The Doctors House

The Doctors House LITTLE MILTON, OXFORDSHIRE OX44 7PU

A handsome village house with studio/home office and beautiful landscaped gardens with tennis court and swimming pool

Oxford City Centre: 9 miles • M40 (Junction7) 2 miles • London (Paddington) approximately 40 minutes from Didcot, London (Marylebone) approximately 45 minutes from Haddenham. (All distances and times are approximate)

• Entrance hall, drawing room, dining room, study, kitchen/breakfast room, conservatory, cloakroom, laundry/boot room, 4 bedrooms (2 en-suite), shower room, 2 loft rooms.

• Attached annexe: sitting room, kitchen, bathroom, mezzanine bedroom.

• Detached double garage with studio room above (25’1 x 17’5”)

• Mature landscaped gardens with large pond, tennis court and swimming pool.

• Garden stores, greenhouse.

In all about 1.72 acres

Savills Summertown 256 Banbury Road, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7DE [email protected] 01865 339700 DIRECTIONS From London take the M40, exit at junction 7. Proceed left onto the A329 pass signs to Great Haseley and Great Milton and proceed into the village of Little Milton. Continue into the village where The Doctors House will be found on the left opposite The Lamb pub.

From Oxford take the B480 Cowley to Watlington road. Continue into the village of Stadhampton and at the mini roundabout, cross straight over (on the A329) towards Little Milton and the M40. Continue into Little Milton, where The Doctors House will be found on the right opposite The Lamb pub and just before the right hand bend.

SITUATION Little Milton is a popular village well situated not only for Oxford City Centre, but also for London, with Junction 7 of the M40 only 2 miles, and fast trains from Haddenham (11 miles) to London (Marylebone) and Didcot (13 miles) to London (Paddington). Improvements to the Marylebone line are due to bring faster running times in 2012. The village has a thriving community and its amenities include a post office and community shop with cafe, a public house, a popular primary school and a fine parish Church. The nearby market town of Thame offers a wide range of day to day shopping facilities.

The property is well placed for many excellent schools including Cothill, Chandlings, Abingdon School, St Helens & St Katherine’s, The Manor, Abingdon Preparatory School, the European School, Radley and the Oxford Schools.

Leisure amenities in the area include golf at The Oxfordshire near Thame.

DESCRIPTION Believed to date from the 18th century with late Victorian additions to the front of the house, The Doctors House is a most attractive property providing a lovely family home with well proportioned and spacious accommodation including an adjoining self contained annexe. The property is complemented by beautifully landscaped gardens with a large pond, tennis court and swimming pool, in all amounting to about 1.72 acres. In addition, located above the detached double garage, is an excellent studio/home office overlooking the garden with views towards the Chilterns.

There are many retained period features throughout the house including exposed beams and a large inglenook fireplace in the original part and elegant high ceilings, sash windows and fireplaces in the Victorian part. The ground floor provides a light and spacious kitchen opening to a large dining area with a range of fitted units throughout. Two large lantern lights provide both areas with an abundance of natural light. Off the kitchen/breakfast room are a conservatory and a useful utility/boot room both with direct access to outside. The three spacious reception rooms include the drawing room, a particularly attractive room with large inglenook fireplace and arranged at the front of the house, the dining room and study/family room both elegant rooms with high ceilings and fireplaces. The first floor provides four bedrooms (2 en-suite) and a shower room. The two en-suite bedrooms at the front of the house are both elegant and light rooms each with fitted wardrobes and enjoying a lovely outlook over the garden and towards the Chilterns to the south. The two remaining double bedrooms arranged in the older part of the house, are particularly charming rooms. Accessed from the landing, two loft rooms provide the flexibility for a number of uses including an occasional bedroom. There is also a large attic space in the front part of the house providing the possibility for conversion subject to the appropriate consents.

In addition, a self-contained annexe, full of character provides the flexibility to be used independently or as additional accommodation to the main house. Connected to the house via the utility room, it provides an open plan sitting room/kitchen, a ground floor bathroom and mezzanine bedroom.

GARAGE & S TUDIO Located close to the house is the detached large double garage with studio room above. Accessed from an external staircase with large windows providing an abundance of natural light, the room provides an excellent studio/home office with a lovely outlook over the garden and towards the Chilterns. MAIN HOUSE

ANNEXE

This Plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown Copyright reserved. (759198). This Plan is published for the convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. NOT TO SCALE. OUTSIDE SERVICES IMPORTANT NOTICE The Doctors House is approached via a gravelled driveway Mains water, drainage and electricity are connected. Oil-fired Savills and their clients give notice that: leading to the double garage and parking area. Beautifully central heating. Electric night storage heaters in the 1: They are not authorised to make or give any representations landscaped and divided into separate areas, the gardens are studio/office. or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, predominantly laid to lawn with a variety of large mature trees either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or (including fruit), shrubs, herbaceous borders and gravelled COUNCIL TAX otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that pathways. Arranged next to the tennis court on the south side may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not of the garden providing a lovely setting, is a large wildlife pond Main House Band H. form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon edged with shrubs and trees. Screened from the rest of the Annexe Band A (registered as a separate unit). as statements or representations of fact. garden by a mature hedge and a wide herbaceous border, the swimming pool with paved surround enjoys a sheltered position LOCAL AUTHORITY 2: Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The close to the house. Also within the garden are a secluded text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not barbeque area, a green house and garden sheds, one of which South Oxfordshire District Council, The Council Offices, necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the houses the pool equipment. Crowmarsh, Wallingford, OX10 8HQ. property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other Telephone (01491) 835351. consents and Savills has not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or VIEWING otherwise. Strictly by appointment with Savills. Details prepared and photographs taken March 2011