House For Sale £2,250,000
Built in 1719 by John Lockey, the house is Grade II listed and constructed of Limestone under a stone roof and considered to be one of the prettiest village houses in the Cotswolds.
The elegant five-bay Georgian facade has sash windows in stone surrounds, impressive quoins and a delightful porch with a semi-circular fanlight above. In front are 19th century spear-headed iron railings on a low wall with the superscription “C.hart maker wantage”.
Internally, the house has been sympathetically restored to very high standard. There is a central hall with flagstone floors, dado panelling and wonderful 18th Century staircase with a moulded handrail.
The main reception rooms are light and spacious with generous ceiling heights and period features such as the working shutters and open fires. To the rear of the house, and closest to the garden, is the kitchen/breakfast room with multiple units under marble worktops, an Aga, adjoining larder and separate boot room.
Above, the accommodation is spread over two floors with a fabulous principal suite, five further bedrooms plus a two family bathrooms with showers.
Across the courtyard, the cottage has been extended to incorporate two bedrooms and a double garage which is ideal for an over flow of guest, dependant relative or teenagers.
To the rear of the house, is a large terrace suitable for alfresco dining and outside entertaining plus a further barbeque and fire pit area with views over the incredible garden and field beyond. The garden is framed by a traditional stone wall draped in climbing roses and studded with well stocked herbaceous borders. An idyllic summerhouse occupies one corner of the garden making the perfect reading room or home office with views over the field.
Burford 5 miles
Lechlade 5 miles
Witney 9 miles
Cirencester 16 miles, Swindon 16 miles (London Paddington 55 minutes)
( M4 (J15) 17 miles, Oxford 23 miles
(All distances and times are approximate)
Lockey House is nestled away in the heart of the village of the Langford which has an array of pretty Cotswold stone built cottages and farmhouses surrounded by open farmland and countryside. The village is part of the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (anob) and dates from the Anglo-Saxon period and was recorded in the Doomsday Survey of 1086.
This vibrant village is centred around the Cricket Club, Tennis Club, and popular public house - The Bell “Best mouthful of the year, best mouthful of my life more like”. Giles Coren, restaurant critic for The Times.
The adjacent market towns of Lechlade and Burford provide good local amenities while the larger centres of Oxford, Cheltenham and Swindon, are all within easy travelling distance.
There are a range of excellent schools close by including; St Hugh's School 10 miles, Cokethorpe School 11 miles, Pinewood School 13 miles, Radley College 24 miles, Oxford Schools including The Dragon School, St Edward's, Oxford High School for Girls, Summer Fields, Lynams and Magdalen College School.
Communications are excellent with the M40 (J8) at Oxford and the M4 (J15) at Swindon. Rail travel is available at Swindon every 15 minutes at peak times and delivers to London Paddington in 55 minutes. There is also Oxford Parkway to London Marylebone.
The elegant five-bay Georgian facade has sash windows in stone surrounds, impressive quoins and a delightful porch with a semi-circular fanlight above. In front are 19th century spear-headed iron railings on a low wall with the superscription “C.hart maker wantage”.
Internally, the house has been sympathetically restored to very high standard. There is a central hall with flagstone floors, dado panelling and wonderful 18th Century staircase with a moulded handrail.
The main reception rooms are light and spacious with generous ceiling heights and period features such as the working shutters and open fires. To the rear of the house, and closest to the garden, is the kitchen/breakfast room with multiple units under marble worktops, an Aga, adjoining larder and separate boot room.
Above, the accommodation is spread over two floors with a fabulous principal suite, five further bedrooms plus a two family bathrooms with showers.
Across the courtyard, the cottage has been extended to incorporate two bedrooms and a double garage which is ideal for an over flow of guest, dependant relative or teenagers.
To the rear of the house, is a large terrace suitable for alfresco dining and outside entertaining plus a further barbeque and fire pit area with views over the incredible garden and field beyond. The garden is framed by a traditional stone wall draped in climbing roses and studded with well stocked herbaceous borders. An idyllic summerhouse occupies one corner of the garden making the perfect reading room or home office with views over the field.
Burford 5 miles
Lechlade 5 miles
Witney 9 miles
Cirencester 16 miles, Swindon 16 miles (London Paddington 55 minutes)
( M4 (J15) 17 miles, Oxford 23 miles
(All distances and times are approximate)
Lockey House is nestled away in the heart of the village of the Langford which has an array of pretty Cotswold stone built cottages and farmhouses surrounded by open farmland and countryside. The village is part of the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (anob) and dates from the Anglo-Saxon period and was recorded in the Doomsday Survey of 1086.
This vibrant village is centred around the Cricket Club, Tennis Club, and popular public house - The Bell “Best mouthful of the year, best mouthful of my life more like”. Giles Coren, restaurant critic for The Times.
The adjacent market towns of Lechlade and Burford provide good local amenities while the larger centres of Oxford, Cheltenham and Swindon, are all within easy travelling distance.
There are a range of excellent schools close by including; St Hugh's School 10 miles, Cokethorpe School 11 miles, Pinewood School 13 miles, Radley College 24 miles, Oxford Schools including The Dragon School, St Edward's, Oxford High School for Girls, Summer Fields, Lynams and Magdalen College School.
Communications are excellent with the M40 (J8) at Oxford and the M4 (J15) at Swindon. Rail travel is available at Swindon every 15 minutes at peak times and delivers to London Paddington in 55 minutes. There is also Oxford Parkway to London Marylebone.
