THE MANOR STADHAMPTON • OXFORDSHIRE

THE MANOR STADHAMPTON • OXFORDSHIRE • OX44 7UL

Oxford 8.2 miles, Henley on Thames 18.3 miles, Haddenham & Thame Parkway 10.9 miles, Didcot Parkway 10 miles, Heathrow Airport 42 miles, M40 J7 4.6 miles, Central London 51 miles. By rail: Haddenham & Thame Parkway to London Marylebone from 38 minutes, Didcot Parkway to London Paddington from 42 minutes

Grade II Listed Manor House overlooking the Village Green

Accommodation Main House Reception Hall, Drawing room, Dining room, Sitting room, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Study, Boot room, Utility room, Cloakroom Master Bedroom Suite, 6/7 Bedrooms, 5 Bath/shower rooms (2 en-suite)

Coach House Games room and Garage. Large 1 bed flat on the first floor

Gardens and Grounds Swimming Pool and Tennis Court

In all 3.06 acres (1.24 hectares) For sale freehold.

Savills Counry Department Savills Sommertown 33 Margaret Street 256 Banbury Road, Summertown London W1G 0JD Oxford OX2 7DE Giles Lawton Ronnie van der Ploeg 020 409 8809 01865 339 700 [email protected] [email protected] savills.co.uk Situation The house occupies a prominent position overlooking the Stadhampton village green. The village is within reach of the Oxford school run. Oxford, Thame and Wallingford offer excellent shopping and recreational facilities in addition to the local shops to be found in the village. Stadhampton also has an excellent pub/restaurant called The Crazy Bear and Raymond Blanc’s renowned Le Manoir Quatre Saisons is in nearby Great Milton. Communications from the village are good, with J 7 of the M40 just 4.6 miles north of the village, the M40 links London with Birmingham. There are two good rail services nearby; Didcot Parkway (10 miles) offers a service to London Paddington from 42 minutes and Haddenham & Thame Parkway (11 miles) provides a Chilterns Railway’s service to London Marylebone from 38 minutes. The Oxford Tube bus service to London runs every 10 minutes 24-hours/7 days a week and stops at Junction 6 of the M40. Local schools are numerous and include The Oratory, Moulsford, Cranford House and Chandlings Manor. There is a wide selection in Oxford and Abingdon, including The Dragon, Summerfield’s, Magdalen College School, Oxford High, Headington, St Edward’s, Radley, St Helens and Abingdon. Wycombe Abbey, Eton, Harrow & Stowe are also within easy reach to name a few. There is Racing at Newbury; Rowing at Henley Royal Regatta. Beautiful walking and riding on the many bridleways and footpaths near the property as well as in and around the Icknield Way and the Chiltern Hills. DESCRIPTION The house is well maintained with a considerable amount of work The Manor is a charming, well-proportioned house, believed to have The Manor offers light and spacious family accommodation, perfect carried out within the last decade, including: the guttering, repairing and re-glazing of a number of the windows, new fireplaces in the been built in the early 1600s and further extended at the end of the for entertaining, with the principal rooms overlooking its large, well sitting room and dining room, new floors in the drawing room, same century, as well as in the 19th century. The Manor boasts coursed maintained, south westerly gardens. limestone elevations under a plain tile roof. Stone mullion windows dining room and reception hall, new principal bathroom and a new – some with working shutters – are an attractive feature. Some feature The Drawing Room with its wonderful Tudor arched stone fireplace oil fired boiler with pressurised hot water cylinders. Please refer to original stained glass and some are hand painted. is of particular note and has been restored to working order. the floor plans for they layout.

bedroom in the main house THE COACH HOUSE With a façade matching that of the main house, the ground floor of the former coaching house comprises an integral Garage and a large Games Room.

A staircase leads up to the first floor which is a lovely spacious one bedroom flat. Main House The Manor Coach House Gross internal area (approx):- Main House : 654 sq m / 7040 sq ft The Coach House :- 150 sq m / 1614 Total :- 804 sq m / 8654

For identification only. Not to scale.

Ground Floor First Floor

Coach House Ground Floor

Second Floor Coach House Second Floor GARDEN AND GROUNDS The property is approached through two stone gate piers, leading to a gravelled driveway with space for parking and turning. The coach house is positioned to the left of the main house and there is an adjoining double car port. The garden is a particular feature and is mainly laid to lawn. The herbaceous boarder along the south facing wall is well stocked with a variety of shrubs and plants. A wide gravelled terrace runs along two sides of the house and in both instances, is off set by neat, clipped lavender bushes. Outside the Kitchen is a paved patio area, ideal for al fresco dining in the summer months. To the far end of the garden lies the swimming pool, encased in a green house style surround (recently reconstructed). An 18th century icehouse is in the far most corner of the front garden. It has a limestone and brick exterior and a vaulted ceiling. There is an impressive variety of mature trees including a majestic Wellingtonia. There is a hard tennis court and small paddock/orchard area beyond. Manor Barn Pond

Manor Farm

Green Cottage THE MANOR CAT LA

NE Manor Close

The Coppers Old Hunt Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey. Stables Not to Scale mapping with permission of 0m 10m 20m 30m the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Not to scale. For identification purposes only. m) Office © Crown copyright (100041908) (u Ordnance Survey © Crown Copyright 2015. All rights reserved. Licence number 100022432.h Plotted Scale - 1:1150 DIRECTIONS Pat GENERAL REMARKS AND STIPULATIONS VIEWING From London head west on the M40 to J7 (signposted Thame/ Tenure Strictly by appointment with Savills. If there are any points which Wallingford). Head south towards Wallingford on the A329. The tenure of the property is freehold with vacant possession upon are of particular importance to you, we invite you to discuss them At the mini-roundabout in Stadhampton, bear right towards completion. with us, especially before you travel to view the property. the village and Wallingford and then immediately left, after the Planning Fixtures and Fittings roundabout, across the village green. The Manor House is ahead The main house and icehouse are both listed Grade II as being of Certain fixtures and fittings, such as the fitted carpets, curtains, at the end of the green. special architectural or historic interest. light fittings and garden ornaments are specifically excluded from the sale but may be available by separate negotiation. From Oxford take the ring road and exit it at the Cowley Rights of way interchange (south-east of the city centre) and take the B480 Manor Barn, the neighbour, has a right of way over the initial part Local Authority to Watlington. of the drive. There is a, fenced off, public footpath across the over South Oxfordshire District Council Tel: 01491 823000 Stadhampton will be reached after about 7 miles; keep left and part of the land. Council Tax pass the petrol station on your right and then turn right across Services Band H the green. Main water, electricity and drainage.

IMPORTANT NOTICE Savills, Auction House London, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 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, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise.