Descripción
Built in 1908 to a design by N W Harrison, this impressive and substantial detached house lies in one of Oxford's most desirable residential side roads. With a floor area of 8491 sq ft (including the garage), it provides a superb family home which is complemented by a beautifully landscaped garden to the rear and a large double entrance driveway to the front.
The house, which has been in the same family for over 50 years with only one owner prior to that, has retained many of its original attractive features, including an elegant wide staircase, high ceilings with cornicing, fireplaces, wooden flooring, and striking stained glass windows including the large staircase window. A unique feature of the house is the first floor ballroom, a most elegant room with ornate ceiling, fireplace and two large bay windows. The ballroom was incorporated into the house for the original owner, together with a library occupying the same footprint on the ground floor, which has now been divided into two rooms. The house provides generously proportioned, light and flexible accommodation arranged predominantly over two floors. The entrance porch opens to a welcoming formal reception hall, with the principal reception rooms leading off, including the conservatory, which overlooks the rear garden. The drawing room and dining room both have fireplaces and large bay windows, and, to the rear, with views of the garden, are the sitting room, study and the family/play room, which forms part of the original library with garage/store rooms to the front. The large kitchen/breakfast room connects to the dining room and is ideal for informal entertaining and family gatherings, and there is also a pantry, utility and second cloakroom.
On the first floor, in addition to the ballroom, are the master bedroom suite, six further bedrooms, a bathroom, shower room and a separate cloakroom. There are two further bedrooms on the second floor.
Outside, the large, gravelled, double entrance driveway provides parking for several cars. The large, mature, landscaped garden is a particularly attractive feature of the property, with a variety of mature shrubs, trees, including fruit trees, and well stocked borders, with a concealed vegetable garden and pond.
Services
Mains services connected. Gas heating.
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