North Aston Mill

NORTH ASTON • OXFORDSHIRE

North Aston MillNORTH 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 AmenitiesEntrance 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)

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.

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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.

North Aston MillNorth 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.

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.

Reception

Bedroom

Bathroom

Kitchen/Utility

Storage

North Aston MillApproximate Gross Internal Area

4,480 sq ft / 416.2 sq m

Second Floor

Ground Floor

First Floor

OutbuildingsBeside 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 GroundsThe 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.

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. ES100017767.”

Ordnance Survey © Crown Copyright 2016. All rights reserved. Licence number 100021721. NOT TO SCALE.

NORTH ASTON MILL

Rights of WayThere 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 authorityCherwell District Council. Telephone (01295) 221778.

ServicesMains water and electricity, private drainage and Windhagar pellet boiler.

PostcodeOX25 6HZ

DirectionsFrom 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.

ViewingsAll viewings must be made strictly by appointment only through the

vendor’s agents.

Important Notice1. 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 2014.

Particulars dated: May 2016.

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