Nampara Cottage

The College, Marsh Gibbon, Oxfordshire, OX27 0HW

£500,000

Property Highlights

A Grade II listed thatched cottage
Two double bedrooms, first floor bathroom
Kitchen/breakfast room, sitting/dining room
Outside store, garden store and garden room
Two gardens, off street parking for two cars
Period features including beams and an open fire place
No through road location, countryside views
Village location with amenities

Property description

A Grade II listed 17th-century two double bedroom thatched cottage with off street parking for two cars, west facing gardens with a summer house and countryside views in a village location, with no onwards chain.

This period cottage, part thatch and part tile, retains original features such as exposed ceiling beams and fireplaces, and has a combined approximate 901 sq. ft. of accommodation arranged over two floors, including the outbuildings. On the ground floor there is a dual aspect kitchen/breakfast room and a dual aspect sitting/dining room with an authentic open stone inglenook fireplace. The first floor has two double bedrooms, one dual aspect with a range of fitted open wardrobes, both overlooking the garden. There is a three piece family bathroom. Outside there is a lawned garden with a paved patio for entertaining, enclosed by picket fencing. Opposite is a second lawned garden with mature trees and hard standing parking for two cars. There is a timber summer house with a garden store and a garden room overlooking open countryside as well as a garden shed and a wood store. The property is a five minutes’ walk to amenities in the village and six miles to Bicester train station.

Ground Floor

The kitchen has a range of base and wall mounted solid wooden units with quartz worksurfaces with an inset ceramic butler’s sink and tiled splash backs. Integrated appliances include electric ovens, a hob with an extractor above, a dishwasher, and a fridge/freezer. There are exposed beams, tiled flooring, and space for a breakfast table. The over 17 ft. long dual aspect sitting/dining also has exposed beams, wooden flooring, and a feature stone inglenook fireplace. Leading off this room is the wooden staircase to the first floor.

Situation and Schooling

The village of Marsh Gibbon has a Church of England primary school - highly rated by OFTED, a pre school, a shop and post office, a public house and a thriving village hall that caters for many events and clubs. A range of shopping, health and leisure facilities is located in the town of Bicester, Bicester Village (both approximately 5 miles), and the market town of Buckingham (approximately 11 miles).

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