House For Sale £1,400,000
We are thrilled to offer to the market this beautiful period four-bedroom cottage located in the sought-after village of Steeple Aston. Acacia Cottage is a rare opportunity to buy a beautiful family home with generous private gardens.
Dating back to 1760 the main house has been well maintained by the current owners and has many original and period features. To the rear of the house is the solid wood hand-built Kitchen complete with granite and oak worktops and a 2-oven Aga. There is also a dining area which leads out onto the amazing York stone paved courtyard with sculpted box hedging and a small decorative pond.
Additional living space includes a truly spectacular drawing room with a panel book cabinet, vaulted ceilings and French windows leading to the formal gardens, dining hall with its inglenook fireplace that leads on to a cozy snug with built in bookshelves and cupboards, utility room and a downstairs cloakroom. Upstairs there are four bedrooms, three of which are doubles with the master being en-suite and the additional family bathroom to service the other bedrooms.
Outside the gardens have been impeccably maintained. The large main lawn, which is mostly level, leads off the main courtyard via steps and has a lovely small summer house. There is a secondary lawn with raised vegetable boxes beyond and backs onto a paddock.
In addition to the main house, there is a separate studio annexe that has been successfully used as a holiday cottage for a number of years. This is located above the garage and useful workshop This is a property not to be missed. Book a viewing today to appreciate the quality and space this home offers.
Steeple Aston is a popular village situated in North Oxfordshire between Oxford and Banbury. Together with North Aston and Middle Aston, the three neighbouring villages are known locally as ‘The Astons’.
Steeple Aston is well served with local amenities including a shop and post office, village hall, village pub, and a fine 13th-century parish church. The nearby market towns of Bicester and Banbury, together with the University town of Oxford, provide for more specialist requirements. Local leisure and entertainment venues include Soho Farmhouse Private Members Club at Great Tew and golf and polo in the village of Kirtlington.
Communication is good with mainline stations either from the neighbouring village of Lower Heyford to Oxford (or changing for London/Paddington or at Bicester / Oxford Parkway providing fast train services to London Marylebone the M40 (J10) Ardley is about 7.5 miles.
