Property description
A very handsome and beautifully presented Victorian six bedroom family house in one of the best residential streets in Oxford.
The house is arranged over four floors with off-street parking for several cars and a very pretty rear garden. Period features include spacious rooms, sash windows and elegant marble fireplaces. The vendors have made considerable improvements to the house throughout the past 30 years and it is presented in excellent order.
6 bedrooms, family bathroom, 2 shower rooms, 3 WCs, lobby, entrance hall, drawing room, dining room, kitchen, lower lobby, utility room, play room, workroom/studio, garden, off street parking.
SITUATION The property is located in Norham Manor, one of the most desirable parts of the North Oxford Victorian Conservation Area, just east of the Banbury Road, north of University Parks and south of Park Town. The property is within approximately three hundred metres of the North Parade shops, restaurants and pubs. It is particularly convenient for the variety of North Oxford schools, city centre and Summertown, which provides a range of supermarkets, doctors' and dentists' surgeries, sports centres and major banks.
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
FRONT LOBBY Matwell, coat pegs, downlighters, sash window, original wooden glazed partition with door to
ENTRANCE HALL Oak floor, downlighters, sash window, flat panel radiator, stairs rising to first floor.
DRAWING ROOM 18'1\" x 13'5\" (5.51m x 4.1m). Oak floor, bay sash windows, marble mantelpiece with cast iron surround, built-in bookshelves and cabinet, ceiling rose, cornicing, picture rail, two flat panel radiators, television aerial point.
DINING ROOM 15'11\" x 13'5\" (4.85m x 4.1m). Oak floor, twin sash windows, fireplace with marble mantelpiece, slate hearth, fluted cast iron liner with green marble surround, ceiling rose, cornicing, picture rail, three flat panel radiators, television aerial point.
KITCHEN 10'2\" x 10' (3.1m x 3.05m). Oak floor, sash window, range of white lacquer wall and floor mounted units with a Staron work surface, glass splashbacks, one and a half bowl sink with mixer tap and waste disposal unit, concealed Miele dishwasher, Gaggenau four ring induction hob with warmer, Gaggenau extractor fan with light above, Gaggenau steam oven and electric fan oven with heated drawer, downlighters, pull-out larder.
LOWER GROUND FLOOR
HALF LANDING Side glazed door to garden with cat flap, mat-well, sash window, coat pegs, wall light.
LOBBY Tiled floor, downlighters, cupboard under-stairs housing boiler and hot water tank pump, additional under-stairs cupboard, flat panel radiator.
UTILITY/LARDER ROOM Tiled floor, casement window, floor mounted units with wooden work surface, two full height cupboards, space for fridge/-freezers, wooden shelves, downlighters, tiled splashback.
PLAY ROOM 18'1\" x 13'2\" (5.51m x 4.01m). Bay sash window, marble fireplace with Purbeck marble hearth, two flat panel radiators, internal door to
WORKROOM/STUDIO 15'11\" x 13'5\" (4.85m x 4.1m). Tiled floor, twin sash windows, floor mounted units with wooden work surface, double Belfast sink with mixer tap, tiled splashbacks, two rails of spotlights, wooden shelves, sealed fireplace, flat panel radiator.
LAUNDRY/SHOWER ROOM Tiled floor, casement window, laundry cupboard with shelf and space and plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer, shower cubicle with Grohe handheld attachment, tiled splashbacks, wash basin on wall mounted vanity unit with drawer below, tiled splashback, mirrored medicine cabinet, downlighters, radiator towel rail.
WC Tiled floor, sash window, wash basin with vanity unit, Philippe Starck for Duravit WC with Gerberit push button flush, wall mounted mirror, downlighters, radiator towel rail.
FIRST FLOOR
LANDING Oak floor, sash windows, flat panel radiator, stairs to second floor.
MASTER BEDROOM 18' x 13'7\" (5.49m x 4.14m). Oak floor, bay sash windows, marble mantelpiece, cast iron surround and grate, tiled hearth, built-in bookshelves, picture rail, downlighters, two flat panel radiators.
BEDROOM 2 15'11\" x 13'8\" (4.85m x 4.17m). Oak floor, twin sash windows, two built-in wardrobes, downlighters, cornicing, flat panel radiator, television aerial point.
SHOWER ROOM Oak floor, sash window, bowl wash basin by Philippe Starck with Axor Hans Grohe with waterfall tap and wooden pedestal unit with cupboards and glass shelf within, wall mounted cupboard for towels and medicines, shower cubicle with Hans Grohe rain shower head and attachment, marble tiled walls and splashbacks, downlighters, radiator towel rail.
WC Oak floor, sash window, Philippe Starck for Duravit WC, wash basin with mixer tap and cupboards below, marble tiled walls, soap holder, radiator towel rail.
BEDROOM 3 8'11\" x 6'10\" (2.72m x 2.08m). Oak floor, sash window, flat panel radiator, access to water supply.
SECOND FLOOR
LANDING Oak floor, sash window, loft access with fitted ladder.
FAMILY BATHROOM Oak floor, sash windows, freestanding bath on oak wood supports, marble tiled shelf beside bath, bowl wash basin with Philippe Starck mixer tap on marble counter, mirrored medicine cabinet with light above, shower cubicle with Hans Grohe rain shower head and shower attachment, wall mounted WC with concealed cistern and Geberit push button flush, tiled splashbacks, downlighters, wooden shelves above, radiator towel rail.
BEDROOM 4 15'11\" x 13'7\" (4.85m x 4.14m). Oak floor, twin sash windows, built-in wardrobe, downlighters, painted beam, flat panel radiator, television aerial point.
BEDROOM 5 15' x 10'9\" (4.57m x 3.28m). Oak floor, twin sash windows, two painted beams, built-in wardrobe, flat panel radiator.
BEDROOM 6 10'11\" x 9'9\" (3.33m x 2.97m). Oak floor, double aspect, three double glazed sash windows, downlighters, flat panel radiator.
WC Oak floor, Philippe Starck for Duravit WC, wash basin on wooden vanity unit, tiled splashback, downlighters, extractor fan.
LOFT 23' x 13'1\" (7m x 3.99m). Boarded, lit and insulated with large storage space.
OUTSIDE To the front of the property there is a brick paved driveway with parking for several cars. The attractive front garden is set within low brick walls with mature shrubs and trees including a cherry, a bay and a climbing wisteria on the wrought iron fence and around the drawing room bay window. Steps rise to the front door and there is a storage area beneath the steps. To the side of the property are tall wooden gates which open to the side passage and brick path to the rear garden. There is a broad brick paved dining terrace set within low walls. To the left is a square pond with a fountain and around the terrace are ferns, box and mature shrubs with a concealed pond pump. The pretty rear garden is mainly laid to lawn with mature herbaceous borders, set within mature yew hedges and low walls with trellis. Mature trees include a cypress, a laburnum, a garria eliptica and a date palm.
DIRECTIONS From Summertown, proceed south down Banbury Road past Park Town and the turning for Norham Road can be found on the left hand side. The property is about three quarters of the way down on the left hand side. Postcode OX2 6SF.