House For Sale £1,250,000
Manor Farm House is a handsome family home offering almost 3,200 sq. Ft. Of light-filled flexible accommodation arranged over two floors, sensitively modernised to combine the amenities of modern living with period features including high ceilings, sash windows, some with original window shutters, generously-proportioned rooms and some original fireplaces. The ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming double-height reception hall with parquet flooring and galleried landing over and briefly comprises a spacious drawing room with open fireplace, a large sitting room with exposed stone walls to two aspects and a generous dining room with parquet flooring, all combining to create an ideal family and entertaining space. The ground floor accommodation is completed by a spacious kitchen with a range of wall and floor units including a large central island, breakfast bar, and the original 18th century bread oven. An exposed stone wall and a door to the front aspect together with a walk-in larder, adjoining breakfast room with French doors to the rear terrace and a neighbouring fitted utility room with a useful store room. On the first floor a large galleried landing leads to the principal bedroom with built-in storage and cast iron fireplace, four further well-proportioned bedrooms, two family bathrooms, both with baths and separate walk-in showers, and a useful separate cloakroom.
The popular village of Wendlebury offers a good range of day-to-day amenities including a village hall, the location for numerous community events, a 13th century church and the recently renovated village pub, The Lion. The surrounding countryside provides numerous footpaths and bridleways for those enjoying the outdoor life. Nearby Bicester provides a wider range of amenities including local and High Street shopping and the eponymous Shopping Village. Communication links are excellent with regular services to London Marylebone from the two Bicester stations in around 55 minutes, the M40 motorway giving easy access to London and Birmingham. The village is convenient for Oxford with its wider range of amenities. The area offers a good range of state schooling and the Oxford schools are in easy reach and include The Dragon, Oxford High, Headington and Magdalen College School to name a few. Bruern Abbey school is nearby.
The property is approached through a five-bar gate over a gravelled driveway providing parking for multiple vehicles and a double garage. There is a detached triple aspect garden studio/office and a useful external store. The well-maintained garden is laid mainly to level lawn with borders of well-stocked flowerbeds, mature shrubs and trees and numerous seating areas and features an outdoor swimming pool with paved surround overlooked by a summer house with a decked seating area and a spacious paved terrace, both areas ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.
The popular village of Wendlebury offers a good range of day-to-day amenities including a village hall, the location for numerous community events, a 13th century church and the recently renovated village pub, The Lion. The surrounding countryside provides numerous footpaths and bridleways for those enjoying the outdoor life. Nearby Bicester provides a wider range of amenities including local and High Street shopping and the eponymous Shopping Village. Communication links are excellent with regular services to London Marylebone from the two Bicester stations in around 55 minutes, the M40 motorway giving easy access to London and Birmingham. The village is convenient for Oxford with its wider range of amenities. The area offers a good range of state schooling and the Oxford schools are in easy reach and include The Dragon, Oxford High, Headington and Magdalen College School to name a few. Bruern Abbey school is nearby.
The property is approached through a five-bar gate over a gravelled driveway providing parking for multiple vehicles and a double garage. There is a detached triple aspect garden studio/office and a useful external store. The well-maintained garden is laid mainly to level lawn with borders of well-stocked flowerbeds, mature shrubs and trees and numerous seating areas and features an outdoor swimming pool with paved surround overlooked by a summer house with a decked seating area and a spacious paved terrace, both areas ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.
