Semi-detached house for sale in Charlton, Oxfordshire OX17

Charlton Lodge is a most impressive, beautifully situated period house, believed to have been built in 1863 as a hunting lodge. The house is the major portion of the original building and was renovated by the current owners approximately 20 years ago. The house sits in an enviable position on the edge of the village with dramatic and wide sweeping views over its own gardens and surrounding farmland and lakes. An adjacent secondary house is also available through separate negotiation.

The accommodation is impressive, with a magnificent great hall, large drawing room, dining room and kitchen/sitting room to the ground floor, with six bedrooms over the first and second floors, including principal and guest suites, as well as a wonderful family/games room of over 35 feet in length on the second floor.

The gardens face south and east and comprise a series of informal and formal lawns, with a pathway down to the lake. Within the grounds lies an outdoor swimming pool with a pavilion, a grass tennis court, and also a detached garage block.

Charlton is a much sought-after village situated southeast of the market town of Banbury in open South Northamptonshire countryside bordering North Oxfordshire. It benefits from easy access southbound to the M40 at Junction 10 or northbound to the M40 at Junction 11. Mainline railway stations are at Banbury and Bicester. The village is within a Conservation Area and has an attractive mix of period and contemporary houses. Charlton has a thriving community with the 13th-century church of St James, C of E primary school, blacksmith forge, village hall, pub/restaurant and playing fields for cricket and football.

Brackley 5.4 miles, Banbury 8.6 miles (mainline railway station to Marylebone/Paddington in about an hour), Bicester 10.2 miles (Bicester North or Bicester Village railway stations to London Marylebone about 50 minutes), Kings Sutton 2.1 miles (London Marylebone from 73 minutes ) Buckingham 11.7 miles, Oxford 24.8 miles, Northampton 26.1 miles, Milton Keynes 25 miles, Birmingham 57.1 miles, M40 (J10) 6 miles.
(Distances and times approximate).