A former Vicarage in an idyllic rural location

Description

This wonderful six bedroom former vicarage dates back to the 17th and 19th Centuries. It occupies a fantastic location set on a no through road on a private estate. Whilst the house maintains its period charm such as high ceilings, it also offers the modern conveniences family requires such as high speed Gigaclear broadband and an electric car charging point.

Coming through the main front door brings you to the welcoming, double-height entrance hall with the original Victorian staircase and tiled floors. The high-ceilinged principal ground floor rooms are grouped around the hallway and comprise sitting room and dining room, both with wooden floors and open fireplaces, and separate kitchen / breakfast room with double ovens, double Belfast sink and granite worktops. Direct access to the garden is provided by a garden door from the hall.

The seventeenth-century back part of the house provides a family room, study and utility room with guest cloakroom, with cosy, more cottage-style bedrooms with ample built-in storage upstairs.

There are two staircases to the first floor which comprises six bedrooms and three bathrooms. A further staircase leads to the second floor where there is a large attic, which is perfect for storage.

Externally, to the front, there is ample off street parking on the graveled driveway and to the side and rear a mature, maintained, garden mostly laid to lawn with shrub borders and trees. Beyond the garden are rolling grass fields, which are sometimes grazed by the estate's pedigree Long Horn cattle.

Services
Communal Biomass boiler, charge at £358 per month subject to yearly changes. Mains electricity and water. Private drainage. Gigaclear broadband. EV charge point.

Location

The parish of Newbottle is situated south-east of the market town of Banbury in open North Oxfordshire countryside bordering South Northamptonshire.

Within a Conservation Area, the tiny hamlet of Newbottle surrounds the medieval church of St James, while the neighbouring village of Charlton has a thriving community with a welcoming pub/restaurant, C of E primary school, village hall, and playing fields for cricket and football.

More specialised amenities are found in the nearby market town of Brackley with the wider facilities of Banbury, Bicester, Buckingham, Oxford, Northampton and Milton Keynes in easy reach.

Communication links are excellent with easy access to the M40 motorway at J10 (Ardley) for the south or J11 (Banbury) for the north. Mainline train services run from Banbury and Kings Sutton to London Marylebone (currently from 55 minutes) and from Bicester to London (from 48 minutes).

The sought-after primary school in Charlton is in walking distance, while secondary schools in the area include Magdalen College School (Brackley). Local preparatory schools include Winchester House (Brackley), Carrdus (Overthorpe) and Beachborough (Westbury). Public schools nearby include Stowe, Tudor Hall (girls) and Bloxham, with bus services providing access to the Oxford schools.

Soho Farmhouse (Great Tew) and Bicester Village are within easy reach. Sporting and other activities available locally include golf at Middleton Cheney, Whittlebury Park and Buckingham; motor racing at Silverstone and theatres alongside a wide range of other leisure activities, at Oxford, Stratford-upon-Avon, Milton Keynes and Northampton. There are numerous local walks and bridleways and Stowe National Trust Gardens are nearby.

Square Footage: 3,897 sq ft



Additional Info

Holding Deposit: £1,038.46 (1 week)
Deposit Payable: £6,230.77 (6 weeks)
Minimum Term: 12 months
Rent must be paid monthly in advance