Lower End, Leafield, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29

Set in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, this exceptional detached home has a stunning south facing garden & plentiful parking in the heart of this thriving village's Conservation Area.

THE PROPERTY:

This individual detached home has adaptable accommodation arranged over two floors. The original integral garage has been converted to a fourth ground floor bedroom with a potential dressing area off (currently used as a hobby space). In addition to a ground floor bathroom, there is a fine sitting room with log burner and an impressive living/ dining room spanning the width of the property to the rear. This is flooded with natural light from a roof light and patio doors that open into the stunning gardens on the south side of the property.

There is a well-appointed kitchen is fitted with shaker style floor and wall cabinets featuring under pelmet lighting and traditional plate rack. complemented. A separate utility room has another sink, space for laundry appliances and a chest freezer.

Upstairs, there are three double bedrooms and a smart shower room.

To the front, a wide gravelled forecourt provides parking for several vehicles.

To the rear of the property is a paved terrace shaded by a retractable awning with steps down to the paradise of a rear garden! A beautifully kept serpentine lawn is fringed with colourful, well planted borders . The southerly aspect guarantees the best of any sunshine and the garden enjoys a remarkable degree of privacy that can only be fully experience by viewing in person!


West Oxford District Council (Tax Band: D)

We are required by law to conduct anti-money laundering checks on all those selling or buying a property. Whilst we retain responsibility for ensuring checks and any ongoing monitoring are carried out correctly, the initial checks are carried out on our behalf by Lifetime Legal who will contact you once you have agreed to instruct us in your sale or had an offer accepted on a property you wish to buy. The cost of these checks is £60 (incl. VAT), which covers the cost of obtaining relevant data and any manual checks and monitoring which might be required. This fee will need to be paid by you in advance of us publishing your property (in the case of a vendor) or issuing a memorandum of sale (in the case of a buyer), directly to Lifetime Legal, and is non-refundable. We will receive some of the fee taken by Lifetime Legal to compensate for its role in the provision of these checks.

SITUATION:

This individaul home is set with both within Leafield’s Conservation Area, and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Until the mid-nineteenth century, Leafield was surrounded by the ancient forest of Wychwood. The village has a traditional green and an outstanding church. St Michael and All Angels' was designed by the eminent Victorian architect Sir George Gilbert Scott whose other works include The Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras and The Albert Memorial as well as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

The thriving community supports a Post Office/shop, and public house as well as a community gym. In addition to a pre-school group, the Church of England (controlled) primary school judged 'good' by Ofsted (September 2019) and the village is in the catchment area of Burford School and Community College. Being situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and close to Wychwood Forest, Leafield has numerous picturesque walks and rides. Golf at Witney Lakes, Wychwood Golf Club (Lyneham) and Burford town – are all within about 6 miles.

The mainline service from Charlbury (about 4 miles away) provides access to Oxford and London Paddington in 17 and 71 minutes respectively.

The nearby market town of Witney provides a wide range of higher ordered services including a hospital, major supermarkets and a cosmopolitan range of eateries, as well as other recreational and sporting amenities.