33 Bagley Wood Road Kennington | | Oxfordshire | OX1 5LY STEP INSIDE 33 Bagley Wood Road

A fabulous opportunity to buy a property in a desirable location, this detached four bedroom home is coming to the open market for the first time in over 48 years with potential to either renovate, extend or sub divide subject to planning. The current four bedroomed detached property has a very large plot of 0.5 acre. There is a hall, cloakroom, and spacious living room, separate dining room, open plan kitchen/breakfast room, garden room/utility and single attached garage. Driveway parking, mature gardens with mature trees and established shrubs, a wooded spinney and orchard.

Properties like this are very rarely available in such a great location. It will be essential to arrange a viewing at your earliest convenience. Bookings are through sole agents. Call Guy Simmons +44 7789275716. Or email [email protected]

Ground floor The property is entered via a canopy porch to double glazed door with glazed side panel into the hall. There is a spacious cloakroom and doors to the dining room with window to front and fireplace (not in use). An archway opening with sliding doors lead through to the spacious open plan kitchen/ breakfast room. There is ample space for a table to one end with base and wall units, sink, and eye level double oven and electric hob to the other. A cupboard houses the central heating gas boiler, and a further door leads into the spacious living room with large picture window to the front gardens and an external door to rear gardens.

A door to the rear from the kitchen/breakfast room leads to an inner hall with two useful large storage cupboards. There are two double bedrooms with great wardrobe storage, and cupboards, both of these double bedrooms are served by a large ground floor shower room with double shower cubicle, heated towel rail, WC, basin and yet more storage which is fantastic. Finally, there is a garden/utility room accessed from the kitchen with roof lantern ceiling. This room has a L-shaped utility cupboard with light and power, and a water supply for appliances. Further doors from this room give access directly to both the rear gardens and single garage.

First Floor The open staircase leads from the kitchen breakfast room to the landing where two further bedrooms can be found; one large double bedroom and a smaller double bedroom with basin and chimney breast dividing this room. Both of these bedrooms benefit from a shared spacious family bathroom and shower room with WC, basin, radiator and shaver light point. There is a landing cupboard for that all important storage and both bedrooms also offer more storage too.

SELLER INSIGHT

It was the convenient location of the property which first attracted us to 33 Bagley Wood Road,” say the current owners, “being close to Oxford and with good access to motorways, London, and Heathrow airport. There are good schools nearby and good local amenities, and as a family the large garden appealed to us with its mature trees and shrubs, the lawns, spinney and orchard.”

“Now, our family has lived in the property for 49 years,” the owners continue. “During that time, we have enjoyed the peace and quiet of the house and garden, set in a beautiful location with access to walks directly from the property to the woods, fields or river. The house itself has a very welcoming feeling, the kitchen/breakfast room always having been a very sociable space in which to enjoy everyday family life and entertaining alike. Outside, the garden comprises half an acre of mature trees and shrubs, large lawned areas, a spinney with different types of trees, and an orchard at the bottom of the garden. Catching the sun for most of the day and full of greenery and wildlife, it is a lovely place to be.”

The local area has much to offer, too. “As well as countless country walks right from our front door, the village boasts a variety of shops and takeaways, a pub, and a village hall with an active calendar of clubs, societies and community events” say the owners. “There is also a GP practice and small pharmacy in the village. Transport links are excellent, including regular bus services to Oxford, and we have taken full advantage of the ease with which one can get to London.”*

* These comments are the personal views of the current owner and are included as an insight into life at the property. They have not been independently verified, should not be relied on without verification and do not necessarily reflect the views of the agent.

STEP OUTSIDE 33 Bagley Wood Road

Attached single garage The single attached garage has an electric door, light and power and is accessed internally via a door from the light and spacious garden/utility room.

Outside gardens One of the outstanding features of this beautiful family property is the 0.5 acres of well-established and mature gardens. Currently the front garden has a circular turning area around a mature willow tree with mature hedging and specimen trees, gravelled driveway and lawn.

There is a wooden five-bar gate to the side of the attached garage which allows access from the front driveway to the rear gardens. The initial gardens to the rear of the house are well established with mature shrubs, lilac bush, fruit trees and enclosed by a combination of new close boarded fencing and hedging. The first section of lawn area has a greenhouse and a single prefabricated store for garden machinery. This area is separated from the rear garden by a wooded spinney of semi mature trees and offers a shaded secluded area with pathways between the trees, a beautiful nature space. This spinney then opens out to the rear garden being mainly laid to lawn with fruit trees and mature hedging to the rear and side and close boarded fence to the other side. The adjacent property Number 35 has developed this space by gaining planning permission for a large, detached bungalow. A similar redevelopment could be an option to be considered with this property, but this would be subject to planning consent. (AGENTS NOTE: We are not looking to accept offers which are subject to planning consents being granted). The front of the neighbouring property has also been extensively redeveloped into a luxury detached 4 bedroom home with a separate detached garage. Hence the site has benefited from subdivision for two separate properties. Oxford is 4.0 miles with a train and bus station. It offers excellent shopping within the new Westgate shopping mall, theatre, museums, historic buildings and of course punting on the River Thames.

Nearest stations are Oxford Station 11 mins via Abingdon Rd and Kennington Rd. Then 65 minutes to London Paddington or Marylebone by train.

There is a bus stop with regular services to Oxford.

Distances to Oxford city by road 4.0 miles 10 mins Reading by road 25.2 miles 45 mins Swindon by road 28.2 miles 53 mins London by road 59.2 miles 1h 35 mins

Heathrow Airport is 46.8 miles 58 mins via M40 Birmingham Airport is 67.3 miles 1 hr 23 mins via M40

Local Village primary school Oxfordshire’s independent senior schools St Swithun’s C of E Primary School Grundy Crescent, Abingdon Boys School Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PS St Helen and St Katherine Our Lady’s Convent Independent primary The Manor Preparatory School, Abingdon St Edwards Manor Magdalen College School Abingdon Preparatory School Oxford High School Oxfordshire state secondary schools . (Oxford) https://www.oxfordspiresacademy.org/ Kings Education (Oxford). https://www.kingseducation.com/ Europa School UK Culham multilingual school UTC Oxfordshire. https://europaschooluk.org/

LOCATION

Kennington Village is a civil parish in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, just 4 miles south of Oxford. The village occupies a narrow stretch of land between the River Thames and the A34 dual carriageway. It was in Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. Kennington has a Co-op store and post office, dentist, the Tandem public house and community hall. Kennington is fortunate to have 550 acres of woods on its doorstep as part of the Village.

Bagley Wood is one of the largest woods within Oxfordshire. It is an ancient woodland steeped in history and known for its nature reserve and wildlife. A mosaic of natural oak and coppiced woodland, plantations, experimental plots and specimen trees are maintained by St Johns College as a nature reserve. There is also a sawmill within the woods.

Owned by just two owners initially the Abingdon Abbey from 955 AD, then bought by St John’s College in 1619 for the princely sum of £600. Today Kennington Villagers and locals may enjoy use of the woods just a short walk from the Village itself. The wood is open to permissive public access on maintained (‘Stone’ or ‘mown’) routes, via gated entrances only. Services and Information Mains drains and sewage Extension for living room 1973 13th November P73/V5411 Gas Boiler in kitchen Electricity Water Telephone Security alarm Insulated loft partial boarding Within an adopted road Council Tax E http://cti.voa.gov.uk/cti/BandDetail.asp?lcn=0

Tenure Freehold

Local Authority Vale of the White Horse District Council. Abingdon 135 Eastern Avenue, Park Drive, Milton, Abingdon OX14 4SB.

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