Elica extractor, one and a half bowl stainless steel sink with mixer tap and Kinetico drinking water tap (water softener), tiled splashback, cork tile floor, radiator, skirting boards, telephone point.

REAR PASSAGE    Matwell, radiator, original servants' bell panel, coat cupboard, door to cloakroom, door to cellar, door to side access.

UTILITY ROOM 9'11\" 7'1\" (3.02m 2.16m). Wall and floor mounted units, stainless steel sink with mixer tap, space and plumbing for washing machine, broom cupboard, wall vent, Ideal W gas fired central heating boiler, Ideal Mexico gas fired boiler for the hot water, obscure glass sash window, cork tile floor.

CLOAKROOM    WC with concealed cistern, obscure glass sash window, corner wash basin, skirting board radiator, tiled floor.

CELLAR 10'10\" x 9'8\" (3.3m x 2.95m). Staircase with handrail, white painted brick walls, storage cupboard, old coal shute, power and light.

FIRST FLOOR.

LANDING    Three beautiful stained glass sash windows, radiator, split level landing, airing cupboard.

SHOWER ROOM    Shower cubicle with Grohe shower, folding glass shower screen, wash basin, WC, radiator, extractor fan, medicine cabinet, shaver point, partly tiled walls, radiator towel rail.

MASTER BEDROOM 19'9\" x 16' (6.02m x 4.88m). Pine floorboards, cornicing, picture rail, skirting boards, slate fireplace with tiled hearth and surround, black painted wooden mantel, telephone point, three radiators.

BEDROOM 2 18' x 13' (5.49m x 3.96m). Feature fireplace with marble mantel and tiled hearth, cornicing, picture rail, skirting boards, radiator, telephone point.

BEDROOM 3 16'8\" x 11'7\" (5.08m x 3.53m). Feature fireplace with tiled hearth and surround, painted white wooden mantel, bay window with radiator, cornicing, picture rail, skirting boards, wash basin, tiled splashback, medicine cabinet, cork tile floor.

BATHROOM    Freestanding bath with mixer tap and shower attachment, tile effect wallpaper, Standard WC with Burlington overhead cistern, Sanitan wash basin, glass shelf, mirror, radiator towel rail, medicine cabinet, radiator.

SECOND FLOOR

LANDING    Split level, stained glass windows, loft hatch.

BEDROOM 4 18'1\" x 15'11\" (5.51m x 4.85m). Fireplace with tiled surround, white painted wooden mantel, skirting boards, radiator, some reduced head height.

BEDROOM 5 18' x 13'1\" (5.49m x 3.99m). Pine floorboards, fireplace with tiled surround and hearth, white painted wooden mantel, skirting boards, reduced head height, built-in wardrobes and cupboards.

BEDROOM 6 14'1\" x 13'6\" (4.3m x 4.11m). Fireplace with tiled hearth, white painted wooden mantel, radiator, wash basin, tiled splashback, shaver point, light, radiator.

BATHROOM    Bath with Mira shower over, bidet, WC, wash basin, tiled splashback, medicine cabinet with shaver point inside, light, under eaves storage, partly tiled walls, extractor fan, radiator, radiator towel rail.

OUTSIDE    The property is approached through two brick pillars which are set into the low stone wall, onto the gravelled driveway where there is ample parking. The gravel driveway is surrounded by well stocked beds where there are mature trees, a bin store and side access via a wooden gate. To the front of the house is a lovely covered porch with moulded porch brackets.
The dining room leads to the gravel terrace which is enclosed by brick pillars with trellising above, where a range of trained plants create a lovely private area. There is security lighting and down the side access is an outside tap and covered bicycle storage area. On the other side of the house a gravelled path leads to the sitting room door. From the side access there are stone steps leading out to the garden which is walled and mainly laid to lawn with well stocked, brick lined flower beds. At the end there is a beautiful rose garden and also a plum, greengage, pear and crab apple trees. There is a small greenhouse, garden shed and an area for garden storage and compost.
*There are solar panels on the west and south facing parts of the roof (two separate systems) which heat water and contribute to the electricity costs.

DIRECTIONS    From our office in Summertown proceed north and turn left into South Parade and then left onto Woodstock Road. The property is on the right just after the turn to Frenchay Road. Postcode OX2 7NB.