Deceptively private and spacious village living.

Description

Sydenham House is an impressive Grade II listed former farmhouse of 17th Century origins accessed through wrought iron gates. The current owners have carried out an extensive and sympathetic restoration programme introducing modern living amongst the period charm. The attention to detail and care taken is impressive. There are a wealth of period features including an inglenook fireplace, mullioned and leaded light windows, flagstone floors, exposed timbers, wooden flooring, windows seats, working interior shutters and solid oak doors.

As is often the way with these older farmhouses, you have a choice of entering the house through a formal front door into the dining hall, or a more informal route through a lovely stable door into the kitchen/ breakfast room which is very much the hub of the house with a four oven, mains gas, Aga and modern fitted units. From here there is a door to the snug, perfect for winter evenings, a further door to the impressive drawing room, with outside stable door to the sun terrace, beyond is the dining hall. There is a cellar accessed via the drawing room.

There are dual staircases leading to the generous bedroom accommodation, on the first and second floors, plus a dressing room (possible further bedroom).

An adjoining stable block has been recently converted to an annex with a kitchen, sitting room/bedroom and wet room ideal for working from home, a gym, multi-generational living or guest accommodation for family and friends.

Private parking for six cars, planning permission exists for a car port.

Partly walled gardens offering a delightful sun trap and space for entertaining. Garden store.

Distinct advantages include spacious accommodation; in good order; period features; private, central village position; annex; private and enclosed gardens.

Location

Adderbury is a particularly sought after village just south of the market town of Banbury, comprising a selection of large ironstone houses and thatched cottages.

Excellent local facilities include a hairdresser, post office, library, village store, a number of public houses and a fine fourteenth century church.

The nearby market town of Banbury offers retail, sporting and leisure facilities.

Local education includes a primary school in the village and the Warriner Comprehensive in Bloxham. Prep schools are St Johns Priory (Banbury) and Carrdus (Overthorpe). Independent schools; Bloxham (Co-ed), Tudor Hall (girls) and Sibford (Co-ed) private schools. There are two private bus services, one for Warwick School and another for Oxford schools.

M40 Motorway connections at Junction 11 (Banbury) for the north and Junction 10 (Ardley) for the south. Regular train services from Banbury to London (Marylebone from 56 minutes).

Sporting and leisure activities include an excellent squash and tennis club in Adderbury itself; Soho Farmhouse (private members club) at Great Tew; golf at Tadmarton Heath; horse racing at Warwick, Stratford and Cheltenham; motor racing at Silverstone; Bannatyne’s Health Club in Bodicote; RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon and a multitude of cultural activities in Oxford.

The property has direct gated access to the footpath which leads to the Adderbury Lakes nature reserve in an easterly direction or westerly, the length of the long wall to the centre of west Adderbury.

Distances and times are approximate.

Square Footage: 3,392 sq ft



Additional Info

Council Tax Band: G

Two telephone lines both with broadband, ultrafast broadband registered but awaiting connection.

Some internal photos taken July 2021. All other photos and details prepared June 2023.