Description

A handsome detached manor house with stunning viewsLocationThe property lies on the Broadstone Estate set in rolling Oxfordshire countryside between the villages of Enstone and Chipping Norton on the edge of the Cotswolds.Enstone has a village store, primary and nursery School and a regular bus service to Oxford and Chipping Norton, the neighbouring village of Church Enstone, approx. 3.5 miles, has a gastro pub, The Crown, and the 9th century Church of St. Kenelm's. Just outside the village is Heythrop Park with its competition golf course, spa, gym and swimming pool.Great Tew is the home of Soho Farmhouse private members club and Daylesford Organic Farm Shop is approx. 9.7 miles from the property.Chipping Norton has more comprehensive facilities including three supermarkets, a good range of local shops, restaurants, pubs, cafes and theatre, as well as a medical centre and community hospital.The rolling north-west Oxfordshire countryside is instantly picturesque with its numerous villages and small market towns including Woodstock, Charlbury, Hook Norton and Deddington. There are a number of excellent pubs including the Falkland Arms at Great Tew, the Bull at Charlbury, the Killingworth Castle at Wootton as well as the Plough and Wild Rabbit in Kingham. Aside from the excellent local schools the house is well located for Great Tew primary school, Kitebrook, Dormer House, Bloxham and Tudor Hall. The Oxford school run is within easy reach for The Dragon, Summerfields, Headington, Oxford High, St. Edwards and Magdalen College School. Radley, Stowe and Cheltenham together with many well-known public schools are within relatively easy reach.Communications are excellent; the A44 provides direct access to Oxford and the A34 and M40. The Chiltern Line from Oxford Parkway and Bicester provides an excellent train service to London Marylebone and nearby Charlbury to Paddington.Sporting in the area includes Hunting with the Heythrop and Warwickshire; polo at Kirtlington and Cirencester; racing at Stratford and Warwick; clay pigeon shooting at the Oxfordshire Shooting School; numerous golf clubs including Heythrop, Chipping Norton, Burford and Tadmarton Heath; theatres in Chipping Norton, Oxford and Stratford upon Avon.DescriptionThis handsome Cotswold stone Manor House, with more than 10,600 sq ft of accommodation across three floors, sits on a beautiful farming estate approx. 7 miles from of the world renowned Soho Farmhouse. The property has been recently renovated, in most parts of the house, and whilst it has retained the period features expected of a house of this stature it also provides the modern conveniences a family needs. Tenants benefit from an indoor heated swimming pool, brand new double glazed windows, a biomass boiler and Gigaclear broadband.Nestled in approx. 3.5 acres of maintained gardens the house is reached via a private tree lined road through the stunning grounds of the estate then wrought iron electric gates. The principal rooms on the ground floor comprise grand entrance hall with impressive oak staircase to the first floor, a wood panelled home office and the formal dining room lead from the entrance hall. The imposing double aspect reception room features a beautiful stone surround open fire place and leads through to the library with gun safe. The separate kitchen includes a Rangemaster, American style fridge / freezer and built in dishwasher and opens to the bright triple aspect breakfast room with sliding doors to the rear patio. Further rooms on the ground floor include a coat / boot room, utility room, wood store with both internal and external access, two guest cloakrooms and plant room. Finally a side entrance convenient from the parking area leading through to the barn style indoor swimming pool with exposed beams and floor to ceiling glass sliding doors opening to the rear patio.The first floor comprises the remarkable principal bedroom suite offering two dressing rooms and a bathroom with double basins, large bath and walk in shower. There is another double bedroom with built in wardrobe and en suite shower room, two further double bedrooms with built in wardrobes, a bathroom and a shower room.The second floor comprises a spacious corner aspect games room with snooker table, three bedrooms and a shower room.There is an annex on the first and second floors which can be accessed from the main house or closed off for privacy which would make useful space for visiting guests, older children or live in staff. The annex comprises sitting / dining room with semi open plan kitchen, bedroom and bathroom.Externally there is ample parking as well as a three bay car port to the right of the house. The landscaped gardens wrap around the other three sides of the house and include box hedging, flower and shrub beds, lawns to the front and rear, a variety of mature trees and a pond. Tenants can enjoy alfresco dining on the newly laid patio areas behind the house, a terrace with wonderful garden views accessed via a spiral staircase and a summer house tucked away in a private corner.Services:Biomass boiler, mains electricity, private water charged by the estate, drainage. Gigaclear broadband. For more details and to contact: