North Aston Mill NORTH ASTON OXFORDSHIRE

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1 North Aston Mill NORTH ASTON OXFORDSHIRE

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3 North Aston Mill NORTH ASTON OXFORDSHIRE A picturesque mill house with beautiful gardens and grounds in a highly sought after location Deddington 2.5 miles M40 (J10) 5 miles Bicester 11 miles Oxford 16 miles London 70 miles (All distances are approximate) Accommodation and Amenities Entrance Hall Drawing room Dining room Sitting room Library Kitchen/Breakfast room Utility room Master bedroom suite Guest bedroom suite Four further bedrooms Two further bathrooms One bedroom staff/guest annexe Garaging Stabling Outbuildings Heated swimming pool Beautiful gardens and grounds Mill pond Fishing on the River Cherwell Water meadows For Sale Freehold In all about 30 acres (12.2 hectares) Strutt & Parker LLP 13 Hill Street London W1J 5LQ Strutt & Parker LLP 269 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 7LL Knight Frank LLP 280 Banbury Road, Summertown Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 7ED Knight Frank LLP 55 Baker Street London W1U 8AN Tel: luke.morgan@struttandparker.com Tel: giles.lawton@struttandparker.com Tel: damian.gray@knightfrank.com Tel: peter.edwards@knightfrank.com These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the brochure.

4 Oxfordshire North Aston Mill is situated between the idyllic Oxfordshire villages of North Aston and Somerton in the Cherwell valley, which lies between Banbury and Oxford. It is extremely well placed for communications, being a short drive from Junction 10 of the M40 providing good links to London and Birmingham. Bicester North railway station has a fast mainline service to London Marylebone taking approximately 45 minutes. There are some excellent schools in the area including Winchester House, Stowe School, Tudor Hall, Carrdus, St John s Priory and Bloxham, as well as the many Oxford schools including The Dragon, St Edward s and Oxford High School. There are many sporting opportunities in the area including golf at Tadmarton, Rye Hill and Cherwell Edge; racing at Cheltenham, Stratford upon Avon and Warwick. The new and highly popular Soho Farmhouse hotel and leisure complex is 8 miles away, and has restaurants, equestrian facilities, a cinema and swimming pool to name a few of the activities on offer.

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6 North Aston Mill North Aston Mill is an exceptional Grade II Listed mill house that has been imaginatively converted and recently updated. The property enjoys a degree of privacy and yet is within easy walking distance of both the villages of Somerton and North Aston. The River Cherwell runs close by the property, with the mill race diverted to the mill pond to rejoin the river further down the garden. Many of the original features of the mill have been retained to ensure that the house has kept its character including exposed stone and timber, decorative carved wooden doors and a particular feature being the intricate working parts of the old mill. The dining room forms the primary reception room on the ground floor and provides access to the south-west facing terrace. The dining room overlooks the mill pond and leads through to both the sitting room and the kitchen/breakfast room. Both the dining room and kitchen have flagstone flooring and the kitchen is fully fitted with pine units and an oil-fired Aga, central preparation island with cupboards and drawers, separate electric oven range, on-floor and wall mounted units, breakfast and sitting areas. In addition to the back door out to the terrace and garden, the kitchen leads through to a boot room and beyond to a staff/guest annexe with a living room, bedroom and bathroom. There is further access to the front and rear of the house giving the annexe its own separate entrance. Steps from the dining room lead up beside the original wooden mill cogs to the first floor where the drawing room forms the central reception room. The high ceilinged drawing room has a balcony off it above the terrace. There is a large open fireplace housing a log burner and access through to the master bedroom suite and separate stairs up to the second floor guest bedroom suite. Beyond the drawing room are three further bedrooms and a bathroom with stairs up to a sixth bedroom, bathroom and study with built in cupboards and shelves with views over the mill pond and gardens. Steps lead down from the study back to the drawing room.

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9 North Aston Mill Approximate Gross Internal Area 4,480 sq ft / sq m Ground Floor First Floor Reception Bedroom Bathroom Kitchen/Utility Second Floor Storage This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a statement of fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the brochure.

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12 Outbuildings Beside the main house and annexe are a series of store rooms housing the swimming pool plant and wood pellet boiler. Behind the pool house are stables and garaging. The heated swimming pool is south facing and provides the ideal area for outside entertaining with easy access to the back door of the mill into the kitchen. There is a further garden store with hay loft over. Gardens and Grounds The house is approached off the country lane down a gravel driveway, which extends around the back of the house behind the outbuildings to the stables. To the rear of the property the broad flagstone entertaining terrace and swimming pool have a classic rural outlook over the mill pond and garden beyond. The gardens are made up of formal and informal areas with broad lawns interspersed with mature trees and shrubs. The mill pond and River Cherwell form the left hand edge to the garden and there is a bridge over the pond to the small strip of garden on the left hand boundary with the river. Rising up away from the water is the rose and vegetable garden with a separate access onto the lane. Mown pathways meander through the formal garden around broad shrub beds to strategically placed seating areas with views across the surrounding countryside. There is a beautifully mature laburnum walk, small areas of copse and tall willows line the river bank. The property extends to the eastern bank of the river beyond the garden, the property includes a large water meadow to the western extremity of the property.

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14 Note: This plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey map with the sanction of the control of H.M. Stationary office. This plan is for convenience of purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. Licence Number. No. ES NORTH ASTON MILL Ordnance Survey Crown Copyright All rights reserved. Licence number NOT TO SCALE. Rights of Way There are no public footpaths that cross the land. Fixtures and fittings Only those mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. All others, such as fitted carpets, curtains, light fittings and garden ornaments are specifically excluded but may be available by separate negotiation. Local authority Cherwell District Council. Telephone (01295) Services Mains water and electricity, private drainage and Windhagar pellet boiler. Postcode OX25 6HZ Directions From the M40 motorway, take Junction 10 turning left at the top of the slip road. Continue along this road for approximately 400 yards, taking the right hand turn directed to Somerton. After about 2 miles, after going down a hill to the T-junction in the village of Somerton, turn right signposted to North Aston. Continue from Somerton towards North Aston and the mill house will be seen on your left hand side immediately after a small bridge over the River Cherwell, approximately 1 mile before the village of North Aston.

15 Viewings All viewings must be made strictly by appointment only through the vendor s agents. Important Notice 1. Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP or Strutt & Parker in the particulars or by word of mouth or in writing ( information ) as being factually accurate about the property, its condition or its value. Neither Knight Frank LLP nor Strutt & Parker has any joint agent has any authority to make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents, seller(s) or lessor(s). 2. Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at the time they were taken. Areas, measurements and distances given are approximate only. 3. Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does not mean that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been obtained. A buyer or lessee must find out by inspection or in other ways that these matters have been properly dealt with and that all information is correct. 4. VAT: The VAT position relating to the property may change without notice. Photographs dated: June Particulars dated: May Knight Frank LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England with registered number OC Our registered office is 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 8AN, where you may look at a list of members names. Kingfisher Print and Design

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