The Old Manor

Dating back to the English Civil War, The Old Manor is an historic house in a delightful setting in the heart of this popular Oxfordshire village. The house has many original features including beamed ceilings, stone mullioned windows & large open fireplaces and an ideal layout as a family house including spacious reception rooms, a well fitted kitchen and seven bedrooms and four bathrooms including a particularly spacious master suite.

Cropredy is a popular village on the Oxford Canal and River Cherwell, surrounded by open countryside and the site of a famous Civil War battle in the 1640s. Excellent facilities including a primary school, parish church, village store, public house, post office, sports field & pavilion and a doctor’s surgery. Nearby Banbury provides extensive amenities, with supermarkets, shops, restaurants, schools and leisure centre. Oxford, Stratford upon Avon, Warwick, Birmingham and The Cotswolds are all within easy reach. Good local schools including The Carrdus (Overthorpe), Winchester House (Brackley) and Chenderit (Middleton Cheney) all within easy reach. Bloxham, Stowe, Warwick, Kings High and Tudor Hall are also close by. Easy access to the M40 at Junction 11 only 4 miles away, linking to London and the Midlands. Birmingham Airport is only 35 miles away. Regular and fast train services from Banbury to London Marylebone take about 60 minutes.

The Old Manor is approached via a gravel driveway that sweeps in front of the house providing plenty of off road parking. There are an extensive range of outbuildings comprising stables, garaging and storage with the potential for further accommodation The gardens are to the rear of the property, between the house and canal. Immediately adjacent to the house are the more formal gardens with mature trees, covered walkways and lawns. The canal garden and orchard create the seclusion and tranquillity unusual in a village house. The garden borders the Oxford Canal with a private mooring with power connected. Behind the garage are more stables, tack room and a potting shed. The kitchen garden provides vegetables, fruit and flowers. The remaining land comprises paddocks and open fields.

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