5 bedroom detached house

Contemporary, spacious family home in village setting.



Description

Built in 2011, 24 Tenlands is a generous and well-presented detached property with great communication links. The property offers versatile and well-proportioned accommodation, ideal for family living.

The spacious ground floor accommodation includes a light, triple aspect sitting room with fireplace and wood burning stove; generous hallway and office. The focal point of the home is an impressive open plan kitchen / dining / family area. The kitchen features fitted wall and base units with granite work surfaces, integrated appliances and a large island unit / breakfast bar with Belfast sink. This flows into the dining area, which has bi-fold doors onto the terrace, creating a wonderful entertaining area. The adjoining family area provides a versatile additional living area with stone fireplace and wood burning stove. There is also a useful utility room next to the kitchen with fitted units, Belfast sink, side door and access into the garage.

The first floor includes an impressive landing with high vaulted ceiling and seating area. The generous principal bedroom includes fitted wardrobes and a spacious en suite bathroom. There are four further good sized bedrooms, one with an en suite bathroom and one with an en suite shower room. All of the bedrooms have wonderful vaulted ceilings adding to the feeling of space and light. There is also a family bathroom.

To the front of the property is a gravel parking area for several cars and there is an integral garden. To the rear of the property is a stone walled garden with level lawn and terrace providing a lovely spot for entertaining and dining.

Location

Middleton Cheney, bordering Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, is a bustling village with an agricultural background of 17th Century origins. The village is well serviced by amenities including a variety of shops, two public houses, a post office and pharmacy, a local primary (Middleton Cheney Primary Academy) and secondary school (Chenderit School) as well as an active village hall with an array of clubs and societies. More extensive facilities can be found in the market town of Banbury with a range of shops, supermarkets, restaurants and leisure facilities, including the new Light development on the canal side. Further afield in Oxford and Milton Keynes for a wider variety of cultural and leisure facilities.

Communication links are excellent with the M40 Junction 11 (Banbury) only 3.5 miles away and easy access on to the A43 for the M1. Mainline train services run from Banbury to London (Marylebone) from 59 minutes.

There is a range of well-regarded local schools, including the ones of the village and local preparatory schools Carrdus at Overthorpe (approximately 1 mile), St Johns Priory (Banbury), Winchester House (Brackley), Beachborough School (Westbury) and Sibford. Public schools include Tudor Hall (girls) and Bloxham (co-ed), Warwick School (boys) and Kings High School (girls), Princethorpe, Stowe and Sibford.

Sporting activities in the area include golf at Cherwell Edge (Middleton Cheney) and Tadmarton; horse racing at Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick; motor racing at Silverstone; Soho Farmhouse private members club at Great Tew; polo at Kirtlington and Cirencester; Bannatyne’s Health Club in Bodicote; world renowned shopping at Bicester Village; Blenheim Palace at Woodstock and theatres in Chipping Norton, Oxford and Stratford upon Avon. All distances and times are approximate.

Square Footage: 2,956 sq ft



Directions

From Banbury take the A422 towards Brackley. At the roundabout at the end of the dual carriageway, take the 2nd exit. Enter the village and take the first left onto Queen Street and then the first left onto Tenlands. Head through the gates and 24 Tenlands is the first driveway on the right.

Additional Info

Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage connected.

Photos taken: Summer 2020

Details prepared: April 2023

Council Tax Band: G