- 7 bedrooms +
- 5 reception rooms +
- 3 bathrooms +
- 1.42 acres +
- Triple garage with flat above +
- Secluded, yet accessible location +
- Far reaching views over fields +
- Beautiful landscaped gardens with irrigation system, stream and pond +
- Underfloor heating throughout +
- Perfectly place for Oxford and Abingdon schools +
This beautifully positioned house sits in landscaped gardens and grounds of 1.42 acres with glorious rural views. It offers extensive facilities with ancillary accommodation, a swimming pool, a pond, a stream and a triple garage. It is presented to a very high standard with underfloor heating throughout, Lutron lighting, high-quality joinery and marble fittings. It has been extensively renovated and offers almost 6,700 square feet of living space over two floors and a cellar.
The house has been designed to take full advantage of its setting, with the principal rooms overlooking the garden. There is a stunning kitchen/breakfast room with bi-fold doors to the terrace and a utility and boot room to the side. The drawing room, dining room and sitting room all overlook the garden, and there is a cinema room and a study.
The first floor has a lovely large landing with the principal bedroom suite to one end, with an en suite bath/shower room, dressing room and balcony. There are five to six further bedrooms, a bathroom and a shower room. The second floor has a further en suite bedroom.
Outside
The house is approached off Red Copse Lane through electric gates onto a large gravel drive with the triple garage to one side. Above this is a two bedroom flat and adjacent to the garage is a secure yard with large laundry/store room.
The gardens lie to the rear and slope gently with a large terrace with steps down to the swimming pool. The gardens have been extensively landscaped with the creation of herbaceous borders, planting of fruit trees, an irrigation system and the renovation of the pond with new filter system.
Boars Hill is a sought-after residential area famous for its wooded rural setting, just over three miles from the centre of Oxford. The house is on a no-through road and enjoys a lovely setting with fine rural views.
It is well served by communications, with access to the A34 and Oxford ring road, connecting to the M4 and M40 motorways. The regional centres of Newbury and Swindon are also within easy reach. Communications by rail are also excellent, with fast trains from Oxford or Didcot to London Paddington taking about fifty and forty-five minutes, respectively. In addition, Oxford Parkway station has services to London Marylebone in fifty-six minutes.
It is well positioned to take advantage of the excellent schools in the area, including St. Helen and St. Katharine, Abingdon, Radley, Cothill and Chandlings, as well as The Dragon, St Edward's, Magdalen College, Summer Fields, Headington, Wychwood and Oxford High School in Oxford.