4 bedroom semi-detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Grade II listed property in pretty gardens.
- Private village location within 0.4 acres.
- Detached stone barn and stable block within the grounds
- Further land available to rent
- Village with primary school, hotel, church and village hall.
- EPC Rating = D
Description
Little Manor is a little gem, tucked away within the village, in a private secluded position. The house is full of character and charm with thatched roof, stone mullion windows, flag stone floors, and exposed overhead beams. The ground floor reception rooms have high ceilings and offer generous room proportions.
The hall with tiled floor leads to the cloakroom and utility/boot room with entrance door to the herb garden. The kitchen/breakfast room is the hub of the house with south facing stone mullion windows and window seat, with plenty of space for a family dining table. This leads through into the spacious dining room with exposed stone walls, parquet flooring and wood burning stove, ideal for family entertaining. Glazed doors lead out onto the pretty garden. The large sitting room with south facing window seats, has flagstone floors and fireplace with access to the original front door via a separate passageway. The cellar is accessed via stone steps providing useful storage space.
Upstairs there are four bedrooms including the principal bedroom with en suite bathroom, three further bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Outside the gardens consist of the orchard with mature fruit trees, the sunken garden with pond, the herb garden and vegetable working garden. All interspersed with a variety of mature English country garden plants including wisteria, honey suckle, clematis, and winter jasmine. The vegetable garden has a greenhouse with electric points, and also provides some flat lawn for children to play on.
There is a separate stone detached thatched barn providing very useful storage space for garden machinery and larger items, which could be converted into a studio/annex subject to planning consent. The brick stable block provides undercover parking for vehicles as well as the addition of two stables. There is parking for several vehicles on the private drive. This is all situated within about 0.4 acres. There is also the option to rent further land of 1.75 acres adjacent to the drive for £300 per annum (at time of print).
This property would suit those looking for a bolt hole in the country or family’s upsizing wanting more outdoor space with the opportunity to rejuvenate the existing living accommodation and outbuildings.
Location
With references in the Domesday book, Wroxton is a beautiful conservation village in North Oxfordshire made up of predominantly ironstone cottages and farmhouses and the home of Wroxton Abbey.
Local amenities in the village include the Wroxton House hotel, a well regarded Church of England (St Marys Church), primary school, sports club, and village hall.
More extensive facilities can be found in the market towns of Banbury and Chipping Norton, and further afield in Stratford- Upon Avon, Warwick or Oxford for recreational, cultural and leisure facilities.
Communication links include the M40 (J11) only 3 miles away giving access to Oxford (A34) and London to the South and Birmingham (M42) to the North.
Mainline train services from Banbury to London (Marylebone) from 55 minutes at peak times.
Excellent local schooling facilities with secondary education provided by Warriner School (Bloxham). For private schooling Tudor Hall (girls), Bloxham (co-ed), Kings High (girls), Warwick (boys) and Stratford Grammar. Preparatory schools in the area include St John’s Priory, Carrdus (Overthorpe), Winchester House (Brackley) and Beachborough (Westbury).
Leisure activities in the area include golf at Tadmarton; driving range at Drayton; theatres at Stratford upon Avon and Oxford; motor racing at Silverstone; horse racing at Warwick and Stratford upon Avon; Soho Farmhouse private members club approximately 11 miles.
Additional Info
There is pedestrian access from Church Road to the rear garden whereby a general maintenance fee may be required for the upkeep of the access.
The front drive is privately owned with Little Manor having a right of way over it.
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