8 bed detached house for sale

Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1

Red Copse offers superb family living combined with a very high specification throughout having been comprehensively refurbished and extended by the current owners. The house offers a blend of traditional architecture and striking contemporary additions. It offers very flexible accommodation with over 5400 sqft of space over four floors and provides up to 8 bedrooms and has 7 bath / shower rooms. To the ground floor there are two reception rooms, hall and cloakroom and the heart of the house is the superb kitchen / breakfast room which enjoys wonderful natural light from a part glazed roof and overlooks the dining room and pool room. The pool has a swimming machine and can be reversed into a games room with a retractable floor. Beyond the pool is a shower room, and kitchen. There is a good utility room which opens into the garage to the front.

The first floor in the original part of the house has four bedrooms, one with ensuite, a large family bathroom and the new main bedroom suite. This is a stunning room with pitched ceiling, glazed sliding doors to a balcony and tree top views over the roof terrace. There is a large ensuite to the rear with bath, walk in shower, twin basins and fitted cupboards. The second floor contains two further bedrooms, cinema room and two showers and enjoys wonderful views. The lower ground floor has the plant room, a gym which opens to the terrace and garden and a bar / kitchen accessed from steps from the dining room. There is a large lawn to the rear of the house with large terrace to the side adjoining the pool. Steps down lead to the lower garden with cascading water feature to one side. The lower garden area has storage sheds, a play area, barbeque area, a climbing wall and greenhouse. To the front electric gates open onto a large gravel parking area flanked by mature hedges

Boars Hill is a sought-after residential area famous for its wooded rural setting, just three miles from the centre of Oxford which provides a wide range of shopping, cultural, recreational and educational facilities.
It is well served by communications with access to the A34 and Oxford ring road, connecting to the M4 and M40 motorways, with the regional centres of Newbury and Swindon also within easy reach. Communications by rail are also excellent with fast trains from either Oxford or Didcot to London Paddington taking about fifty and forty five minutes respectively. In addition Oxford Parkway station has services to London Marylebone in fifty six minutes.

The house is situated within close proximity to many schools in the Boars Hill area including Abingdon, Radley, Cothill and Chandlings and also within easy distance to central Oxford where The Dragon, St Edward's, Magdalen College, Summer Fields, Wychwood and Oxford High School are located.