Church Lane, Lewknor, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49

Kitchen/Breakfast Room and Dining/Family Room

The dining/family room has a door and a serving hatch to a farmhouse style kitchen/breakfast room with quarry tiled flooring, ceiling beams, and dual aspect windows. It has a range of oak fronted wall and base cabinets with complementary work surfaces incorporating a double sink and drainer. A feature brick recess houses an electric aga, installed in 2016 and providing heat and cooking facilities. There is also an electric cooker, fridge/freezer, and a dishwasher. A rear hall has a door to the side and access to a cloakroom and a utility room with washing machine, tumble dryer and freezer.

First Floor

The galleried first floor landing has turned wooden balusters, a window to the rear, and doors to four bedrooms and a family bathroom. The dual aspect principal bedroom has windows overlooking the garden and the side, and an en suite shower room. Bedroom two also overlooks the garden and has an en suite shower room while bedrooms three and four have built-in wardrobes and share the family bathroom. A staircase from the landing accesses a hobby room on the second floor which could be used as a fifth bedroom and has eaves storage cupboards, power and light.

Outside

The gravel drive provides parking for multiple cars. The main garden is southerly facing, bordered by mature trees and a shallow stream on the boundary. Medlar, Crab Apple and Bramley Apple trees grow in the grounds near the greenhouse and there is a soft fruit cage with black and red currants, gooseberries, logan berries and raspberries. The patio is brick paved and surrounds the original well which has a feature cover and pump. An oak framed ‘Oak Craft’ car barn with an integrated lockable store was installed in 2013 and there is a Malvern summerhouse and a 16 ft. by 8 ft. workshop (which could be used as a home office), all with power and light.

Situation and Schooling

Lewknor is a village approximately 2.5 miles from the market town of Watlington and 7 miles from Thame. The property is on a no through road in the Lewknor Conservation area which also encompasses St Mary’s church, a C of E primary school and s public house. There is a village hall with an adjacent recreation ground and children’s play area. Nearby footpaths and bridleways access The Chilterns and The Ridgeway, in an AONB. The Oxford Tube route, with services between London and Oxford, is located next to M40 junction 6 (0.6 miles). The property is in catchment for secondary schools in Oxfordshire.