School Lane, Dinton, HP17

Built in the late 17th-century and extended over the succeeding centuries, Wallace Farm is an inviting Grade II-listed farmhouse in a highly private setting peacefully set on a quiet lane. There are captivating views over its own land, including generous paddocks well suited to equestrian use, as a smallholding or for leisure amenities, and there is great versatility to be found in its collection of useful outbuildings. While modernised, the house has a number of character features including an original oak door frame, sash windows, exposed beams and stone detailing, inglenook fireplaces and encaustic tiled floors. These are skilfully incorporated into the updated décor scheme, a highlight of which is the elegant farmhouse-style kitchen with its pastel-hued cabinetry and wooden work surfaces.
The generously proportioned house offers more than 5,000 square feet of space over three floors and has spacious layout that’s ideal for family life: two sizeable reception rooms on the ground floor provide space for family gatherings with views over the garden and the open plan kitchen and dining room is perfect for entertaining at home, with underfloor heating warming the dining area. Separately there is a home office, a utility room with space for laundry machines and, on the lower ground floor, a cellar for storage. The bedrooms are arranged over the first and second floors and four are en suite; all are double size and a number have built-in storage. There is also a family shower room on the first floor and a loft room for storage on the second floor.

Outside

The property is quietly situated on a private lane home to just a handful of similar detached homes, in beautiful mature gardens and paddocks of about 3.17 acres. To the front of the house there is an enclosed gravel driveway with ample parking, and to the rear attractive and well-established gardens which are mostly laid to lawn, with mature borders of trees and hedging. A kitchen garden has an area for raised beds, a shed and a greenhouse, and is bordered by a small orchard.

The property is well suited to the keen equestrian, with versatile facilities ideal for fulfilling the dream of keeping horses at home. Adjacent to the house and accessed via the main driveway there is a detached open-fronted barn ideal for forage storage and covered parking for a horsebox or trailer, with additional closed storage space within. To the rear of the house there are two large paddocks enclosed on three sides by mature woodland providing natural shelter, a stable yard with two stables and a tack room and an open-fronted field shelter. There is scope to add a manege, subject to consents. The area has good access to local hacking with a number of bridleways accessible from Dinton and its surrounding villages.

Situation

The small village of Dinton offers a cricket club, a village hall and a Grade I-listed, 12th-century church which plays host to festivals and concerts. A range of shops and amenities are available in Haddenham (3.2 miles) where there is also a health centre, dentist, a library, cafes and restaurants and public houses. The area is interwoven with a network of public footpaths through open fields and woodland. Buckinghamshire is renowned for its private and state education (including grammar schools) and there is a good choice of primary schools in Dinton, Cuddington and Stone whilst Aylesbury offers highly regarded grammar schools. Oxford offers a very good selection of private schools including The Dragon and Headington School for girls. Whilst enjoying a fine rural setting, the village benefits from ease of access to the M40 (Junction 6 at Lewknor) and the Haddenham and Thame Parkway Station provides main line railway services to London Marylebone in 40 minutes (fast train). The Oxford Tube coach service stops at Lewknor and runs to London Marble Arch and Victoria.

Property Ref Number:

HAM-58180