The cottage dates back to the early 18th century and is brimming with character which can be seen throughout. Outside, a private gated driveway provides ample parking, while the garden is well established and wonderfully secluded.

The generous proportions of the cottage are ideal for families, offering plenty of space with a choice of reception rooms in both the original part of the cottage and the garage conversion. Additionally, all the bedrooms on the first floor are double size and separated across two different parts of the house to allow for a high degree of privacy – also ideal for visiting guests.

An inviting first impression is afforded by the welcoming reception hall, with its traditional flagstone floor and stairs leading upstairs. The ground floor has three generous reception rooms in the original part of the house and each is beautifully appointed with an elegant décor scheme, complementing the original features including inglenook fireplaces and exposed beams. Bridging the original and more modern parts of the house is a further hallway, which leads to a warm and well-appointed kitchen, a spacious formal dining room and a utility room for laundry machines. A further reception room within ‘The Bunker’, now converted to an annexe, is a cinema room and golf simulator (the equipment is available to purchase separately on request).

Upstairs, three bedrooms and a shower room are situated in the earlier part of the house, arranged together around a landing and each with their own charm and character. In the extension there is a principal bedroom with en-suite bath and shower room and a further double bedroom with en-suite shower room – both with built-in wardrobes.

Outside

The Old Manse is set behind its own private gated driveway, where there is ample parking for a number of vehicles. The rear garden is wonderfully secluded and features attractively landscaped hedges and specimen trees, rose borders and well-stocked flowerbeds which provide year round colour and interest.

Situation

Marsh Gibbon is a thriving village on the Buckinghamshire/Oxfordshire border, approximately five miles east of Bicester. The village has a number of amenities including a convenience store, Post Office, pub, churches and a range of community clubs and activities, while Bicester provides superstore shopping as well as the world-famous Bicester Village Designer Outlet. Aylesbury and Oxford also provide an extensive array of amenities.

Access to the M40 motorway is via junction 9 and there are good local road links via the A41 and A34. Bicester Village and Bicester North train stations provide an excellent service to London Marylebone. Both are around 10 mins drive and the train journey is c.50mins. The area is renowned for its excellent schooling with a number of grammar schools, academies, well-respected primary schools and independent schools to choose from in both Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

Directions

From Strutt & Parker’s Oxford office turn left onto Banbury Road (A4165), after 0.9 mile at the roundabout take the fourth exit onto the Bicester Road and proceed north and join the A34. Continue for approximately four miles to the Wendlebury Interchange and take the second exit onto the A41. Stay on the A41 for approximately six miles and turn left immediately after the railway bridge, signposted Marsh Gibbon. Proceed for two miles and enter the village; the property will be found on the right-hand side after the turning to Tompkins Lane. OX27 0HA ///safe.grapes.absorbing