Standlake Road, Northmoor, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29

A substantial village home offering genuinely spacious accommodation, annexe with triple garage and ensuite guest accommodation approached through a fine gated entrance with long gravel drive and set in a plot approaching a quarter of an acre.

THE PROPERTY:

East Cottage will leave an impression! Free-flowing rooms, memorable features as soaring vaulted ceilings and the comforting appeal of log burners, a range and expansive out door entraining areas means this truly is a home for all seasons!

The living room, double-aspect and served by its own log burner, opens from the hall through double doors, while the sizeable dining room opens onto the terrace and has a wide connection to the kitchen encouraging the kind of gathering that spills naturally between rooms. The kitchen itself is unapologetically traditional, stone worktops and island paired with a Redfyre range, utility and laundry rooms kept discreetly apart. Upstairs, a galleried landing doubles as a study/hobby space, leading to a principal bedroom of real presence, its vaulted ceiling and stained-glass porthole window. The adjacent part of the landing with mirror fronted wardrobes and a bathroom fitted with a deep panelled bath and generous corner shower could easily create a main suite. the three other double bedrooms have access to another shower room. The vast insulated top floor already carries plumbing for a further en-suite, should more bedroom accommodation ever be required (subject to relevant consents).

Beyond the house, a detached annexe sits above a triple garage, its own staircase and entrance offering guest quarters with a claw-foot slipper bath, ideal too as a home office. The grounds, close to a quarter of an acre and entirely private, combine a kitchen garden, lawn and flower borders with an entertaining terrace shaded by a brise soleil and substantial garden pavilion with brick-built barbecue.

Agent' notes: At the far end of the rear garden is an additional area of land, outlined in green on the site plan. Although not formally included within the title being offered for sale, the current owner advises that they have enjoyed uninterrupted use and unrestricted access to this area throughout their ownership. Plot Size 0.22 acres (excluding area edged green).
West Oxfordshire District Council - Tax Band C

SITUATION:

Northmoor is a small village near the Thames , quietly positioned amidst unspoilt countryside yet exceptionally well connected to Oxford, Witney and Abingdon.


A 14th-century church and community-owned Red Lion Public House are at the centre of the community. The pub offers log fires, a well-regarded kitchen and shepherd's huts for overnight guests, and the modern architect-designed village hall hosts various cultural events including live music from time to time. A shop and post office can be found a mile and a half away in Standlake, while Cokethorpe School, the well-regarded independent day school for ages four to eighteen, lies along the same road, under two miles off. Witney's shops, restaurants and schools are some four and a quarter miles distant, and Oxford's dreaming spires around seven and a half miles to the north-east. The respected Bartholomew secondary school is within six miles.

For those needing the railway, Hanborough station on the Cotswold Line is roughly nine miles away, with regular Great Western services to Oxford and on to London Paddington via Reading. Oxford Parkway, around thirteen miles distant, runs trains to London Marylebone in about an hour, while Didcot Parkway, some fifteen miles south, offers a fast forty-minute run to Paddington. The A40 is reached in around five miles via Eynsham, connecting swiftly to the Oxford ring road and onward to the A34 and M40.