Property description
A charming 3/4 double bedroom Victorian stone cottage, offering excellent flexible family accommodation in this highly convenient and accessible village location. The property has been sympathetically enlarged and refurbished by the current owners, yet still provides scope for further extension if so desired.
Period features include exposed stone walls, original fireplaces and quarry tiled floors. The recent refurbishment includes a handmade kitchen with granite work surfaces, feature cherry wood staircase, travertine flagstones and contemporary bathroom fittings. A 27 foot fully converted attic room, currently used as a home office but suitable for a variety of uses, completes the accommodation. A detached, stone double garage also provides scope for development.
3 double bedrooms, converted attic room, bathroom, kitchen/breakfast room, dining room, sitting room, family room, double garage, parking, garden.
DESCRIPTION The mature cottage garden is a highlight, with feature planting and a flagstone dining terrace. Enclosed by stone walls and woven hazel fencing, the garden is not overlooked and enjoys a south westerly facing aspect, perfect for summer entertaining.
SITUATION Frilford is a prestigious, semi-rural village with superb road and transport links via the A420 and A34 (leading to M40/M4) approximately three miles from Abingdon and eight miles from Oxford. Excellent rail links are accessed from Oxford and Didcot Parkway with fast trains to London Paddington in under 45 minutes. Additionally, superfast fibre optic broadband is available to the area.
The village includes practical shopping, excellent schooling and leisure facilities. A recently refitted Budgens store and petrol-station offers convenience shopping whilst Millet's Farm Centre - a renowned visitor attraction - features a farm shop with specialist grocery, bakery, fishmongers, butchery, wine and delicatessen concessions. The complex also includes a garden centre, gift shop, two restaurants and extensive children's playground/animal farm.
Independent schooling can be found at 'Josca's', Abingdon Preparatory School, located in the centre of the village. Alternatively, Frilford also falls within the catchment for the highly regarded Marcham Primary school, rated 'good' by Ofsted. The two villages are connected by a designated footpath, located almost opposite the property.
Nearby attractions include the university city of Oxford and the historic riverside town of Abingdon. The Cotswolds, Kingston Bagpuize House and gardens, Cothill National Nature Reserve and Farmoor reservoir for sailing, water skiing and fishing are within a short drive. Leisure facilities include Frilford Heath Golf Club providing three eighteen hole championship golf courses set in five hundred acres of heathland.
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
ENTRANCE HALL Original quarry tiled floor, exposed stone walls to two sides and exposed brick, open fireplace, open galleried staircase to first floor landing, open plan to dining room and sitting room.
DINING ROOM 14'1\" x 12' (4.3m x 3.66m). Original quarry tiled floor, exposed stone wall, exposed brick open fireplace, under stairs storage cupboard with fitted shelves, telephone point, broadband point.
SITTING ROOM 14' x 10'6\" (4.27m x 3.2m). Quarry tiled floor, exposed stone walls, open fireplace, downlighters, television ariel point, radiator.
FAMILY ROOM 12'11\" x 10'5\" (3.94m x 3.18m). French doors to rear garden, exposed ceiling beam, partially exposed stone wall, downlighters, television aerial point, telephone point. Oak ledged and braced door to kitchen.
KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM 14'3\" x 10'5\" (4.34m x 3.18m). Travertine flagstone floor, hand-made solid wood painted kitchen with a range of Cottiswood wall and floor mounted units with black granite worktop and matching window sills, one and a half bowl Villeroy & Bosch ceramic sink with mixer tap and drainer, integrated fridge freezer, black glass induction hob, stainless steel Neff double electric oven, space and plumbing for dishwasher, washing machine and tumble dryer, downlighters, telephone point, door to rear garden, Velux skylight, oak ledged and braced door to dining room.
FIRST FLOOR
LANDING Airing cupboard housing Vaillant central heating boiler and hot water cylinder. Installed 2010.
MASTER BEDROOM 11'9\" x 10'5\" (3.58m x 3.18m). Full-length picture window with garden views, double fitted wardrobes, exposed ceiling beam, exposed stone wall, television aerial point, telephone point, radiator.
BEDROOM 2 14'1\" x 12' (4.3m x 3.66m). Exposed brick open fireplace, downlighters, radiator.
BATHROOM Antique Limestone tiled floor with under-floor heating, tiled walls and splash-backs, partially exposed stone wall, contemporary corner shower cubicle with frameless glass doors, wall mounted Hansgrohe mixer tap with rainfall shower head, roll-top cast iron bath with central, wall mounted mixer tap and shower head, contemporary square ceramic wash basin on solid oak floor-standing vanity unit with mixer tap, Victorian style WC with high level, wall mounted cistern, downlighters, radiator.
BEDROOM 3 14'1\" x 10'9\" (4.3m x 3.28m). Open fireplace, television aerial point, radiator, oak ledged and braced door to staircase to converted attic room
ATTIC ROOM 27'7\" x 7'8\" (8.4m x 2.34m). Converted room spanning the entire length of the house, three Velux skylights, downlighters, eaves storage, telephone point, television aerial point.
GARAGE 16'2\" x 15'6\" (4.93m x 4.72m). Double stone built garage (originally, the washhouse to the farm cottages) with electric, remote controlled roll-over door, internal power and lighting, inspection pit, parking space for additional two cars. There is a six foot wide pedestrian access across neighbouring parking area through rear gate to garden and property.
OUTSIDE To the front of the cottage is a garden with stone retaining walls and steps to front door with timber porch above. Borders include mature wisteria, roses, lavender and clematis.
The rear walled garden is fully enclosed and lies to the rear, enjoying a south westerly aspect and an excellent degree of privacy. Mature climbing roses, wisteria and honeysuckle are trained along the walls and hazel fencing. The raised lawn is surrounded by an array of mature specimen trees, shrubs and herbaceous borders. A stone built shed (part of an original outhouse) provides useful storage space for garden tools.
N.B. The property and garage provides ample scope for further development, in particular, the additional side return area marked as \"enclosed' on the floor plan. The cottage is not located in a conservation zone or subject to listed building restrictions. The owners are happy to share plans illustrating additional options for extension, subject to the necessary planning permissions.
DIRECTIONS From A420, leave the A420 at the Wantage exit (A338). After approximately 2 miles, shortly after passing the golf course on your right, the road dips and bends to the right. At this point, please slow. The gravel driveway leading to the parking area can be found on your right just before the JD Wood sign. Please park in front of the double garage. Postcode OX13 5NR.
From A34, leave the A34 at the Abingdon/Marcham exit. Take the A415 (Witney & Marcham) and proceed through the village for approximately 2 miles until you reach a T-junction with Shell petrol station on your right. Turn right, proceed through the traffic lights and slow down. The property and it's driveway will be situated on your left, a short way down the hill and just past the turning to Ford Land on your right.