Location

Gainfield is a small hamlet midway between Swindon and Oxford with excellent road and rail links via the A420, A34, M4 and Didcot Parkway mainline station.

The market towns of Wantage, Abingdon and Faringdon provide everyday shopping opportunities including Waitrose Stores. Nearby Stanford in the Vale has a small supermarket and post office, pub, village hall and primary school. Buckland also has a primary school and pub. Both are under two miles away.

The hamlet is surrounded by open countryside and woods with a myriad of bridleways and footpaths to enjoy. There is also a wide choice of schools in the area, both state and private. The well respected St. Hugh’s School is only 2.5 miles away.

Description

Extended over the years, Woodside now provides a spacious family home in a glorious setting with views to the Ridgeway. The property offers, subject to the appropriate consents, scope for extending or redevelopment.

The kitchen/breakfast room has French doors opening to the terrace and garden. There is ample storage in the painted wooden units which house a butler sink and integrated dishwasher. The utility room, also with plenty of storage, leads on to a large boot room with doors accessing both the drive and garden.

The welcoming sitting room and integral conservatory is flooded with natural light from south, west and easterly aspects. French doors open from the sitting room and conservatory to the garden. A large red brick chimney breast and fireplace, with an aged oak beam takes centre stage with a wood burning stove. Connected by glazed bi-folding doors to a smaller room, presently used as a reading room, this space provides flexibility to create a large entertaining area. Two further reception rooms are presently used as a dining room and study.

On the first floor is the principal bedroom with en suite bathroom. Fully glazed French doors open to a large, covered balcony with wonderful views over the garden, paddocks and countryside beyond. There are three further double bedrooms (one with an en suite shower room), family bathroom and walk in airing cupboard.

Outside.
Woodside is set back off the road behind electric iron gates with a gravel drive providing ample parking and vehicular access to the stables and paddocks.

The garden features mature trees including willow, silver birch and chestnut with a rose covered pergola, pond and vegetable garden. The orchard contains varieties of apple, greengage, plum, pear and cherry.

The land is split into five paddocks with a stream running along the far boundary.

The timber stable block (six stables and a tack room), the hay barn and field for horseboxes, trailers and tractors lie just beyond the garden. A separate building is presently divided into a studio, millinery showroom, garage and a further stable.

Directions

From Oxford, take the A420 to Swindon. After approximately 14 miles, turn left towards Gainfield and Charney Bassett. At the crossroads turn right. Woodside is the last house on the left.