Yarnells has been sensitively modernised and extended to combine the amenities of modern
living with a stunning period property. On the
ground floor there is a welcoming reception hall
with a cloakroom, that leads to a generous 24
ft. sitting room with an open fireplace. There
is also a spacious study with a fireplace with
woodburning stove, and an extensive open plan
kitchen/dining/family room with pale wooden
flooring throughout. Numerous skylights and
orangery-style glazing incorporates two sets
of French doors to the rear terrace flooding
the room with natural light. The property also
benefits from a spacious cellar, suitable for a
variety of uses.
On the first floor there is a spacious principal
bedroom with built-in storage and a large en
suite shower room, two further generous double
bedrooms, both with built-in storage, and a
modern family bathroom. The property’s two
large remaining bedrooms can be found on the
second floor.

Located to the south-west of Oxford city centre,
Yarnells Hill is an elevated and highly-regarded
residential area close to the countryside of
Boars Hill and Cumnor village yet only a
short commute from the city centre. Nearby
Botley village offers a wide range of day-today
amenities including boutique and high
street shopping in the Square, Elms Parade
and Botley Mills together with numerous cafés
and restaurants. More extensive shopping,
commercial, leisure and educational facilities can
be found in Oxford city centre. Communication
links are excellent with local bus services to
the city centre, Oxford train station offering
regular services to central London in a little
over 45 minutes and easy access to the A34
linking to Newbury and the M4 and to the M40
connecting to London and Birmingham.
The area offers a wide range of schooling
including North Hinksey C of E Primary School
and Matthew Arnold School together with
several grammar schools and a good selection
of independent schools including Oxford
International College, Christ Church Cathedral
School, Cherwell College, Oxford Sixth Form
College, New College, Magdalen College,
Wychwood, d’Overbroecks’s and Dragon School.

The property is approached over a driveway
providing private parking for multiple vehicles
and giving access to a single garage. There is
also a detached timber-framed outbuilding
with kitchenette, cloakroom and separate room
with French doors to the garden, suitable for a
variety of uses. The garden, a particular feature
of this property, is laid mainly to level and
gently-sloping lawn with well-stocked borders.
It features numerous seating areas, an area of
light woodland and a garden pond together
with a block-paved terrace to the front, a raised
paved terrace to the rear and a separate paved
seating/barbecue area, all ideal for entertaining
and al fresco dining, the whole screened by
mature trees.