Location

Farthinge Cottage is enviably located on a no through road in the village of Newington, just to the south west of Stadhampton which provides local amenities, including a shop and petrol station, as well as two public houses one of which is the renowned Crazy Bear.

Despite its rural location, the cottage is about 9 miles east of the centre of Oxford. Communication is good with Junction 7 of the M40 providing convenient access to London and the South, and Birmingham and the North.

Didcot mainline station, about 10 miles, provides a regular high speed service to London Paddington, taking from 42 minutes. Haddenham and Thame Parkway is around 13 miles away with an excellent train service to London Marylebone taking from 38 minutes.

Description

Farthinge cottage is a charming grade II listed thatched cottage dating from c1650. The cottage exudes charm with an abundance of period features, whilst also benefitting from a contemporary twist with a spacious vaulted ceiling kitchen/ dining room with inglenook fireplace and log burner. Off the kitchen/dining room is a study/snug and utility room, and a fantastic double reception room with dual aspect and an impressive inglenook fireplace. The ground floor further benefits from a cloakroom.

Upstairs the house enjoys three bedrooms and a family bathroom with separate shower.

Outside the house benefits from a self contained two bedroom annexe offering scope for a useful income stream/ home office. The upstairs double bedroom has an en-suite bathroom and walk-in wardrobe and downstairs is a further double bedroom, loo and utility room, fully equipped kitchen and garage with underfloor heating.

Electric gates open onto a private drive lined with flowering cherries. The garden has two wonderful flat lawns, with open fields to two sides, mature apple trees, a pear tree, numerous other trees and hedges, with a private outdoor dining area overlooking fields.

The house benefits from Gigaclear fibre optic broadband, an EV charging point, and mains gas water and drainage. There are three public footpaths from the house one of which leads to the popular Crazy Bear pub/hotel only a mile away.