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Floorplan
Map5 bedroom house
Key information
Features and description
- Grade II listed 17th century three storey Tudor house
- Five bedrooms, three bath or shower rooms
- Kitchen/family room, sitting/dining room, second floor study, workshop
- Period features throughout
- 65 ft. x 46 ft. frontage with gravelled parking
- 66 ft. x 28 ft., and 28 ft. x 13 ft. West facing rear gardens
- Village location
- Royal Latin grammar school (5 Miles)
The property has been modernised throughout with the second floor being renovated and the dormer windows reinstated in keeping with the original history of the house. Other period features include: beams, an inglenook fireplace with a wood burner, and lead lined windows with stone lintels.
The property has a 65 ft. x 46 ft. frontage with a gravel driveway providing off street parking for at least ten cars. To the rear of the property are two West facing walled gardens providing spaces for entertaining or areas for relaxation.
Finmere is located with access to the A43, M40, M1 and towns including Oxford. Railway stations are in Bicester (8 Miles), Milton Keynes (18 Miles) and Banbury (16 miles).
Rooms
Kitchen/Family Room
This open plan, triple aspect room has exposed beams, with the family area having wooden flooring and a feature fireplace. The kitchen has tiled stone flooring with under floor heating and has been refitted with a range of Shaker style floor mounted units with granite work surfaces, and white brick style tiling to the walls. There is a new, electric black Aga, an electric oven and hob with an extractor, and a built-in dishwasher.
Sitting/Dining Room
The principal feature of this room is an inglenook fireplace with a wood burner, a brick back drop, a stone hearth and a timber lintel above. There are also two lead lined windows with stone lintels and window seats which overlook the front driveway. Flagstone flooring and exposed beams run throughout the room and there are also stairs to the upper floors.
Outside
To the rear of the property there are two West facing extremely sheltered and sun trap walled gardens. One measures 66 ft. x 28 ft., has an ornamental pond and could be used for outside entertaining, while the other garden comprises a private 28 ft. x 13 ft. terrace. To the front, the 65 ft. x 46 ft. walled frontage provides off street parking for at least ten cars and there is a lawned garden with a seating area and flower beds.
Situation
The village of Finmere has a primary school and a public house. There is a post office/general store in Tingewick (approximately 1.5 miles away) and a range of shopping and leisure facilities are located in Buckingham (approximately 5 miles away). Private schools in the area include Stowe, Akeley Wood, Beachborough, Thornton, Thornborough and Swanbourne.
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