The Old Vicarage ASCOTT-UNDER-WYCHWOOD, OXFORDSHIRE

Burford 5 miles • Witney 7 miles • Oxford 20 miles • Cheltenham 25 miles Charlbury 4 miles (mainline station with trains to London Paddington 70 minutes) (Distances & time approximate)

A handsome, edge of village, Cotswold stone family house set in beautiful gardens and grounds

Reception hall • Drawing room • Dining room • Sitting/games room • Study Kitchen/breakfast/living room • Utility room/laundry • Boot room • Cloak Room • Inner hall • Cellar

Six bedrooms including two suites • Two family bathrooms

Separate two bedroom Staff/guest cottage

Outbuildings • Garage • Formal gardens • Walled vegetable garden • Hard tennis court

Paddock

Approximate gross internal floor area of the main house 6,146 sq ft Current planning permission to extend the main house if required

In all about 3 acres For Sale Freehold

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These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the brochure. Oxfordshire The village of Ascott-under-Wychwood is situated in the Cotswolds, in an area renowned as being one of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is surrounded by the village on one side and open countryside to the other and is a convenient location with the market towns of Charlbury and Burford within easy reach and the larger centre of Witney within a twenty minute drive. Within the village itself there is a school, village shop, hall and public house. Oxford and Cheltenham are within 30 minutes and an hours’ drive respectively, with both centres offering an excellent range of private schooling including The Dragon, St Edward’s, Magdalen College and Headington Girls at Oxford, Radley near Abingdon, Cheltenham Boys and Ladies and Kitebrook at Moreton in Marsh. Also within a short distance lies the highly regarded Daylesford Organic Shop and restaurant together with Soho Farmhouse and Spa. Sporting facilities in the area include racing at Cheltenham; with watersports at Fairford and the Cotswold Water Parks near Cirencester. The surrounding countryside provides wonderful walking and riding along a network of footpaths and bridleways. Golf courses in the area include the Wychwood, Chipping Norton, Burford and Naunton Downs. The Old Vicarage The Old Vicarage is a most attractive and substantial fireplaces. The most impressive room in the house is the house on the edge of the village, occupying an enviable superb, open-plan kitchen/breakfast/living room with its position with views over open countryside. The property is glazed wall with sliding doors and views out to the garden, believed to date from the 17th century with Georgian and dining and sitting areas. There is huge preparation island and later additions. The house has attractive elevations of stone a combination of limestone and wood floors, exposed timbers under a tile roof and is not listed. The property was subject and stone walls, cleverly designed through and executed to to a complete renovation three years ago the highest standard. The kitchen area has a range of storage A gravelled driveway leads off the lane to a parking and cupboards, gas range and double sink. There is a utility/ turning area to the front of the house with a spur leading to laundry room off the kitchen and at the other end of the the separate cottage and garaging. house is a boot room. There is a cellar below the study. The house is entered through a stone pillared porch and into The master bedroom is well proportioned being double an impressive galleried reception hall with a stone floor, aspect with an ensuite bathroom and dressing room. cantilevered staircase and doors off to the rest of the There are three further bedrooms on the first floor with two accommodation. The drawing room and dining room are bathrooms. On the second floor there are a further two both elegant and well-proportioned with beautiful open bedrooms, bathroom and sitting room.

Reception Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Main House = 571.0 sq m / 6146 sq ft Bedroom Cellar = 21.1 sq m / 227 sq ft Bathroom Cottage = 54.8 sq m / 590 sq ft Kitchen/Utility Garage = 23.0 sq m / 247 sq ft Outbuilding = 95.6 sq m / 1029 sq ft Storage Total = 765.5 sq m / 8240 sq ft (Excluding Void) Terrace Recreation

Outbuilding (Not Shown In Actual Location / Orientation)

Outbuilding Cottage - Ground Floor (Not Shown In Actual Location / Orientation) (Not Shown In Actual Location / Orientation) Second Floor

Cellar Ground Floor First Floor

This plan is for layout guidance only. Not drawn to scale unless stated. Windows & door openings are approximate. Whilst every care is taken in the preparation of this plan, please check all dimensions, shapes & compass bearings before making any decisions reliant upon them. Gardens and Grounds The gardens of The Old Vicarage have been carefully collection of unusual hazlenuts as well as a pond to the landscaped to take advantage of the setting, with formal front, beautiful flower beds with an array of flowers and lawns to the rear with a large paved area for outside shrubs that have been planted deliberately to provide entertaining that flows straight out from the kitchen. A colour throughout the year. croquet lawn sits to one side and leads to a part walled vegetable garden with a range of tool and machinery stores. The Cottage There is a hard tennis court and a stock proof paddock The cottage lies off a spur to the main driveway and within the grounds, outbuilding with two loose boxes. comprises a reception room, kitchen, two bedrooms and The grounds have been carefully planted and include a bathroom, with an adjoining garage. The cottage has its a number of mature specimen trees and an extensive own garden and views over farmland towards the Church.

The cottage

Local Authority West Oxfordshire District Council. Tel: 01993 702 941.

Services Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage.

Fixtures and fittings Only those mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. All others, such as fitted carpets, curtains, light fittings, garden ornaments etc., are THE OLD VICARAGE specifically excluded but may be made available by separate negotiation.

Directions (OX7 6AN) From Burford proceed north on the A361 towards Chipping Norton. Turn right onto the B4437 to Charlbury and then after about three miles, turn left signposted to Ascott under Wychwood. The Old Vicarage is the first property on the left. Note: “This plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey map with the sanction of the control of H.M. Stationary office. This plan is for convenience of purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. Licence Viewings Number. No. ES100017767.” All viewings strictly by appointment through Knight Frank. Main House Cottage

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Photographs Dated: 2016 and May 2017. Particulars Dated: June 2017. Kingfisher Print and Design. 01803 867087.