House For Sale £2,500,000
Polstead Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2
previous price £2,600,000

Full description

Formerly the home of TE Lawrence ( Lawrence of Arabia ) this imposing semi-detached house lies in this sought after side road in Walton Manor. It is close to Jericho, Port Meadow and a range of excellent schools such as Phillip and James, Cherwell, Dragon, Summer Fields and St Aloysius. EPC: E

A substantial house and annexe in this favoured side road in Walton Manor designed by HW Moore and built in the 1890's.

From 1896 to 1921 it was the home of T E Lawrence, the famous archaeologist, military officer, diplomat and writer better known as Lawrence of Arabia. The house has been awarded a blue plaque to commemorate this.

The house has extensive accommodation over four floors comprising 3573sqft with well-proportioned rooms with considerable period detail including sash windows, open fireplaces and cornicing. There is also a 1 bedroom bungalow / summer house of 453sqft at the rear of the walled garden.

The property requires general modernisation throughout but offers a rare opportunity to create an exceptional home in this sought after location. The ground floor has two generous reception rooms, kitchen and dining room and the lower ground floor has a family room, study, utility and cloakroom. There is separate access to this floor enabling it to be used as self-contained flat. The first floor has three double bedrooms and cloakroom and the top floor five bedrooms and bathroom. The bungalow has sitting room, kitchen, bedroom, shower room and cloakroom and offers a variety of uses. To the front of the house there is parking for several vehicles.

The rear walled garden is laid to lawn flanked by borders, trees and shrubs with large fig tree to the front of the bungalow.

It is within walking distance of the day to day shopping facilities of Walton Street including restaurants, artisan bars, coffee shops and the Phoenix Picture House cinema with more comprehensive facilities in Summertown and the city centre. Port Meadow is a short walk with river and canal side walks to the Trout and Perch pubs and Wolvercote.

A wide range of state and independent schools are nearby including St Philip and St James Primary School, Cherwell, St Edward's, The Dragon, Wychwood, Summer Fields, St Aloysius' Catholic Primary School and Oxford High. The Nuffield Health Club is on the Woodstock Road as well as Ferry Sports Centre in Summertown.

Train services to London Paddington from Oxford take approximately 55 minutes with services from Oxford Parkway to London Marylebone in 55 minutes.

From the coach station at Gloucester Green there are bus services to London Victoria, Heathrow and Gatwick airports.