Property description
An Idyllic 'chocolate box' Grade II listed thatched cottage with beautiful, private and well established gardens extending to three sides of the property. The cottage offers flexible accommodation featuring well proportioned rooms and substantial accommodation on the ground floor including three reception rooms, a double bedroom, well fitted kitchen, utility room and shower/wet room. Upstairs there are two double bedrooms, the master suite with a beautiful bathroom and dressing room and the second bedroom with an ensuite cloakroom. There is also a c.13' landing, which could be used as a study or occasional bedroom. Sams Hill Cottage is set well back from the road with delightful well tended cottage gardens to three sides with areas of lawn and well stocked and established flower beds and borders.The gardens are well screened and particularly private. There is also a stone built garage with off street parking to the front and a large outbuilding. There is scope to extend, subject to any necessary consents.
LOCATION Sam's Hill Cottage enjoys a pleasing open aspect to the front over pretty meadowland which is used for grazing. Middle Barton is a friendly and popular North Oxfordshire village, which is ideally placed for access to both Oxford and Banbury. The village offers excellent local facilities including an excellent village school, a church, a general store/post office and a Bistro pub. There are also a number of clubs and village activities including football, netball, tennis and bowling. The nearby village of Lower Heyford has the advantage of a railway station offering a main line service into Oxford and London (Paddington) and the soon to open Oxford Parkway station will be within easy reach and will provide a fast service into London, Marylebone. Middle Barton is also well placed for access to the M40, both junctions 9 & 10 and Bicester village is just 20 mins drive away.
HALL Two windows and door to front. Turning staircase rising to first floor with window to rear. Understairs storage cupboard with fire detector system, shelving and light. Built in cloaks cupboard. Woodblock flooring. Radiator.
SITTING ROOM 12' 5" x 12' 0" (3.78m x 3.66m) Window to front overlooking the garden with deep sill. Open fireplace with raised flagstone hearth. Built in shelving. Wall lights. Painted ceiling timbers. Woodblock flooring. Radiator.
DINING ROOM 13' 6" x 11' 8" (4.11m x 3.56m) Window to front overlooking the garden with deep sill. Open fireplace with cast iron wood burning stove (not presently used) and painted timber mantel and surround. Flagstone hearth. Painted ceiling timbers. Built in shelving. Woodblock flooring. Wall lights. Two radiators.
KITCHEN 12' 5" x 8' 10" (3.78m x 2.69m) Window to rear overlooking the garden. Well fitted with range of attractive wall and base units with cupboards with drawers incorporating Smeg cooker and ceramic hob with stainless steel splash back and extractor hood over. Larder fridge and dishwasher. Oak work surfaces with black granite Belfast style sink. Vertical radiator. Wood block flooring.
STUDY 8' 11" x 8' 7" (2.72m x 2.62m) Window to rear over garden. Built in cupboard. Radiator.
UTILITY ROOM 9' 9" x 5' 3 max" (2.97m x 1.6m) 5'3" into cupboards. Fitted cupboards to length of room with shelving and providing ample appliance space. Plumbing for automatic washing machine.
BEDROOM THREE 12' 6" x 7' 9" (3.81m x 2.36m) Window and door to garden. Wellness infra red dry heat sauna. Radiator.
SHOWER/ WET ROOM Fully tiled with walk in shower area, low level w.c. and pedestal wash hand basin. Window to rear. Ladder radiator.
REAR HALL Door to garden. Ceramic tiled flooring. Radiator.
FIRST FLOOR
LANDING 12' 10 max" x 8' 5" (3.91m x 2.57m) Window to front with window seat and views towards the meadow. Built in cupboard. Access to roof void. Exposed ceiling timber. Radiator.
BEDROOM ONE 12' 9" x 12' 0" (3.89m x 3.66m) Window to front with window seat overlooking the meadow. Built in cupboard and shelving. Exposed timbers. Radiator.
BATHROOM 13' 1" x 7' 9 max" (3.99m x 2.36m) A lovely room with white contemporary suite featuring tiled bath, low level w.c. and vanity unit with wash hand basin and cupboards and drawers under. Ladder radiator. Loft access. Part tiled walls. Open to dressing area. Windows to side.
DRESSING AREA Window to side. Wall light. Radiator.
BEDROOM TWO 13' 8 max" x 11' 7" (4.17m x 3.53m) Window to front with window seat and view towards the meadow and further window to side. Access to roof void. Radiator.
ENSUITE CLOAKROOM Window to side. Low level w.c. and wash hand basin.
OUTSIDE
DETACHED GARAGE Stone built with double electric timber doors to front. Light and power. Workshop area with workbench and shelving . Windows to side and to rear. Door to garden. The garage has been re-roofed. Additional parking space to front and to side.
OUTBUILDING 19' 7" x 9' 7" (5.97m x 2.92m) Windows to side. Door to garden. Power and light. This outside room has been re-roofed, replastered and decorated and could be used for a variety of uses, including studio, playroom or home office.
FRONT GARDEN A lovely South facing cottage garden overlooking the meadow, lawned with particularly well stocked beds and borders, filled with a wide variety of flowers and shrubs providing an abundance of scent and colour. There is an attractive 'old' stone wall to the front with a gate and pathway leading down to the front door with climbing roses and honeysuckle cascading over the front of the cottage. The garden is screened to the side by hedging and a gate leads through to the side and rear garden. There is also an ornamental flowering cherry tree and soft fruits including apricots and damsons. The cottage is set well back from the road with the garden extending to some c. 50' to the front.
SIDE & REAR GARDENS There are beautiful, extensive and well established gardens to the side and rear of the cottage with areas of lawn and well stocked beds and borders, planted with a variety of cottage flowers and shrubs and a number of productive fruit trees including apple and plum trees. The garden is particularly secluded and provides a number of sitting and outside entertaining areas including a barbecue area and stone built patio to the rear of the garden. There is also a raised flower bed and a utility area. Outside tap and lighting.