5 bedroom house for sale

The property has been sensitively modernised to combine modern amenities with features including a thatched roof, casement windows, some exposed beams and an original fireplace.

Configured to provide an ideal family and entertaining space, the ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming double-height entrance hall with contemporary industrial staircase into a generous drawing room with feature angled wall with inset fireplace and French doors to the terrace, a spacious sitting room with feature fireplace and French doors to the garden, a well-proportioned music room with a door to the terrace, a large kitchen/dining room with a range of modern wall and base units including a central island , an Aga, modern integrated appliances, a sunken wine cellar and a dining area with space for a good-sized table and French doors to the garden, and a separate fitted utility room with garden access and useful neighbouring cloakroom.

On the part-vaulted first floor the property offers a spacious principal bedroom with contemporary en suite shower room, an additional double bedroom with en suite shower room, three further well-proportioned bedrooms and a modern family bathroom with freestanding bath and separate shower.

Having plenty of kerb appeal, the property is approached through twin five-bar gates over a gravelled driveway providing private parking and giving access to a detached double garage. The sizeable garden is laid mainly to level lawn and features numerous seating areas, an all-weather tennis court, a stable block with three loose boxes and paved and gravelled terraces, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining, the whole screened by mature hedging and specimen trees and enjoying far-reaching countryside views.

The tranquil North Oxfordshire conservation village of Sandford St. Martin has a village green, parish church, village hall and cricket club and is surrounded by numerous Cotswold villages offering a range of day-to-day amenities including Great Tew with its village shop/café, public house, primary school and Soho Farmhouse. The surrounding area including the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty offers a wide range of walking and riding routes, golf courses and polo and horse racing centres. Chipping Norton offers extensive shopping together with supermarkets, theatres, dentist and GP surgeries, secondary schooling and good sports and leisure facilities. Banbury, Bicester and Oxford all offer extensive shopping, service and entertainment facilities. Communications links are excellent: Heyford station offers regular services to major regional centres and London, and the M40 motorway gives easy access to the motorway network, Birmingham International Airport and central London.

The area offers a good range of state primary and secondary schooling together with a wide selection of independent schools including Bloxham, Tudor Hall, Sibford, St. John’s Priory and LVS Oxford.