Wigginton, Oxfordshire, OX15

Sympathetically and carefully curated living.

Description

Late 17th century Grade II listed detached house (Date stone 1695).

Stone construction under a pitched Welsh grey slate covered roof.

Wealth of period features including open fireplaces, exposed timbers, window seats, leaded lights, deep window boards and shutters.

The house has been sympathetically renovated and modernised throughout. There has been real attention to detail to introduce modern living whilst retaining the property age and charm. Neutral paint tones create a sense of light, elegance and fresh, clean living.

Notable improvements include hand made Monkeywood kitchen and laundry room units; Aston Matthews bathroom fittings; Vaughan, Jim Lawrence and A Place In The Garden lighting; Lacanche electric kitchen range with double oven and five ring hob; engineered oak flooring; Roger Oates runners; Osborne & Little and Thibaut wallpaper; English Heritage oak frame garden room with underfoor heating; outdoor oil fired boiler and radiators; professionally designed and French inspired entertaining area along the southern elevation.

Bi-fold doors from the garden room open out to the paved and hoggin covered entertaining area interspersed with topiary and box hedging. The garden room is a key element to this property, as it not only provides all year round informal entertaining space, but really brings the garden into the house.

Versatile accommodation provided by a separate music room in the garage building opposite. This is currently used as a reception room, but would be ideal for working from home or studio. There is potential to incorporate the adjoining garage to create a separate annexe, subject to the relevant consents.

Extensive, level and partly walled mature gardens lie to the east and south interspersed with various shrubs and trees. Areas of the garden have been left un-mown to allow for wildlife. Whilst the house is positioned in the heart of the village, when you close the gates, the garden envelopes you and provides space and privacy.

Beyond there is a delightfully private garden with partly wall and beech hedge boundaries. Here there are flowering borders and beds and outdoor heated swimming pool.

There is an additional access point onto the village lane on the southern boundary.

Key attributes are:-
• Modern well-appointed living.
• Delightful character and period features.
• Versatile accommodation.
• Extensive gardens.
• Swimming pool.
• Double garage and off road parking.
• Access to Soho Farmhouse, mainline railway station and M40 at Banbury, together with excellent local schooling at Great Tew, Hook Norton and beyond.
• This is very much village living yet with plenty of space and privacy.
• In all about 0.9 acre.

Location

Wigginton is a quiet, attractive village nestling on the side of the River Swere valley in rolling north Oxfordshire countryside. The village has a public house, parish church, Methodist chapel and village hall. Everyday requirements can be found at Hook Norton, Sibford Ferris and Bloxham.

The popular market town of Chipping Norton offers more extensive shopping and entertainment with an active local theatre and many restaurants and pubs. Comprehensive facilities can also be found in Banbury, Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon as well as Cheltenham and Birmingham .

Educational facilities in the area include primary school at Great Tew and Hook Norton; senior schools at Bloxham, Chipping Norton and Banbury; preparatory schools include St John’s Priory (Banbury), Kitebrook and Winchester House (Brackley); public schools at Bloxham School and Tudor Hall with accessibility to Oxford and Cheltenham Schools.

Transport connections include train services from Banbury to London/Marylebone (fast service from 57 minutes) and from Charlbury to London/Paddington (fast service from 75 minutes). Connections onto the M40 motorway are either at junction 10 (Ardley) for the south or junction 11 (Banbury) for the north.

Leisure and sporting activities in the area include a village sports and tennis club in Hook Norton; Soho Farmhouse at Great Tew (5 miles); Daylesford Organic Farmshop and Spa at Daylesford (14 miles); golf at Tadmarton Heath, Chipping Norton and Lyneham; theatre at Chipping Norton, Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon; horse racing at Cheltenham and Warwick; hunting with the Heythrop and Warwickshire Hunts; polo at Kirtlington. The surrounding area includes the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and hosts many footpaths and bridleways for walking and riding.

All distances and times are approximate.

Square Footage: 2,702 sq ft


Acreage: 0.9 Acres

Directions

From Banbury (M40 J11), head south on the A361 towards Chipping Norton. Go through Bloxham and onto South Newington and as you are leaving the village take the right hand turn signposted to Wigginton. Follow this road into the village of Wigginton and continue up a gentle slop taking the first turning (School Lane) on the left. Continue passed the village hall on your left and take the first right turn (Chapel Lane). Woodheys is the first house on the right.

Additional Info

AGENTS NOTE:
We wish to inform prospective buyers of this property that the seller is an employee of Savills.

Photos taken May/June 2023. Details prepared June 2023.