4 Bed Detached House For Sale

Detached barn conversion in a sought after village.


Description

4 Flails Barn is a detached, Cotswold stone property which was converted in the early 1990s. The property provides light and airy accommodation extending to 1,474 sq ft set out over two floors. There are two excellent reception rooms. The sitting room is double aspect with French doors leading to the garden. A large stone fireplace provides an attractive focal point. The dining room is impressive being double height with lots of light flooding in due to the large glazed opening. The kitchen is well-fitted with an excellent range of cabinets. A useful utility is situated just off the kitchen. Completing the ground floor is a study and cloakroom.

A staircase leads from the dining room to the first floor galleried landing. The principal bedroom is generous with fitted wardrobes and an en suite shower room. There are three further bedrooms which share a family bathroom.

The barn is surrounded on three sides by a mature garden which is mainly laid to lawn with flower beds. There is a single garage and off road parking.

4 Flails Barn offers scope for improvement and there is no onward chain.

Location

Ascott-under-Wychwood is an attractive residential village, on the edge of the Cotswolds and is in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the Evenlode Valley. The village has a parish church, village hall with lots of clubs and cinema nights, a small preparatory school, angling, cricket and football clubs, a thriving community shop and The Swan. It is well placed for Burford and Chipping Norton (both about 6 miles), with Witney (9 miles) providing comprehensive amenities including a cinema complex.

Communications are excellent with the A40 providing fast access to Oxford and the M40 and also to the west to Cheltenham and the M5. There are good train services from Charlbury Station to London Paddington (average journey 83 minutes) and Oxford Parkway to Marylebone (57 minutes). A limited service runs from Ascott-under-Wychwood station.

Sporting facilities within easy reach include regular horse eventing in the village, a league tennis club at Shipton-under-Wychwood, golf at The Wychwood (Lyneham, 2 miles) and Burford. The surrounding countryside provides wonderful country walks and riding. Good regional theatres are available in Oxford and the world famous RSC at Stratford-upon-Avon, with the local theatre at Chipping Norton offering cinema nights and workshops for children, as well as a variety of productions.

Primary schools are nearby in Leafield and Shipton-under-Wychwood, both highly regarded with ‘good’ Ofsted ratings, as is Burford School at secondary level. There are many excellent private schools within easy reach, including the highly regarded Windrush Valley Preparatory School, which is in the village.

The Cotswolds’ year is packed with events ranging from world famous international festivals like Cheltenham Literature Festival and Cheltenham Gold Cup Week to major musical events such as the Wilderness Festival and the Big Feastival, as well as a jam-packed events calendar featuring concerts, exhibitions, arts and literature festivals and theatrical productions.

Square Footage: 1,474 sq ft





Directions

From Witney, proceed out of town along the B4047. Take the turning right signed for Minster Lovell and follow the road along the narrow lane and then turn sharp right at the sign for Leafield over the narrow bridge. Continue into Leafield village following the signs for Ascott-under-Wychwood. Continue to follow signs for Ascott-under-Wychwood turning right. Stop at the next T-junction turn sharp right and then immediately left into the village. As you enter the village turn right into the High Street and then immediately right. 4 Flails Barn is on your right hand side.


Additional Info

Mains electricity, water and gas are connected. Transfer of land line subject to BT transfer regulations. Air conditioning.

West Oxfordshire District Council. T W: westoxon.gov.uk. Council Tax Band G.

All viewings will be accompanied by and arranged through Savills Stow-on-the-Wold, t: .

The property is being sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights including; rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water and electricity supplies and other rights and obligations, easements and quasi-easements and restrictive covenants and all existing and proposed wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cables, drains, water and gas and other pipes whether referred to in these particulars or not.

Particulars prepared: November 2023.

Photographs taken: October 2023.