5 bedroom country house to rent

INSIDE
The original front door leads through the entrance hallway and into the drawing room, sitting room, kitchen, and downstairs WC.

The large open-plan kitchen extends to the dining area, separated by a kitchen island, and has a light and airy feel, with large oak patio doors overlooking the patio and gardens. The kitchen offers a good range of fitted units, oak work surfaces, an oil-fired Aga, gas cooking range and walk-in pantry.

Beyond the kitchen, is a spacious utility room and boot room and a downstairs WC, as well as access to the garden and side parking area.

The dual-aspect sitting room can be accessed via the main hallway or the dining area and boasts a feature fireplace.

The drawing room leads to a study, and both rooms have fireplaces.

Upstairs the master bedroom is spacious and light with built-in wardrobes and views over the garden and paddocks. There are 4 further double bedrooms, two shower rooms and a family bathroom.

OUTSIDE
Nicholas Corner sits in large, mature gardens with far-reaching views. The majority of the gardens are laid to lawn with a variety of well-established trees, shrubs and flowers. A gravel path meanders to the far end of the garden past a timber summer house to the stables which are found at the end. The stables comprise of two boxes and a post and rail-fenced concrete yard where there is electricity and water.

LOCATION
Burdrop is part of the popular village of Sibford Gower and its sister village Sibford Ferris, which are situated on each side of the Sib Valley, in attractive rolling north Oxfordshire countryside on the borders of south Warwickshire, close to the Cotswolds.
The villages have a general store & post office, a public house with a restaurant, a doctor’s surgery and a high-performing village primary school. More amenities can be found at Hook Norton, with the larger centres of Banbury, Chipping Norton and Shipston-on-Stour not far away. Soho Farmhouse is 10 miles away.
Sibford School is a private nursery, prep and secondary school in the village. Local secondary schools are at the Warriner (Bloxham) and Chipping Norton. Further prep schools at Carrdus (Overthorpe) and Kitebrook (Moreton-in-Marsh). Public schools include Bloxham and Tudor Hall and there are bus services from Banbury to both Warwick and Oxford schools.

Banbury train station has a good rail service to Marylebone London (from 54 minutes) and there is a connection to the M40 at Junction 11 (Banbury). Nearby equestrian facilities include Swalcliffe Park Equestrian, which offers a cross-country course, schooling and livery. The area around Nicholas Corner is also especially well served with quiet lanes and bridleways offering a multitude of country hacks of varying lengths.
Council tax band: G