Lower High Street, Burford, OX18
GUIDE PRICE £495,000 Freehold
2 bedrooms
2 bathrooms
1 reception room
An unusual Grade II Listed two-bedroom mews house with origins dating back to the 17th century
The Pheasantry is an unusual Grade II Listed mews house with origins dating back to the Seventeenth Century. The property has been stylishly upgraded by the current owners including the use of handmade Balineum tiles in the kitchen and en suite. Spread across three floors with an open full height staircase, the house has a ground floor kitchen/breakfast room, a light and spacious sitting room with log burning stove, double bedroom and family bathroom on the first floor, and second floor principal bedroom and en suite shower room.. Original features remain throughout including exposed stone walls, oak beams and Elm floorboards. The Pheasantry has recently been run as a successful holiday let business.
AREA
Burford is a thriving Cotswold market town, nestled in the Windrush Valley surrounded by beautiful countryside, with a friendly and active community and enjoying the biannual ‘Burford Festival'. An abundance of shopping facilities include independent delis, butchers and bakeries, an array of notable pubs, restaurants and hotels and the highly renowned Burford Garden Company. Burford has excellent local junior and senior schools plus private preparatory and senior schools within easy reach. There is a wide range of activities for children to enjoy, scouts, football, cricket and rugby clubs, and swimming in nearby Carterton. The town also has an active parish church, doctors’ surgery, pharmacy, library and post office a short stroll from the house. Burford is close to numerous pretty villages along with the picturesque market towns of Stow-on-the-Wold, Woodstock, Cirencester, Charlbury and Chipping Norton. Excellent shopping facilities are on hand in Witney(8 miles) including Waitrose and Marks & Spencer and further afield in Oxford to the east or Cheltenham to the west. Daylesford Organic Farm is just 10 miles away with members club Soho Farmhouse approximately 15 miles away. Brilliant road links include the A40 to Oxford and London via the M40. Rail links from Charlbury (9 miles, trains to Paddington 70 mins) and Oxford Parkway (19 miles, trains to Marylebone 45 mins). With the newly commissioned Elizabeth line the heart of the city of London can be reached within two hours. Sporting and leisure facilities within the locality include equestrian activities, golf in Burford, Lyneham, Chipping Norton, and Broadway, and a network of local footpaths and bridleways.
THE FINER DETAILS
Services Mains water, drainage and electricity. Night storage heaters.
Local authority West Oxfordshire District Council
Council tax Band D
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key features
- Grade II Listed
- Kitchen/breakfast room
- Sitting room with wood burner
- Guest bedroom
- Family bathroom
- Principal bedroom
- En suite shower room
- Accessed via a private gated passageway offering privacy & security in the heart of Burford