7 Bed Detached House For Sale

Shellingford House is an impressive stone-built house, listed grade II, and believed to date back to circa 1630 with later 18th and 19th-century additions.

The house has very good proportions with a wonderful double-volume drawing room with views over the neighbouring countryside towards the White Horse, a large dining room, a very useful studio, and a wonderful party barn. The kitchen/breakfast room opens onto a private south-east facing terrace with also a large utility room off. Within the kitchen, there is also access to the cellar. Of special note is the extraordinary staircase, circa 17th century, with moulded balusters and Doric columns.

The setting of Shellingford house is a great attraction; a substantial yet private village house with both informal and formal gardens, a pool, tennis court and paddock/field. A discrete white farm gate leads to a generous drive with parking by the front door. The gardens stretch down to a small stream, with a wild garden courtyard area, a more formal lawn, an orchard with a differing variety of fruit trees, a hard tennis court, and a wonderful pool area comprising a large outdoor pool with an adjoining pool pavilion flanked by mature catalpa trees.

In all, the gardens, grounds and field extend to approximately 8 acres.

The house enjoys an enviable position on a no-through lane within the quiet village of Shellingford. Shellingford is ideally placed for both London and school commuting, with Pinewood, Abingdon, St Hugh's, and Cokethorpe School all within easy reach. Also within close proximity is the A420 which links the M40 and M4 motorways; the city of Oxford is within a circa 30-minute drive.

Abingdon 13 miles, Cirencester 20 miles, Oxford 16 miles, London 77 miles, Swindon train station 13.6 miles (trains to London Paddington from 50 minutes), Didcot Parkway 16.5 miles (trains to London Paddington from 40 minutes), Oxford Parkway 19.8 miles (London Marylebone from 55 minutes). (All times and distances approximate).