Merrythought Great Haseley morgan& associates A stunning detached late 17th Century thatched house, sympathetically restored and extended by the current owner to provide outstanding family accommodation. South facing walled garden, situated in a quiet and secluded position in this most attractive South Oxfordshire village.

Accommodation

Ground Floor Entrance hall  30ft drawing room/dining room with inglenook fireplace  Kitchen/breakfast room Garden room with bi-fold doors onto the garden  Snug with inglenook fireplace  Study Utility room  Guest Cloakroom  Shower room/guest cloakroom  Store room

First Floor Master bedroom with ensuite wet room  Three further double bedrooms Family bathroom with shower and separate bath  Guest suite/nanny accommodation

Outside Secluded walled garden  Boiler room SITUATION • Oxford c.8 miles • Thame c.7 miles • London c.52 miles • M40 J7 c.2 miles (Marylebone c.35 minutes) • Heathrow c.37 mile

Schools • Great Milton Primary School • The Dragon • St Edwards • Oxford High • Summerfield’s • Headington Girls School • Cothill • Radley College • Abingdon

Merrythought is situated in the sought after village of Great Haseley, an attractive and popular village in a conservation area with fine stone houses, old thatched cottages and an original stone windmill. There is a thriving village community, which owns the village public house (The Plough) as well as a village hall offering a variety of gatherings such as yoga, tennis club with two courts and cricket club with village clubhouse both located at the spacious recreation ground. There are primary schools at the neighbouring villages of Great Milton and Little Milton and a number of private and state schools in Wheatley, Thame and Oxford. In Great Milton there is a village shop/post office and Raymond Blanc’s famous hotel and restaurant Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons. The village is well located for the M40, which provides good access to London and the Midlands. Railway stations are at Oxford, Haddenham/Thame Parkway and Didcot providing mainline services to Marylebone and Paddington. The Oxfordshire Golf Club and the Waterstock Golf Club are nearby. There are comprehensive shopping facilities in the nearby market town of Thame with its weekly market, or the city of Oxford has extensive shops, theatres, museums etc. Merrythought Merrythought is an idyllic stone & thatched period family home believed to date back c300 years. Originally a row of four terraced cottages it has been carefully converted to form one large property of considerable character, tucked away down a quiet unmade road within this highly sought after village. The front entrance hall leads onto an impressive 30ft open plan drawing room/dining room with inglenook fireplace, Jetmaster and bread oven, beamed ceiling, three quarter length windows providing a fabulous garden outlook. The drawing room leads onto the well- proportioned dual aspect kitchen/breakfast room with terracotta tiled flooring, beamed ceiling and matching range of base units. There is a rear entrance hall with door leading out to the private garden, utility room with butler sink, guest cloakroom and delightful garden room with travertine flooring, exposed beams and bi-fold doors onto the garden. This more recent extension also provides a first floor guest suite or potential nanny accommodation as laid out on the floorplan. At the opposite end of the ground floor there is a snug with inglenook fireplace fitted with a Jetmaster, study area with exposed stone wall and access to the store room as well as a ground floor shower room/guest cloakroom making this a potential annexe/ground floor accommodation. There are two separate staircases leading up to a spacious hallway off which can be found the master bedroom with built in wardrobes and recently fitted contemporary wet room. There are three further good size double bedrooms benefitting from either fitted cupboards or recessed shelving and a spacious contemporary family bathroom with bath and separate shower. Externally there is a most attractive and exceptionally private mature South facing walled garden which is predominantly laid to lawn; with beautifully stocked flower and shrub beds and extends to a third of an acre. There are also three paved patio areas perfect for al fresco dining, a well and a gateway to the rear boundary opening onto a pathway which leads to the centre of the village. The house is set back off a private lane. There is a large gravelled area on the land to the front of the property providing ample parking and a wide gated sideway which leads to the rear entrance. The current owner of the property also rents an allotment immediately opposite the house.

Merrythought, Back Way, Great Haseley, Oxford Approximate Gross Internal Area S services 3025 Sq Ft/281 Sq M W Bedroom 2 Quoted Area Excludes 'External Boiler Room' Garden Room Oil fired central heating to main 4.06 x 3.67 E 13'4" x 12'0" 4.07 x 3.70 house, mains gas to kitchen, gas (Maximum) 13'4" x 12'2" N central heating/underfloor heating to rear extension, water, electricity and mains drainage connected.

Bedroom 1 Bedroom 3 Bedroom 4 Bedroom 5 5.43 x 4.63 4.66 x 3.20 3.97 x 3.24 4.20 x 3.56 VIEWING STRICTLY BY 17'10" x 15'2" 15'3" x 10'6" 13'0" x 10'8" 13'9" x 11'8" A/C (Maximum) APPOINTMENT WITH MORGAN & ASSOCIATES

15.17 x 2.10 49'9" x 6'11"

Utility Floor Above 2.53 x 1.85 Garden Room 8'4" x 6'1" First Floor

Kitchen/ Snug Study Breakfast Room Dining Room F/P F/P 4.57 x 3.14 3.12 x 1.87 5.20 x 4.93 15'0" x 10'4" 10'3" x 6'2" 17'1" x 16'2" Drawing Room (Maximum) 9.33 x 5.28 30'7" x 17'4" (Maximum) Store 2.14 x 1.87 7'0" x 6'2"

Boiler Ground Floor Room

FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY - NOT TO SCALE The position & size of doors, windows, appliances and other features are approximate only. Denotes restricted head height © ehouse. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited. Drawing ref. dig/8226282/PHY

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