Property description

A superbly presented five bedroom detached house with many of its original 1930s features and beautifully executed and thought out contemporary extensions.

The property is located at the end of a private road with ample parking on the driveway to the front and a wonderful garden which wraps around the house.

The house has been meticulously refurbished and extended by the current owners and now offers extremely comfortable and flexible accommodation. Of particular note is the kitchen/dining area which brings the garden seamlessly into the house with matching Jura limestone tiles and sash windows large enough to act as doors.

An additional bedroom has been created above the garage and is accessed by a beautifully designed glass walkway. If any extra room is needed there is potential to convert the loft which has approximately 440 square feet of useable space.

5 bedrooms, 3 en suite bathrooms, family bathroom, sitting room, family room, library, kitchen/dining room, double garage/home office, cloakroom, entrance hall, garden room, ample driveway parking, gardens.

SITUATION    The property is located on a private lane off Sandfield Road and which provides access to just four properties. The house is one of the closest to the John Radcliffe Hospital and is also within easy reach of the Nuffield and Manor Hospitals. Nearby schools include Rye St Anthony, Headington Girls and Magdalen College. There is also good access to Oxford High, St Edwards and The Dragon schools in North Oxford. Headington has many amenities and is well placed for the Oxford ring road and access to the A34 and M40. There are regular and frequent bus and rail services from Oxford city centre to London and other parts of the country.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

GROUND FLOOR

PORCH    Matwell, under stairs storage cupboard with telephone and broadband points.

ENTRANCE HALL 13'6\" x 10' (4.11m x 3.05m). Oak strip flooring, radiator, LED downlighters, stairs to first floor.

FAMILY ROOM 17' x 13' (5.18m x 3.96m). Original working fireplace with brick surround, bay window, television aerial point, radiators.

LIBRARY 15'1\" x 13'6\" (4.6m x 4.11m). Oak strip flooring, bookcases with painted exteriors, polished oak interiors with lights over, radiators in the base of bookcases behind brass grilles, telephone point, bi-folding doors to sitting room, double doors to garden.

SITTING ROOM 25'11\" x 13'11\" (7.9m x 4.24m). Original working fireplace with stone surround, oak strip flooring, original bay window, built-in bookcase, telephone point, radiators.

CLOAKROOM    Oak strip flooring, WC, wash basin, black glass fronted cabinet over cistern, concealed coats cupboard, marble mosaic walls, radiator, downlighters, extractor fan.

KITCHEN 19'8\" x 9'7\" (6m x 2.92m). Jura limestone tiled floor, wet underfloor heating, a range of Cedar of Lebanon veneered full height units, range of black lacquer units with Nero Assoluto granite tops and splash backs, built-in dishwasher, fridge, freezer, combination microwave, single oven, 5 burner gas hob with extractor over, stainless steel sink with mixer spray tap, boiling water tap, larder cupboards, radiator, Kef speakers set into ceiling, LED downlighters.

DINING AREA 17'7\" x 14'10\" (5.36m x 4.52m). Continuation of Jura limestone floor, wet underfloor heating, continuation of Cedar of Lebanon veneered units, Kef speakers set into ceiling, downlighters, sash windows for access to garden, casement window to side.

GARAGE/HOME OFFICE 30'5\" x 15'9\" (9.27m x 4.8m). Oak panelled walls, wet underfloor heating, telephone point, LED downlighters, garage doors to driveway, folding doors to garden, door to kitchenette with access off to the cloakroom and plant room.

FIRST FLOOR

LANDING    Radiator, full length mirrors, downlighters, loft hatch with ladder.

EN SUITE BATHROOM    Continuation of engineered American walnut floorboards, wet underfloor heating, WC, Victoria and Albert freestanding bath, shower cubicle with rose head and separate hand held shower, partly tiled walls, wash basin set into vanity unit with marble top and heated mirror with lights over, shaver point, built-in storage cupboard, dual fuel heated towel rails, downlighters, extractor fan.

BEDROOM 4 17'1\" x 10'1\" (5.2m x 3.07m). Currently used as a dressing room for the bedroom 1, LED downlighters, built-in clothes storage, radiator.

BEDROOM 5 13'11\" x 10'2\" (4.24m x 3.1m). Radiator, LED downlighters, television aerial point.

FAMILY BATHROOM/LAUNDRY ROOM    Caulked teak flooring, bath with shower over, WC, wash basin, mirror concealing storage shelves with light over, shaver point, partly tiled walls, heated towel rail, built-in cupboards with Macassar veneered doors housing Megaflow tank, washing machine and tumble dryer.

BEDROOM 3 13'8\" x 12'11\" (4.17m x 3.94m). Built-in wardrobes, radiator, television aerial point, LED downlighters, full length windows with electric blinds.

BEDROOM 1 18'8\" x 14' (5.7m x 4.27m). Carpet bordered in engineered American walnut floorboards, two television aerial points, radiators.

EN SUITE BATHROOM    Caulked teak flooring, bath with shower over, WC, his and hers wash basins with mirror fronted cabinets over, shaver point, partly tiled walls, heated towel rail.

BEDROOM 2 19' x 15'11\" (5.8m x 4.85m). Accessed via a glass walkway over the dining area, carpet bordered in solid oak parquet flooring with Wenge outline, television aerial point, radiators, LED downlighters, his and hers dressing areas leading to the en suite bathroom, loft area above wardrobes.

EN SUITE BATHROOM    Continuation of solid oak parquet flooring with Wenge outline, twin oak his and hers vanity units at each end of the bathroom with glass tops, inset wash basins, shaver points, mirrors and lights above, two dual fuel radiator towel rails, central bath in Nero Marquina marble tiled block with shower attachment (the bath has a self filling function operated from a switch in the bedroom), shower enclosure with digitally controlled rose head and hand held shower (also with temperature activated lights), extractor fan, WC enclosure, additional extractor fan, partly Nero Marquina marble tiled walls, LED downlighters.

OUTSIDE

FRONT    The house is approach via a private lane to the parking area which is divided with lines of granite setts infilled with granite chippings and beech hedging.

REAR GARDEN    The rear garden is accessed by doors from the library and home office and the large sash windows from the dining area. The Jura limestone floor in the dining area continues into the garden and onto the outside terrace with LED uplighting edged on two sides with a formal parterre of box hedging.
The side passage is walled and leads to a tool shed and a path which goes up to the garden room. Here there is also a wood storage area and a bike shed. The garden has an outside power point, a watering tap and a thermostatically controlled tap.
The lawn is surrounded by mature trees and shrubs, to include pretty box and laurel topiary and pleached hornbeams which offer considerable privacy. The granite chippings and setts from the front garden are mirrored in a path which leads to the side garden. Along the path and house is a beautiful flower garden.
The side garden is mainly laid to lawn with a mixed border, mature trees, beech hedging and a raised flower bed around the house.

DIRECTIONS    From our office in Summertown proceed south, turning left into Marston Ferry Road, proceed straight on at the roundabouts onto Cherwell Drive and Headley Way. Turn left into Woodlands Road and second left into Sandfield Road. Turn right onto a private lane (which is about half way up the road) and the house is at the end of the lane on the right. Postcode OX3 7RN.