Rarely found, enchanting English manor house

Ascott Manor, Stadhampton, Oxfordshire, OX44 7UJ

Freehold Hall • 8 bedrooms • 5 reception rooms • 2 bathrooms Cellars • Attics • Outbuildings • Gardens, grounds and paddocks About 3.5 acres

Distances Oxford 9 miles Communications are good Didcot Parkway 11 miles with the M40 (J7) about 4.5 (London/Paddington from miles and mainline rail at either 43 minutes) Dicot Parkway or Haddenham Haddenham & Thame Parkway and Thame Parkway. 11 miles (London/Marylebone The area is well served for from 41 minutes) both state and independent Henley on Thames 15 miles schools including:- The Heathrow Airport 40 miles Oratory, Moulsford, Cranford Central London 51 miles House, Wallingford School and Please note that all distances a wide selection in Oxford and and times are approximate. Abingdon.

Situation Directions Situated about 9 miles south (OX44 7UJ) east of Oxford and part of From J7 of the M40, take the the parish of Stadhampton, A329 passing signs to Great Ascott is a tiny hamlet and Milton. Proceed though Little conservation area situated Milton and on to Stadhampton. between Stadhampton and At the village green take the Chalgrove. B480 towards Chalgrove and With an attractive village just after the stone wall and green, amenities in the village pillars turn right. Proceed include a primary school, down the lane and take the left BP garage with M&S foodstore fork past a farm house to and gastro pub, The Crazy Ascott Manor. Bear. The larger village of Chalgrove has shops, GP surgery and pharmacy, primary school and 3 public houses. History With a fascinating and Period features include the mysterious history dating back stone mullions of the attic to the Domesday book, Ascott windows and Tudor arch Manor, formerly known as fireplaces. As custodians since Quartermain Manor House, was 1991, the current owners of one of two manors located Ascott Manor have also made either side of Ascott Lane, both changes to accommodate their belonging to (but not lived in family and changing needs, by) Sir Michael Dormer, Lord while still respecting and Mayor of London in 1518. embracing its architectural It was renamed Franklins origins. Farmhouse, when in the early Situated at the end of a 19th century the tenant, private shared drive, Ascott Edward Franklin, bought and Manor enjoys about 3.5 acres managed from it the combined of gardens and grounds estate of the two manors. In adjoining farmland. 1920 the whole estate was With accommodation purchased by Oxfordshire extending to about 6300 sq ft County Council to create small over four floors, Ascott Manor holdings for veterans returning is that rarely found rambling from the First World War. The English Manor House. With property was then named cellars and attic rooms, the Ascott Park Farmhouse and diversity of architectural Old Park Farmhouse, before, periods give such a variety, for historical reasons, being from the grand proportioned re-named Ascott Manor. drawing room with its deep (Sources:- A Short History of skirting boards and shuttered Stadhampton and District, windows overlooking the compiled by A V Davers 1964 lawns, to the farmhouse and Oxfordshire Building Trust: kitchen with solid fuel stove. In The Mysterious Later History of its very own time warp, the Ascott Park February 2012). property has been used as a location for films including the Description Guernsey Literary and Potato Grade II listed, with 17th Peel Pie Society. century origins and possibly In need of extensive earlier, Ascott Manor was modernisation, Ascott Manor extended and remodelled in is indisputably both the early 1800s, as described in architecturally and historically the Savills sales particulars of fascinating and holds 1977 “with the building of the enormous potential. western elevation with its high shuttered sash windows and rendered front in dressed stone style’’. Gardens, grounds Services and outbuildings Mains water and electricity. The beautiful walled gardens Solid fuel cooker also provides are well stocked and include some hot water. Two electric fruit and vegetable areas. immersion heaters and electric There are two post and rail radiators. Private drainage. paddocks, one with a field shelter, two large ponds and a Local Authority wooded copse area attracting South Oxfordshire District wildlife. Council The property is accessed along a private shared drive Council Tax with parking to the front of the Band H property. Outbuildings include a stone workshop, garage, Tenure former pig sties and stables. Freehold

Agents notes Photographs taken June 2019 Ascott Manor has a right of way brochure prepared February over the private drive and yard 2020. it shares with Picadilly Farm.

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This Plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the Issues This Plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown Copyright reserved. (100024244). This Plan is published for the Copyright reserved. (100024244). This Plan is published for the convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. NOT TO SCALE. and it is expressly excluded from any contract. NOT TO SCALE.

Ordnance Survey © Crown Copyright 2019. All rights reserved . Licence number 100022432.Pl otted Scal e - 1: 1500 Gross internal area (approx) = 587.5 sq m / 6323 sq ft Cellar = 65.9 sq m / 709 sq ft Attics = 132 sq m / 1421 sq ft Nicky Quentel Outbuildings = 35.2 sq m / 379 sq ft Savills Summertown Total = 820.6 sq m / 8832 sq ft (Excluding Void / Open Store) 01865 339700 Including Limited Use Area (76 sq m / 818 sq ft) savills savills.co.uk [email protected]

= Reduced head height below 1.5m

Store 4.42 x 3.66 14'6 x 12'0 Eaves Eaves Storage Storage

Bedroom 4 (Not Shown In Actual Second Kitchen 4.36 x 4.00 Location / Orientation) 5.46 x 4.35 Bedroom 2 Bedroom 8 Entrance Room 14'4 x 13'1 Bedroom 7 17'11 x 14'3 5.50 x 4.56 4.81 x 3.90 5.49 x 4.67 4.57 x 4.26 18'1 x 15'0 15'9 x 12'10 18'0 x 15'4 15'0 x 14'0 Dn Store Up Stable 6.16 x 3.84 Up 3.67 x 3.13 20'3 x 12'7 12'0 x 10'3 Eaves Eaves T Storage Storage Up Dn (Not Shown In Actual (Not Shown In Actual Location / Orientation) Location / Orientation) IN Void Hall Outbuildings 4.39 x 3.92 14'5 x 12'10 Up Bedroom 3 Office Up 4.26 x 4.25 4.34 x 4.27 14'0 x 13'11 14'3 x 14'0

Attic 1 Drawing Room Bedroom 1 12.20 x 6.52 5.53 x 5.14 5.56 x 5.16 40'0 x 21'5 5.90 x 5.15 Dn Dn 18'2 x 16'10 18'3 x 16'11 19'4 x 16'11 Up Dn Dn Attic 2 Up Up 6.12 x 4.39 4.29 x 4.14 20'1 x 14'5 14'1 x 13'7

Up Family Room 6.50 x 3.40 Dressing Room 5.15 x 3.00 21'4 x 11'2 3.94 x 2.94 16'11 x 9'10 12'11 x 9'8

Dining Room Bedroom 5 5.27 x 3.19 17'3 x 10'6 10.90 x 4.90 35'9 x 16'1

Conservatory 5.62 x 3.85 18'5 x 12'8

Kitchen Bedroom 6 4.88 x 4.39 16'0 x 14'5

Cellar Ground Floor First Floor Second Floor Area = 65.9 sq m / 709 sq ft Area = 279.1 sq m / 3004 sq ft Area = 258.3 sq m / 2780 sq ft (Excluding Void) Area = 50.1 sq m / 539 sq ft (Limited Use Area = 5.1 sq m / 55 sq ft) (Limited Use Area = 15.4 sq m / 166 sq ft) (Limited Use Area = 2.4 sq m / 26 sq ft)

For identification only. Not to scale. © 20/02/20 NQ

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