Boars Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1
- PROPERTY TYPE
Detached
- BEDROOMS
5
- BATHROOMS
5
- SIZE
4,149 sq ft
385 sq m
- TENUREDescribes how you own a property. There are different types of tenure - freehold, leasehold, and commonhold.Read more about tenure in our glossary page.
Freehold
Key features
- 5 bedrooms
- 5 reception rooms
- 5 bathrooms
- 0.69 acres
- Outbuildings
- Period
- Detached
- Garden
- Parking
- Patio
Description
The first floor comprises the main bedroom with a large ensuite bath/ shower room and walk-in dressing room. There is a guest ensuite bedroom, three further bedrooms, a large family bathroom and a separate shower room. Particular features in the house include underfloor heating to the ground floor, Sonos sound system to the ground floor and main bedroom ensuite, individual Nest Thermostat zones and bathroom taps & showers by Lusso Stone.
All the main rooms look onto the private garden, which is laid to lawn and flanked by a mix of fine mature trees, including beech, ash, lime and copper beech. A large terrace runs along the rear of the house, which provides a lovely dining area with a heated swimming pool via an air source heat pump. The garden office/yoga room is a Bloomsbury Writing Retreat by Malvern Garden Buildings which has super-fast broadband. To the front is the drive with a lawn on either side and an electric car charging point.
Historical note - the house was previously owned by Professor Gordon Dobson, who in 1924 built a spectrograph for the measurement of atmospheric ozone. This original machine is now in the Natural History Museum in Oxford.
Boars Hill is a sought-after residential area famous for its wooded rural setting, just four miles from the centre of Oxford which provides a wide range of shopping, cultural, recreational and educational facilities.
It is well served by communications with access to the A34 and Oxford ring road, connecting to the M4 and M40 motorways, with the regional centers of Newbury and Swindon also within easy reach. Communications by rail are also excellent, with fast trains from either Oxford or Didcot to London Paddington taking about fifty and forty-five minutes, respectively. In addition, Oxford Parkway station has services to London Marylebone in fifty-six minutes.
The house is situated within close proximity to many schools in the Boars Hill area, including St. Helen and St. Katharine, Abingdon, Radley, Cothill and Chandlings and also within easy distance to central Oxford, where The Dragon, St Edward's, Magdalen College, Summer Fields, Headington, Wychwood and Oxford High School are located.
Brochures
More DetailsRobin Wood Brochure.- COUNCIL TAXA payment made to your local authority in order to pay for local services like schools, libraries, and refuse collection. The amount you pay depends on the value of the property.Read more about council Tax in our glossary page.
- Band: G
- PARKINGDetails of how and where vehicles can be parked, and any associated costs.Read more about parking in our glossary page.
- Yes
- GARDENA property has access to an outdoor space, which could be private or shared.
- Yes
- ACCESSIBILITYHow a property has been adapted to meet the needs of vulnerable or disabled individuals.Read more about accessibility in our glossary page.
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Boars Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1
NEAREST STATIONS
Distances are straight line measurements from the centre of the postcode- Oxford Station2.5 miles
- Radley Station2.7 miles
- Culham Station4.7 miles
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