Southmoor Road, Oxford, OX2 6RD

If, for you, it's all about Location then it doesn't get much better than Southmoor Road! In a district known for housing more Oxford professors per square mile than any other part of the UK (disclaimer: in my humble opinion), the elegant residential area of Oxford, Walton Manor, with its attractive bay-windowed Victorian terraces, is sought after for its close proximity for just about everything this internationally famous University Town has to offer.  

The house has been well maintained in recent years with no significant alterations to the original floor layout except in the basement which has been knocked through into one large kitchen and family room - a layout very popular for familes. 

Let's have a quick walk through:

Ground Floor

Hallway - modern wood flooring which continues through to the back with a door out to the back garden and not to forget to mention the all important ground floor loo! 

Front Sitting Room - Who doesn't love a bay window?

Back Reception Room - Unusual to not have the two rooms knocked through but I'm seeing more buyers these days liking the room separation. I think this would be a lovely study or a reading room with the sash window looking right out over the back garden. 

Lower Ground Floor - This level has been reconfigured from the original layout. It is a lovely family space and the obvious choice for eating, congregating and fun. I see a long dining table for animated family discussions, afternoon tea with friends and long lazy Sunday lunches.... and more! 

First Floor - Two double bedrooms, one at the front, one at the back and a shower room! 

Second Floor - Here we have two more double bedrooms which so remind me of my childhood why? Because they're attic rooms, just the kind of rooms children like... far away from the adults right? 

Outside - I particularly like this rear garden - traditional lawn and borders with enough space for a home working pod/room whatever it is they're called these days - and whilst it's been a little neglected in recent times, we've paid it a little attention and it really has come to life. We're just waiting for the right buyer now who will really get to grips with its potential! 

For more information regarding schools, transport, planning applications and a whole lot of other useful stuff, please do click on the 'virtual tour' link which will take you to a 'Key facts for buyers' report. Take note that there are two 'virtual tour' links - the other one is a short video featuring yours truly introducing the house which is lovely - not me, the house! 

Well, that's more or less the house; now a little about the location.  Beyond the confines of the property, Southmoor Road is celebrated for its vibrant community enriched by the dreaming spires and all that they represent.  For those not in the know, Southmoor Road is home to more academics per square foot than in any other part of the UK, possibly.  This is a very social road with its own Google group and very special community. 

The road is also extremely close to almost everything that matters in Oxford - stumbling distance to a pub and 6-min cycle ride to the rail station.  If its further than a brisk walk, it’s no further than a few minutes ride.  A pleasant journey along the canal takes you to the station (then Paddington 50 mins & Marylebone a bit more and offering Bicester Village should you fancy an intermission).  Recently named the best place to live and work in the UK by Bloomberg, direct service to Bath, Bristol, and Milton Keynes are due later this year, with Cambridge soon to follow. 

At the end of Walton Street is the main coach hub at Gloucester Green with buses to seemingly everywhere, especially useful are those to London Victoria, Heathrow, and Gatwick.  The majority Oxford 39 colleges are easily 'cyclable'.  Waterways abound with nearby Port Meadow crossed by both Oxford canal and the Thames.  Port Meadow, also known as the countryside, is five(ish) mins walk, and features a nature reserve as well as native wild ponies (at least since 1086, the Freemen of Oxford have had exclusive grazing rights here).  A trek across finds you at The Perch, Godstow Abbey or The Trout.

For more urban pursuits, there's Walton Street where we have a range of: artisan cafes, good quality restaurants, up market cocktail bars, ordinary pubs, useful everyday supermarkets - Sainsburys, Co-op - a bicycle shop, art gallery, yoga, spa treatments.  Sitting in the shadow of the famed Oxford University Press as it does, it is not surprising that many of Walton Manor’s award-winning pubs and restaurants are repurposed buildings from Oxford's printing heyday, hence Rickety Press and The Old Bookbinders etc.  From leisurely strolls to cultural enrichment, amazingly Oxford has it all and Southmoor Road sits at its centre.