Hillside Barn Turweston • North Buckinghamshire Hillside Barn Turweston • North Buckinghamshire Approximate distances: Brackley 1.5 miles, Bicester 12 miles, train (Marylebone – 52 minutes peak time) and Bletchley/Milton Keynes (Euston – 35 minutes peak time), Banbury 12 miles, (Banbury to London Marylebone from 57 minutes), Oxford 23 miles Beautifully converted barn situated in a rural location with countryside views and paddock Kitchen/breakfast room • Dining room • Sitting room • Study/bedroom five with en suite Utility room • Cloakroom Master bedroom with en suite bathroom • Three further bedrooms • Family bathroom Stable block with six stables • Car port • Garage Landscaped gardens to the front and rear • Paddock In all approx 4.05 acres Savills Banbury 36 South Bar Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9AE Tel: 01295 228010 [email protected] www.savills.co.uk YOUR ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE IMPORTANT NOTICE ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE TEXT SITUATION • The property is situated just outside the village of Turweston along a shared drive in a rural location. Turweston is a thriving and popular village situated on the borders of north Buckinghamshire and south Northamptonshire. The village possess a public house with a recreational children’s playground and nursery school and cricket club. There are plenty of footpaths in and around the surrounding countryside especially to Evenley Wood and the local village of Evenley, well known for the Cricket Green and pub. • More specialised requirements are found at the market town of Brackley. Larger centres include Banbury, Buckingham, Bicester, Oxford, Northampton and Milton Keynes. • Easy access to the M40 motorway at Junction 10 (Ardley) for the south or Junction 11 (Banbury) for the north and Junction 15A M1. Mainline train stations at Bicester (Marylebone – 52 minutes peak time) and Bletchley/Milton Keynes (Euston – 35 minutes peak time). • Turweston is within the catchment area for grammar education at the Royal Latin (Buckingham). Primary school at Tingewick. Prep schools include Winchester House (Brackley), Beachborough (Westbury). Public Schools at Stowe and Tudor Hall (Girls) • Sporting and leisure activities in the area include golf at Chesterton, Buckingham and Kirtlington; horse racing at Towcester; motor racing at Silverstone; theatres at Oxford, Stratford-upon-Avon, Milton Keynes and Northampton. Numerous pleasant local walks include Stowe National Trust Gardens. DESCRIPTION Detached stone barn converted in 2008 providing flexible family accommodation with beautifully light and bright proportioned rooms with under floor heating and double glazing throughout. The barn was once part of the original farmyard next door and was the calf shed and feed room. There are discreet solar panels fitted to the rear of the roof. It now comprises on the ground floor kitchen/breakfast room, utility, cloakroom, dining room, sitting room and an office which could be used as a fifth bedroom with en suite shower room. There are spectacular views of Evenley wood and the surrounding countryside from the first floor and front gardens. Through the front door from the main drive one enters the generous entrance hall with stone floor. Immediately from here is the cloakroom with stone floor, WC and sink and wooden latch key door. Steps down to the utility room. This room houses a Worcester wall mounted boiler a number of wall and base storage cupboards, sink and drainer. Plenty of space for washing machine and tumble dryer. There is a wooden door to the rear garden. The kitchen was replaced in 2016 with hand made bespoke units from Signature Kitchens with soft close drawers including a number of built-in wall and base units and large island unit with quartz work surfaces. Two Neff ovens with warming drawers, built in Bosch dishwasher, induction electric hob, wine cooler, boiling water tap, and P lights in the skirting boards and limestone flooring. There is a door to the rear providing easy access onto the garden terrace to the rear. The kitchen is open plan to the dining room. The dining room has double glazed glass doors to the north and south side of the property offering light and bright space for entertaining. There are oak floors and overhead wooden beams. There is partially exposed stone work maintaining the character of the barn, oak staircase with open balustrades leading to the first floor. The sitting room has oak wooden floor boards and vaulted ceiling with exposed beams. There are full length picture windows overlooking the front lawn with double glass doors to the front drive and rear patio garden and wood burner. From this room through a wooden latch key door is the office. Wooden floors and window to front. This room could also be bedroom five with en suite shower room with tiled floor, shower cubicle, WC and sink. Ideal as a granny annex or for an older teenager. On the first floor is a generous landing with oak floor from which there are four bedrooms including the master bedroom with double aspect windows and far reaching views over open countryside to the rear. Partially exposed stone walls, oak floors and beams all in keeping with the character of the property. Steps down to the en suite bathroom with quality fixtures and fittings, tiled floor, corner bath with separate fully tiled shower cubicle, WC. There is a built in airing cupboard with hot water tank. Velux style window creating a light room. There are a further three double bedrooms all with oak floorboards and exposed beams with partially exposed stonework on the walls. Views from the bedrooms overlook open countryside. There is the family bathroom comprising tiled floor and walls, shower cubicle fully tiled and bath. Hillside Barn Approximate Gross Internal Area Main House: 247.52 Sq.M / 2,664.28 Sq.Ft Outbuildings: 255.80 Sq.M / 2753.40 Sq.Ft Total: 503.32 Sq.M / 5,417.68 Sq.Ft For identification only - Not to scale First Floor Ground Floor 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, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Particulars prepared: April 2017. Photographs taken: April 2017. 17/05/02 SG. Kingfisher Print and Design. 01803 867087. GARDEN OUTSIDE SERVICES Private gardens surround the property. To the front Mains water, and electricity. Private drainage, septic is a gravel drive way with plenty of space to park tank. Gas fired boiler central heating. Broadband to several cars. There is a large lawn with a mixture the property. of evergreen and deciduous trees. The rear garden has been professionally landscaped with wooden COUNCIL TAX BAND: G decking, pergola and a hot tub. The area has been designed as an entertaining space offering a relaxed atmosphere. There are some mature fruit trees. LOCAL AUTHORITIES DISTRICT COUNCIL OUTBUILDINGS Aylesbury Vale District Council There is a stable block of six stables with lapsed Tel: 01296 585858 planning to rebuild as a glass fronted annex, COUNTY COUNCIL comprising open plan living throughout with Buckinghamshire County Council kitchen and bathroom upstairs. Tel: 01296 395000 Currently used for storage with concrete flooring but would also provide good stabling for several horses POSTCODE: NN13 5JB or ponies. There is a large garage with sliding doors and TENURE: FREEHOLD concrete floor making an ideal storage shed for classic cars, other automobiles or it would create the most fantastic workshop. VIEWINGS There is also a two bay open fronted car port. By appointment with Savills. Prior to making an appointment to view, Savills strongly recommend There is a separate paddock extending to 3.45 acres that you discuss any particular points which are enclosed partially with post and rail fencing and likely to affect your interest in the property with a mature hedging, ideal for horses or livestock. member of Savills’ staff who has seen the property in order that you do not make a wasted journey. ACCOMMODATION See floor plans. FIXTURES AND FITTINGS DIRECTIONS (Postcode is NN13 5JB) Those items mentioned in these sale particulars are included in the freehold sale. All other fixtures, From Brackley take the A422 road towards fittings and furnishings i.e. curtains and light Buckingham. At the roundabout take the 2nd exit fittings, are expressly excluded. Certain such items onto the Brackley bypass/A43. At the roundabout may be available by separate negotiation. Further take the exit signposted Buckingham and Turweston. information should be obtained from the selling After a few hundred yards turn right onto a tarmac agents. road signed posted Turweston Hill Farm & Hillside Barn. Drive down the road until you reach a fork in the road. Take the right turn sign posted Hillside Barn. The property will be on the right towards the bottom of the track. .