House For Sale £1,585,000
Lying in this popular side road, the house provides good family living space with light, well- proportioned rooms. It was built in 1910 and retains many period features including doors, fireplaces and cornicing.
The front door opens to a generous reception hall with fitted book-shelves and stairs to first floor. The main reception room is to the front of the house with an original open fireplace and bay window. The kitchen / breakfast room overlooks the garden and is well fitted with a range of units. There is also a separate utility room with WC and door to the outside. In the kitchen there are glazed double doors opening into the Sitting Room which has a part vaulted roof with Velux rooflights and large French doors opening to the garden. This is a most attractive room enjoying excellent natural light and at the far end provides a dining area as well.
To the first floor there are four double bedrooms, three with fitted wardrobes, and a shower room together with a separate bathroom. The second floor has the fifth bedroom which is used as an office and has extensive eaves storage. The main roof was re-tiled and insulated to current standards four years ago.
There is side access to the large sunny garden which is particularly attractive with a broad paved terrace immediately to the rear of the house. The lawn is flanked by well-stocked herbaceous borders and at the bottom, screened by a rose clad trellis is a vegetable garden with shed.
The front garden provides parking behind a high hedge.
Davenant Road lies in the heart of north Oxford, close to all the excellent shopping and recreational facilities in Summertown, a short walk away. Summertown offers an array of shops, restaurants, artisan bakers and coffee shops as well an M and S Food Hall. In addition there are two gyms, doctors and dentists surgeries.
The house is also close to Port Meadow for river and canal side walks. Oxford Parkway rail station is nearby with services to London Marylebone from 52 minutes. From Gloucester Green there are regular services to London Heathrow, Victoria and Gatwick airports.
The city is very well served with an excellent choice of schools, both state and independent for all ages, including The Dragon and its Preparatory School, Oxford High School, St Edward's, Summer Fields, Wychwood School for Girls and Cherwell School and Headington School amongst others.
A34 1.3 miles
Oxford city centre 2.5 miles
Oxford mainline station (services to London Paddington in 52 minutes) 2.5 miles
Oxford Parkway Station (services to Marylebone in 52 minutes) 1.4 miles
Directions: From Oxford city centre proceed north on Banbury Road, through Summertown and turn left into Davenant Road and the house is on the right.
The front door opens to a generous reception hall with fitted book-shelves and stairs to first floor. The main reception room is to the front of the house with an original open fireplace and bay window. The kitchen / breakfast room overlooks the garden and is well fitted with a range of units. There is also a separate utility room with WC and door to the outside. In the kitchen there are glazed double doors opening into the Sitting Room which has a part vaulted roof with Velux rooflights and large French doors opening to the garden. This is a most attractive room enjoying excellent natural light and at the far end provides a dining area as well.
To the first floor there are four double bedrooms, three with fitted wardrobes, and a shower room together with a separate bathroom. The second floor has the fifth bedroom which is used as an office and has extensive eaves storage. The main roof was re-tiled and insulated to current standards four years ago.
There is side access to the large sunny garden which is particularly attractive with a broad paved terrace immediately to the rear of the house. The lawn is flanked by well-stocked herbaceous borders and at the bottom, screened by a rose clad trellis is a vegetable garden with shed.
The front garden provides parking behind a high hedge.
Davenant Road lies in the heart of north Oxford, close to all the excellent shopping and recreational facilities in Summertown, a short walk away. Summertown offers an array of shops, restaurants, artisan bakers and coffee shops as well an M and S Food Hall. In addition there are two gyms, doctors and dentists surgeries.
The house is also close to Port Meadow for river and canal side walks. Oxford Parkway rail station is nearby with services to London Marylebone from 52 minutes. From Gloucester Green there are regular services to London Heathrow, Victoria and Gatwick airports.
The city is very well served with an excellent choice of schools, both state and independent for all ages, including The Dragon and its Preparatory School, Oxford High School, St Edward's, Summer Fields, Wychwood School for Girls and Cherwell School and Headington School amongst others.
A34 1.3 miles
Oxford city centre 2.5 miles
Oxford mainline station (services to London Paddington in 52 minutes) 2.5 miles
Oxford Parkway Station (services to Marylebone in 52 minutes) 1.4 miles
Directions: From Oxford city centre proceed north on Banbury Road, through Summertown and turn left into Davenant Road and the house is on the right.
