Main Street, Wroxton St. Mary, Wroxton, Banbury, OX15

Country home in need of modernisation, offering extensive versatile living with separate three bedroom cottage, self contained annex, garage and swimming pool.

Description

Lot 1: The Old Farmhouse
Built in the 17th century, of stone construction under a thatched roof. The Old Farmhouse is a beautiful Grade II Listed family home located in the heart of the village of Wroxton, occupying an enviable position opposite the village duck pond.

Formerly three cottages, the farmhouse was converted into one property, by the current owners in the 1970s, to create a well-proportioned home laid out over three floors.

Entrance hall with wood panelling and access to a cloakroom, opens to a drawing room with log burning fireplace, a dining room with wood burner and on into a kitchen with built in base and wall units, a fixed seating area and a separate shelved larder. There is a utility room which abuts Mullions and gives access both externally and up to the first floor.

A conservatory, located off the drawing room, overlooks the gardens with French doors onto the terrace. Two staircases, one from the utility room and the other from the entrance hall, lead to first floor accommodation comprising a principal bedroom with dressing area and en suite bathroom and two further bedrooms and a family bathroom.

Second floor accommodation, currently laid out as four bedrooms, could be converted to two guest suites (subject to the relevant consents).

The annexe of The Old Farmhouse has contemporary furnishings and comprise a double tandem garage, with access both from within the grounds of the property and off the driveway, and garden store.

Ground floor entrance hall, cloakroom with stairs to a spacious open plan kitchen/dining room/sitting with double height A-frame timbers with views over the garden. Kitchen, with built in units, integrated dishwasher, gas cooker and hob, space for a fridge/freezer, French doors onto a small terrace.

Bedroom with views over the garden, built in full height wardrobes and bath/shower room.

On a plot of just under 0.5 acres, The Old Farmhouse abuts the village road with beautiful views over a private enclosed garden.

Terraced on three levels the main garden is predominantly laid to lawn with established flower beds and shrubbery.

Paths either side lead to a swimming pool (in need of renovation) with stone built store housing the water pump.

The top terrace is a completely private area enclosed by mature trees. There is also a detached garden store off the lower garden.

Lot 2: Mullions
A Grade II Listed thatched cottage laid out over two floors. Entrance hall with parquet wood floor, and window to the garden, leads to a sitting room with open fireplace with a log burning stove.

Kitchen/breakfast room with built in base units, wooden worktops, space for fridge and freezer and large cupboard to provide extra storage, or as a larder.

First floor accommodation comprises three bedrooms, all with built in storage and a recently fitted family bathroom.

Mullions has use of a single garage and a driveway, as well as garden to the front and side of the property. There is a vegetable garden, greenhouse and stone bothy.

Location

With references in the Domesday book, Wroxton is a beautiful conservation village in North Oxfordshire made up of predominantly ironstone cottages and farmhouses and the home of Wroxton Abbey.

Local amenities in the village include the Wroxton House hotel, a well regarded Church of England (St Marys Church), primary school, sports club, and village hall.

More extensive facilities can be found in the market towns of Banbury and Chipping Norton, and further afield in Stratford- Upon Avon, Warwick or Oxford for recreational, cultural and leisure facilities.

Communication links include M40 (J11) only 3 miles away giving access to Oxford (A34) and London to the South and Birmingham (M42) to the North.

Mainline train services from Banbury to London (Marylebone) from 55 minutes at peak times.

Local schooling facilities with secondary education provided by Warriner School (Bloxham). For private schooling Tudor Hall (girls), Bloxham (co-ed), Kings High (girls), Warwick (boys) and Stratford Grammar. Preparatory schools in the area include St John’s Priory, Carrdus (Overthorpe), Winchester House (Brackley) and Beachborough (Westbury).

Leisure activities in the area include golf at Tadmarton; driving range at Drayton; theatres at Stratford upon Avon and Oxford; motor racing at Silverstone; horse racing at Warwick and Stratford upon Avon; Soho Farmhouse private members club 11 miles.

All distances and times are approximate.

Square Footage: 6,522 sq ft


Acreage: 0.67 Acres

Additional Info

Internals of Mullions taken April 2022. All other photos taken March 2024.