The Thatched House • / border

The Thatched House Sulgrave • Northamptonshire/Oxfordshire border

Distances/times approximate: M40 (J11) 7 miles • 8 miles • 7.5 miles • Towcester 13 miles • Oxford 33 miles • 84 miles

Deceptively spacious period house (over 4500 sq ft) with gardens adjoining open countryside

• Entrance hall, drawing/dining room, family room, study, sitting/play room, kitchen/breakfast room, pantry, utility room, 2 WC’s, ground floor bathroom, 5 bedrooms, 3 bath/shower rooms

• Outbuildings comprising:- double garage, workshop, garden store, wood store

• Landscaped gardens & grounds

In all about 0.88 acres

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36 South Bar, Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9AE Tel: 01295 228010 [email protected] www.savills.com Situation Sulgrave is a popular, rural village situated in the countryside, close to the North Oxfordshrie border, about 7.5 miles north east of Banbury. A conservation village its Manor House was once the ancestral home of , and today the thriving community boasts a village shop/post office, public house and parish church. The nearby market towns of Banbury and Brackley provide local amenities including supermarkets, schools and banks. Oxford, and Milton Keynes provide for more extensive leisure, retail and cultural facilities. Intercity rail service from Banbury to London Marylebone from 59 minutes. Motorway connections M40, (J11) Banbury about 7 miles. The area is well served for schools including primary school in the neighbouring village of and Chenderit secondary school in Middleton Cheney. Independent schools include preparatory at Winchester House (Brackley), Cardus (Overthorpe), Beachborough, (Westbury) and St Lukes (Banbury), with senior independent schools including Tudor Hall and Bloxham School (both Bloxham), Stowe School, Rugby and Northampton High School. Leisure activities in the area include numerous public footpaths and bridleways leading from the village as well as, golf at Farthingstone Golf Club and Whittlebury Park; horseracing at Towcester Racecourse; motor racing at Silverstone; Village retail park; theatre at Stratford-on-Avon, Oxford and Milton Keynes. Description Situated at the edge of the village and backing on to open countryside, The Thatched House is recorded as dating to the early 1700’s. It has been linked to neighbouring Sulgrave Manor since its construction and was again owned by the manor during the mid twentieth century when it was a hotel. Of stone construction beneath a mainly thatched, part tile roof, the property is GII listed and retains numerous period features including exposed timbers, window seats, window shutters, panelling, flagstones and inglenook fireplaces. It has been extensively renovated by the current owners including complete re-thatch in 2006, rewiring and re- plumbing and the installation of two wood burners, new bathrooms and impressive family kitchen. Today The Thatched House successfully combines all the character of its past with modern comforts. Accommodation over three floors is spacious and versatile. Four reception rooms can be used as formal entertaining spaces as well as snug, play room and study depending on needs. The kitchen breakfast room with under floor heating, Aga Masterchef, integrated appliances and work island is dual aspect has a door to the terrace and gardens and also links to useful service rooms to the rear. There General Remarks is a large pantry with built in fridge freezer and beyond that a laundry SERVICES: Mains electricity, drainage and water are connected to room and WC with rear door to courtyard. the property. Oil fired boiler provides central heating and hot water. On the first floor are two bedrooms and a family bathroom with a Broadband internet connection subject to usual transfers. further two bedrooms on the second floor with a shower room. A fifth DISTRICT COUNCIL: South Northamptonshire District Council. bedroom suite, currently used as principal is accessed by separate Tel: 01327 322322. staircase and has large bathroom and walk-in wardrobe. COUNCIL TAX: Band G Outside, extensive outbuildings create an attractive courtyard. There is a wood store, work shed, garden store and beyond that a double Agent’s note: Neighbouring Manor Cottage enjoys pedestrian garage with electric doors and natural sedum roof. The Thatched right of way over drive. Contact selling agent for further information. House sits centrally on its plot with the drive and parking area to FIXTURES AND FITTINGS: Those items mentioned in these one side, gardens are mainly enclosed with established shrubbery, sale particulars are included in the freehold sale. All other fixtures, hedges and trees, including a specimen sycamore tree offering fittings and furnishings i.e. carpets, curtains and light fittings are privacy. To the side is a large terrace space accessed from the expressly excluded. Certain such items may be available by separate kitchen which leads to a more open orchard area, itself abutting open negotiation. Further information should be obtained from the selling fields to the rear. agents. Outbuilding

Thatched House Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area: House: 428 sq.m. / 4,607 sq.ft Outbuilding: 102 sq.m. / 1,098 sq.ft. Total: 530 sq.m. / 5,705 sq.ft. For identification only. Not to scale.

Second floor

Ground floor First floor Directions (OX17 2SE) From Banbury / M40 (J11) take the A422 (direction Brackley). At and The Thatched House is found a bit further along on the left and the end of the dual carriageway take the first exit on the roundabout entered through a private drive into a courtyard at the rear. following the B4525. After approx 3 miles turn left following signs to thatched HOUSE Culworth and . VIEWINGS By appointment with Savills. Prior to making an appointment to view, Savills strongly recommends that you discuss After passing Thorpe Mandeville take the right-hand turn to Sulgrave. any particular points which are likely to affect your interest in the Proceed in to the village and just after the shop on the left, turn left property with a member of Savills’ staff who has seen the property in at the little green on to Manor Road, follow past the Star Inn pub order that you do not make a wasted journey.

IMPORTANT NOTICE Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1. They have no authority to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey. Not to Scale mapping with permission of the building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office by inspection or otherwise. © Crown copyright (100041908) Details prepared April 2015. Photographs summer 2014. Kingfisher Print and Design. 01803 867087.