Farm for sale in Cropredy Lawn, Cropredy, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX17

Cropredy Lawn is a pretty farmhouse with well proportioned reception rooms and 7 bedrooms. On the ground floor there is a dining room, drawing room, billiard room, large office, sitting room, family kitchen and breakfast room. In addition, there is a cellar, utility room, pantry, two downstairs loos and access to the tack room. The first floor houses 5 of the bedrooms one with a mezzanine floor over bedroom 5 and a 1 bedroom flat-on. The principal bedroom has a dressing room and ensuite bathroom, with views over the garden. On the second floor there are a further two bedrooms and a shower room.

The house is set in a private position benefitting from a half mile drive which arrives at the front of the farmhouse. To the side of the house is a tennis court, swimming pool and formal gardens with rose beds and herbaceous borders. Set in the grounds is a large kitchen garden and greenhouse with formal box hedging.

Cropredy Lawn has an extensive range of equestrian facilities to support a range of equestrian needs. There is an impressive 6.5 furlong uphill gallop with a Eurotrack surface, that has been topped up and supplemented with Martin Collins' products. The last 21⁄2 furlongs rise 90 feet and provide a testing, but not too stiff gradient for the horses to work against.

There are three additional properties set down the drive.

The land at Cropredy Lawn extends to 236.19 acres (95.50 ha), of which 134 acres is arable, 71 acres is pasture, and 17 acres is woodland. The arable land is currently farmed as part of a Contract Farming Agreement and is currently down to Spring Barley. The land is loamy soil and classified as Grade 2 and 3 and is fertile land producing good yields. A local grazier is on a grazing licence for some of the pasture. There is an old airstrip on the eastern boundary in the arable field. On the northern boundary is a poplar plantation with various trails through the woodland for hacking. The land will be available with Vacant Possession upon completion.

Located to the north of Banbury, Cropredy Lawn is surrounded by rolling countryside. The nearby village of Cropredy has its roots in Anglo-Saxon times and its name is thought to be derived from the Old English word "croppe" - meaning hill and "ridig" - small stream. The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086) and before the Reformation, it was part of the estate held by the Bishop of Lincoln. The picturesque Oxford Canal and the River Cherwell run in parallel on the southeast border of the village.