Location

Byfield is a thriving village on the borders of south Northamptonshire, north Oxfordshire and south Warwickshire.

The village has local facilities including a village shop/post office, garage, medical centre, primary school, public house, tennis club, cricket club, bowls club, village hall and parish church.

The market towns of Daventry (Waitrose) and Banbury (Sainsburys and Tesco) provide more extensive facilities. Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon provide cultural facilities.

Communication links include the M40 motorway (J11) at Banbury about 9 miles and M1 (J 16) Upper Heyford about 12 miles and trains from Banbury to London/Marylebone peak time from approximately 56 minutes.

Independent schools in the area include prep: - Winchester House, (Brackley), Beachborough, (Westbury) and Bilton Grange (Dunchurch); Public schools are Bloxham and Tudor Hall, (Bloxham), Stowe, Rugby and Princethorpe (Nr Leamington), Warwick and King's High (Warwick).

Sporting facilities in the area include golf at Hellidon, Tadmarton and Middleton Cheney; horse racing at Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick; motor racing at Silverstone and full indoor sports complexes at Banbury and Daventry.

All distances and times are approximate.

Description

Classic former farmhouse of ironstone construction under a pitch cedar shingle roof.

This Grade II listed house dates back to the 1650's with later addition of 1715 (date stone) and is positioned towards the edge of the village.

Various period feature including open fireplaces, bread oven, shutters, window seats, exposed timbers, flagstone floors and quarry chequerboard tiled flooring, leaded lights, bay window, exposed elm and pine floor boards, and four panel pine internal doors.

The house has been sympathetically extended and modernised particularly the kitchen/breakfast room, lovely light garden room, white bath/shower fittings, terracotta tiled floors, internal decoration and some replacement carpets.

One of the key improvements by the current owners was the addition of the garden room which is located at the garden side of the house easily accessed from the kitchen/breakfast room perfect for families and entertaining. This room enjoys an easterly and southerly aspect with doors out to the driveway and stone terrace perfect for summer entertaining.

There is a lovely drawing room and sitting room with open fireplaces, perfect for winter evenings.

The second floor bedroom accommodation is split and is ideal for children, teenagers, play room or home office. They have generous ceiling heights being vaulted and enjoy ample light.

Partly walled, level and well-tended gardens enjoy an easterly aspect and is predominately lawn with flower borders and beds, ornamental pond, magnolia tree, fruit trees, stone terrace, compost area and footings and the remains of a range of farm buildings, making a feature of the garden.

Gravel driveway and parking area lies to the side of the house and leads to a range of traditional stone outbuildings comprising 2 bay car port, workshop, garden stores with loft storage over.

Key attributes of this lovely property include edge of village setting, architecture, period features, generous garden room and bedrooms sizes which are light and airy, two good receptions rooms, various quality fittings, lovely garden and useful outbuildings.