Location

The quintessential Cotswold village of Swinbrook lies on the River Windrush with the highly-regarded Swan Inn public house and cricket club within walking distance.

Burford’s vibrant and famous town is nearby with its excellent selection of shops, restaurants and hotels, with the market towns of Stow-on-the -Wold and Witney close to hand, providing a range of supermarkets, including Waitrose at Witney. Daylesford, Soho Farmhouse and Estelle Manor, are all within easy striking distance. Communications are excellent with the A40 providing fast access to Oxford, the M40 and the west to Cheltenham and the M5. There are good train services from Charlbury Station (15-minute drive) to London Paddington (approximately 85 minutes) and Oxford Parkway to Marylebone (57 minutes).

Oxfordshire is a county that is also blessed with a range of very good schools with The Dragon, Cothill, St.Hughs, Summerfields, Oxford High, Magdalen College School and St Edwards. Abingdon School, St Helen’s & St Katherine’s, Radley, Cokethorpe, the Cheltenham Colleges, Kitebrook at Moreton-in-Marsh and Tudor Hall in Banbury all nearby.


Sporting facilities within easy reach include racing at Cheltenham and Newbury, golf at Burford and Frilford Heath. The surrounding countryside provides excellent country walks, and riding and fishing in the vicinity.

Description

Grade II listed and originally two houses dating back to the 17th century, Swinbrook Place has been completely restored throughout. Downstairs has two main reception rooms, one of which has a full size snooker table, the other is split into two with a log burner facing each side. In the centre of the house, is the media room with a large open fire place with the two stair cases at each side. Leading onto the kitchen past the downstairs cloakroom is the kitchen /dining room. The kitchen itself is hand made and finished with a natural light granite worktop and comes complete with a three oven Aga and built in Gaggenau appliances.

Upstairs there are three double bedrooms and one twin room, all of which have their own en suites with roll top baths and separate walk in showers. The principal bedroom suite at the centre of the home can be assessed via either stairs case. Bedrooms two and three also have the benefit of each having a log burner in the bedroom and the bathroom. Access via the open study leads you onto the forth bedroom with twin beds either side of the room and an en suite shower room. The fifth bedroom is located outside in a detached 'Bothy' with a log burner, single bed and en suite shower room.


The delightful gardens are laid out over approximately an acre with terracing, lawns, a mature orchard and garden paths leading to a “little studio” by the ford and a weeping-willow walk. Well-stocked flower beds give an all-year-round display, along with shrubbery and beautiful mature trees, with Cotswold dry-stone walls marking the boundaries. Two painted picket gates lead out on to the village lane. The “little studio” has been converted into one bedroom en suite hide away.

Directions

(OX18 4DY) From Oxford take the A40 towards Burford. At the end of the dual carriageway, after Witney, go straight over the roundabout and after about half a mile turn right following signs to Swinbrook village. Go past the Swan pub and keep left for 250 yards then fork right before the church and Swinbrook Place is on the left.

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