7 bedroom detached house for sale

The Grange is a substantial period house, not listed, in the village of Ascott-under-Wychwood, set back from the lane behind a wall and evergreen trees. The house has impressive facades on both sides, well-proportioned living accommodation and large sash windows, enjoying views over the garden and filling the house with natural light. To the eastern end of the property is a charming two bedroom annexe, ideal for relatives and staff or as a healthy income stream.

The current owners refurbished the property with of note the creation of a wonderful, large kitchen breakfast room, together with ground-floor underfloor heating throughout the ground floor of the house.

There are four main reception rooms: a spacious drawing room with a large open fire and access into the office, with both rooms benefiting from garden views. A spacious sitting room with an open fire and doors opening on to the garden makes for an excellent outdoor entertaining space. The kitchen/ breakfast room is impressive, with stone floors, a large central island with a breakfast bar, seating for 8-10 people, and a pantry.

Upstairs, the principal bedroom suite occupies one end, and there are three more spacious bedrooms, two sharing a bathroom, and the third having an en suite and a dressing area. On the second floor, there are three bedrooms sharing a bathroom, and there is even the potential to enlarge it further with a substantial loft space above.

The Grange is approached through a pair of pillared entrances, which serve as an 'in and out' driveway. There is plenty of parking at the front of the property. Within the grounds is a garage/storage building.

At the back of the house is the garden, surrounded by drystone walls and mature trees and shrubs, which provide complete privacy. The garden is easily accessed from the house and consists predominantly of a large lawn with a number of herbaceous borders and a scattering of fruit trees.

In one corner of the garden is a lovely kitchen garden for vegetable production, and the total garden extends to approximately 1.32 acres.

Ascott-under-Wychwood is an attractive, sought-after village on the edge of the Cotswolds in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the Evenlode Valley.

Within the village, there is the pretty 12th-century Church, a railway station with services to Oxford and London Paddington, a village shop and a thriving pub: The Swan. In the nearby village of Chadlington (five miles), there are three excellent local shops: Chadlington Quality Foods, Slatters, a family butcher and an appealing coffee shop, Cafe de la Post.

The famed Daylesford Organic Farm Shop and Spa is about 7.5 miles from the house. Soho Farmhouse (Great Tew) is seven miles to the north-east, and Estelle Manor is within easy reach. The house is also situated close to Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm Shop and en route to The Farmer's Dog pub.

The village is set between the towns of Charlbury and Chipping Norton. Nearby are the historic towns of Burford and Stow-on-the-Wold, with Oxford and Cheltenham providing the area's main retail, cultural and educational facilities.

Communications are excellent, with the A40 providing fast access to Oxford and the M40 and to the west to Cheltenham and the M5. There are good train services from Charlbury Station to London Paddington (from 67 minutes) and Oxford Parkway to Marylebone (57 minutes). A limited service runs from Ascott-under-Wychwood station.

Sporting facilities within easy reach include regular horse eventing in the village, a league tennis club at Shipton-under-Wychwood, golf at The Wychwood (Lyneham, two miles) and Burford. The surrounding countryside provides lovely country walks and bridleways for riding.

Preparatory schools include Summer Fields and the Dragon in Oxford and Windrush Valley School in the village; St Hugh's, Cothill and Kitebrook are also close by. Secondary schools include Burford School, Magdalen College, St Edward's, Tudor Hall, Radley, Stowe, Bloxham, Cokethorpe and Cheltenham College.

Charlbury 4 miles, Burford 6 miles, Chipping Norton 6 miles, Witney 8 miles, Oxford 21 miles, Charlbury mainline station 4 miles (to London Paddington from 67 minutes - there is a limited service from Ascott-under-Wychwood station).
(All distances and times are approximate.)