Detached house for sale in Northmoor, Oxfordshire OX29

The Old Vicarage is a beautiful period house with substantial rooms and extensive private gardens overlooking open countryside. The property was constructed in circa 1901 by John Oldrid-Scott, son of the famous architect Sir Gilbert Scott. Of note are the impressive drawing room and dining room, together with the large and bright kitchen/breakfast room. There are six bedrooms, including two suites, and two further family bathrooms. The property also benefits from extensive walk-in attic storage. Many of the rooms are dual aspect with views either over the gardens or open countryside. The grounds are in excess of an acre and are divided into formal and informal areas of lawns, deep herbaceous and shrub borders, together with a variety of fruit trees. On the drive adjacent to the house, there is a very useful timber garage block and a machinery store.

The villages of Northmoor, Standlake and Stanton Harcourt provide public houses, including the well-known community pub in Northmoor, The Red Lion, a post office and a village store for everyday needs. Communications are excellent, with a regular rail service from Didcot (15.4 miles) to London Paddington, which takes about 40 minutes. All of the celebrated Abingdon and Oxford schools are within an easy drive, including St Helen and St Katherine, The Manor Preparatory School, Abingdon Prep, St Hugh's, Cokethorpe, St Edward's, Radley, the Dragon, Oxford High School and Summer Fields. At the edge of the Cotswolds, the property is also within convenient reach of Chipping Norton, Burford, Soho Farmhouse, Daylesford Organic, Estelle Manor and rh (Restoration Hardware at Aynhoe).

Witney 8.3 miles, Abingdon 9.6 miles, Didcot railway station 15.4 miles (London Paddington from 37 minutes), Oxford 16.3 miles, London 68.4 miles.
(All distances and times are approximate).