Location

Westbury is approximately 2.5 miles from Brackley and 5 miles west of Buckingham. The village has much to offer with a community shop and café, playing fields and playground, cricket club, village hall, and the renowned Beachborough Prep School which is approximately 0.3 miles away.

The local market towns of Brackley and Buckingham provide for every day needs, with Bicester, Milton Keynes, Banbury and Oxford offering more extensive facilities. Well served for independent schools in the area, Preparatory schools include:- Beachborough (Westbury), Winchester House (Brackley), Akeley Wood and Swanbourne, and senior public schools include Stowe School, Thornton College (girls), Bloxham School, and Tudor Hall, and Grammar schools in Buckingham.

Communication links include intercity train services either from Bicester North to London Marylebone about 34 minutes or Milton Keynes to London Euston about 35 minutes. Access onto the M40 motorway at Ardley (J10) (9 miles) and also the M1 at Northampton (18 miles).

Sporting and leisure activities include golf at Buckingham and Whittlebury; National Trust house and gardens at Stowe; motor racing at Silverstone; cinema and theatre at Bicester, Milton Keynes and Oxford.

All distances and times are approximate.

Description

Snowball Farm is situated on the outskirts of the village, centrally located within its plot enabling landscaped gardens to wrap around all sides. This provides an immense amount of privacy and thus benefits from wonderful views throughout the house of the stunning landscaped gardens. The house has recently been sympathetically improved and extended, maintaining much of its character and charm from its 1940 origins, to create fabulous light bright open plan living with south facing garden views.

The kitchen/breakfast room has glass doors leading out onto the south facing rear terrace, allowing plenty of natural light to flood in. Fitted with wood veneer soft close drawers and cupboards and quartz work surfaces, the large central island offers plenty of space for food preparation. There are Siemens electrical appliances, double oven and microwave and five ring induction hob with extractor, dishwasher and space for large fridge/freezer. The Quooker tap provides boiling water and cold sparkling water. There is a very useful adjoining utility/boot room with built in cupboards and space for a washing machine and tumble dryer, which leads conveniently through to the ground floor cloakroom and onto the art studio. This could be used as a treatment room or home office as it does have direct external access onto the front drive and rear garden.

The entrance hall acts as the central point of the house with beautiful parquet flooring and art deco 1920s marble fireplace. This seamlessly joins the office and fabulous garden room with bifold doors out onto the south facing terrace providing wonderful open plan living. There is a feature fireplace with Chesney wood burning stove open plan to the dining area, with circular picture window allowing the view to be fully absorbed. There are two further reception rooms; a snug/sitting room which could also used as a children's playroom and another larger cinema/family room ideal for teenagers to hang out.

On the first floor is the principal bedroom with vaulted ceiling and solid wood aqua flooring leading through into the shower en suite. The fabulous circular picture window, encompasses the beautiful garden views, giving a feeling of space and light. There are three further double bedrooms, and a family bathroom with bedroom two having an en suite shower.

There is a separate, ground floor, self-contained one bedroom annexe which could either be used for extended family and friends or let out to earn an income stream.

There are three garages; a double and a single garage with electric car charging point.

Overlooking the hard astroturf tennis court is the gymnasium/office connected with power, light and electric heating. This has been finished with natural larch wood cladding in keeping with the rest of the property. There is a summerhouse/office also with power, light and electric heating.

The gardens are enclosed by mature trees and hedging with a woodland running along the western boundary. The current owners have created paths running through the woodland making it accessible for children to play. There are large areas of open grassland interspersed with specimen trees and an orchard. A natural pond can be found in the far corner of the gardens fenced with picket fencing. There is an enclosed vegetable patch with raised veg beds ideal for anyone to enjoy.

The terrace immediately to the back of the property allows plenty of entertaining space with purpose built wooden cupboards for keeping gardening tools and bins. In all about 4 acres.

There is a right of way over the farm track to access the driveway to the property. A contribution may be payable towards repair, maintenance and renewal.