8 bedroom detached house for sale
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Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- 8 10 bedrooms
- 6 reception rooms
- 8 bathrooms
- 36.80 acres
- High ceilings
- Historic parkland setting
- 3 bedroom annexe/cottage
- Oxford Tube stop to London 2 miles away
- Village school, cricket club, café
- 20 stables
The house is arranged over four floors, including the extensive basement. The ground floor comprises a large welcoming reception hall, with doors off to the drawing room and dining room, which connects to the kitchen/breakfast room and family sitting room. There is also a playroom, estate office, boot pantry, utility room and two WCs.
Upstairs there is a principal bedroom suite with dressing room and en suite bathroom, three further bedroom suites, a fifth bedroom and separate family shower room, all on the first floor. The second floor includes a further bedroom suite, four further bedrooms and a family bathroom, as well as attic storage space.
With its own separate access from the outside, Kingston House Cottage also connects to the main house, if required, and comprises a sitting room and kitchen/ breakfast room on the ground floor with a family room with WC and three bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor. It has its own separate garden and outbuildings.
Approached by a long driveway with a copper beech avenue, there is ample parking at the side of the house. A paved terrace wraps around two sides of the house, leading out to the predominantly lawned gardens with grass paddocks beyond, with mature parkland trees. The soil is well-drained chalk, ideal for grazing. To the north of the house, there is a stable yard with twenty stables, an old granary, a washroom, a foaling box, tack rooms, machinery and food stores.
In all about 36.80 acres
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Kingston House is beautifully situated on the edge of the well-positioned village of Kingston Blount at the foot of the Chiltern Hills.
There is a mainline rail service from either High Wycombe, Princes Risborough or Haddenham & Thame Parkway to London Marylebone in approximately 35 minutes. The M40 (Jct 6) and 24-hour Oxford Tube stop are only 2 miles away, and Heathrow Airport is 29 miles away.
Schools in the area include a Church of England primary school in the village, Watlington Primary School, Lewknor Church of England Primary School and Icknield Community College, as well as Lord William's in Thame. Private schools include The Dragon School, Summer Fields School, Magdalen College School, Cothill House School and St. Edward's School in Summertown. For girls, Headington is also easily accessible via the Oxford Tube.
Within the village, there is a cafe and Lockdown Larder. More comprehensive shops and amenities are in Watlington, Princes Risborough and Thame. The larger centres of Henley-on-Thames and Oxford are also easily accessible.
Nearby is Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons at Great Milton, The Sir Charles Napier at Chinnor and Raymond Blanc's The Black Horse at Thame.
Close by is an active cricket club and horse racing at the neighbouring Kingston Blount point-to-point course. Nearby Arrington Stud Equestrian Centre. Golf at Princes Risborough Golf Club, Oxford Golf Hotel & Spa and Waterstock Golf Club and Driving Range. There is an extensive network of nearby footpaths and bridleways, including the Ridgeway.
M40 (J6) 2 miles | Watlington 5 miles | Haddenham & Thame Parkway 5 miles (London Marylebone 35 minutes) | Henley-on-Thames 15 miles | Oxford 17 miles | London 43 miles (All distances and times are approximate)
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