HILL HOUSE

Great Bourton is a delightful village very close to Banbury and here, in its elevated setting, stands this magnificent family home. A large, Georgian property, built in local ironstone, it has been the much adored family home for the present owners since 1969.

Ground Floor

A central, wide timber door opens to the bright entrance hall with stairs rising gently to the first floor. A rear double glazed door allows natural light to flood in and provides a fine vista across the rear garden. A further door leads down to the cellar rooms with good headroom and lighting. The drawing room features an open fireplace with wood burning stove, hearth and fender with a marble surround. There are typically high ceilings, skirtings and picture rails. Leaded light rear window and door, sash window overlooking the frontage. Door to a study, or small craft room also with front window, Connecting larger room that could provide a home office, whilst having an en suite shower room, it could be used an occasional guest bedroom. Across the hall is a spacious dining room also featuring an open fireplace with original deep red inset tiling and an ornate marble surround. Picture rail, high ceiling and skirting boards, sash front window with shutters.

The rear hall connects to a versatile room that could be either a breakfast room or a play room. Tiled floor, storage cupboard, front sash window with shutters. The kitchen has base and eye-level wooden fronted units, tiled work surfaces, stainless steel sink unit, plumbing facilities, built in dresser unit, oil-fired Aga with two hotplates. There are front and side windows with door to the rear hall.

This connects to the main entrance hall with a cast-iron radiator, door to the secondary staircase, rear window with shutters, access to the laundry room and connected rooms. The single storey existing extension comprises a large split level laundry room with a double stainless steel sink unit, plumbing facilities, arched side window. The workshop/boiler room houses the Worcester oil-fired boiler, enamel sink, gardener’s loo, rear window. A flagstone corridor houses the RCD consumer unit and a wide timber door leads to the rear garden.