5 bedroom house

Stunning modern house, offering 5868 sq ft of living space, with equestrian facilities, in a delightful rural setting. In all about 12.17 acres. Further 4.5 acres available separately.

Situation
The Coppice Farm is situated in a delightful rural and secluded position tucked away from the public highway. The property is however situated close to the popular village of Akeley just 2.5 miles north of Buckingham. The village name is derived from the old English for 'oak field' and benefits from a well established primary school and village hall. The property is in catchment for the Royal Latin Grammar School in Buckingham with preparatory schools available at Akeley Wood, Swanbourne, Beechborough (Westbury) and Winchester House (Brackley). Senior schooling is available at Stowe, Thornton College (for girls), with Bloxham, Tudor Hall and the Oxford schools all within close range. A range of leisure and shopping facilities can be found in nearby Buckingham or Bicester, Oxford and Milton Keynes beyond. The property is well served for sporting and leisure activities with the nearby Silverstone race circuit and horse racing at Towcester.

Description
This substantial and imposing modern property was created by the current owners with the majority of the works completed in 2012. The property has been finished to a very high specification throughout and offers spacious and comfortable family living. The accommodation is light and airy and offers great flexibility throughout.

The entrance hall leads to a stunning split staircase giving access to the first floor with the principal reception rooms accessed from here. The heart of the home is the stunning and flexible/breakfast/living space, ideal for family living. The high quality bespoke fitted kitchen was created by Extreme Design by KCA (Sunningdale) and caters for all modern family needs. Connected to the kitchen is a useful cloakroom and plant room which serves the whole of the property together with a commercial style utility room with two integrated washing machines and tumble dryers. There is also a well fitted boot room for all of your country needs. Completing this section of the house is a large family room. Located from the entrance hall is a fabulous drawing room with views out to the open countryside. There is also a study and cloakroom accessed from here. Completing the downstairs accommodation is a self contained annex comprising sitting room, bedroom, kitchen/breakfast room and shower room, ideal for staff, grandparents or perhaps teenage children.

Proceeding up the split staircase to the vaulted landing area gives access to the first floor accommodation. The master bedroom suite gives you all the comfort you could need including a large bedroom area with full balcony looking out over your land, together with built in wardrobes, giving access to the very large ensuite bathroom with underfloor heating, stone bath, rainwater shower and two sinks. This also leads through to the dressing room which could also be used as an additional bedroom or nursery room. There are three further bedroom suites, all with ensuite facilities and built in wardrobes. The house benefits from underfloor heating throughout the ground floor and to all of the bathrooms and ensuites with a sophisticated Lutron lighting system operating the whole house and fully connected Sonos wireless system in every room.

Gardens and grounds
The property benefits from a significant gravelled parking area suitable for numerous vehicles. The front of the property has been beautifully landscaped whilst at the rear there is a wraparound entertaining terrace leading to an extensive lawned garden area beyond.

The Equestrian Facilities
The property benefits from a range of excellent equestrian facilities including an L shaped range of traditional stables including three stables, foaling box and store whilst in the courtyard there is also a recently constructed bespoke building incorporating four Monarch stables with sealed rubber cushion
matting and automatic drinkers, there is a feed room, secure tack room with washing and toilet facilities and a secure storage area/workshop with mezzanine floor above. Adjacent to this area is a 60 x 20 fully drained Elmtree international size manège with a leaky pipe damp water system for all year usage. This has also been designed with the potential for enclosing the arena using the existing planning consent. Adjacent to this is a Monarch horse walker (for 5 horses) and lunge ring. The stable yard benefits from its own central heating system with warm wash down area. The yard area sits adjacent to an existing bridleway giving easy access onto the permanent pasture paddocks contained and excellent riding beyond. The land is ideal for equestrian usage but also provides some area of amenity. Further 4.5 acres available separately (part of Lot 2).

Marketed by: Fisher German, Banbury