Savills | Holloway Hill, Lower Brailes, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 5JA | Properties for sale
192.77 sq m(2,075 sq ft)
Guide price £650,000

Holloway HillLower Brailes, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 5JA

  • Under offer
House
192.77 sq m (2,075 sq ft)
4Bedrooms
2Bathrooms
3Receptions

Key features

  • Spacious family home on the edge of a thriving village
  • Significantly improved by the current owners
  • Generous enclosed garden
  • Double garage
  • Workshop
  • Access to a range of schools and transport links

Unique edge of village living.

About this property

  • Yew Tree House is a deceptively spacious home, which has been enhanced by the current owners. It offers well-proportioned family living on the edge of this thriving village, with access to a range of schools and good transport links. The generous enclosed garden, double garage and workshop enhance its appeal.

    The spacious ground floor accommodation comprises a light kitchen/breakfast room with in-built units; dual aspect sitting room with exposed beams, log burner and doors on to the garden; a generous family room / dining room with doors on to the garden and in-built shelving and a separate study. There is also a utility room / WC.

    The first floor comprises a spacious principal bedroom with in an in-built wardrobe and storage unit and recently refitted en suite shower room. There is a second generous bedroom with in-built wardrobe, two further bedrooms and a recently refitted family bathroom. The property has been significantly improved by the current owners, including amongst others, new boiler, electrics and bathrooms.

    The generous enclosed, rear garden backs onto grass paddocks and provides a large area of lawn with mature tree and flower beds. There are two terraces providing flexible entertaining areas. To the front of the house is a shared gravel parking area along with a detached double garage and versatile workshop.

    View payable Stamp Duty for this property

I was immediately taken with Yew Tree House. The spacious and well-presented reception rooms offer a versatile space, including the ability to work from home.

Catherine ScandrettProperty agent

Local information

  • Lower Brailes is set in the attractive south Warwickshire countryside on the northern edge of the Cotswolds.
  • The village benefits from an active community with various clubs and activities. Local facilities can be found in both Lower and Upper Brailes, including public houses, well-regarded primary school, butchers, delicatessen, general store, fine parish church, garage, golf club and a wealth of period properties.
  • More specialist requirements are available at the nearby towns of Shipston on Stour, Chipping Norton and Banbury. Stratford-upon-Avon and Oxford provide a wider range of retail, cultural and educational facilities.
  • The area is served by a range of well-regarded schools. Locally there is a primary school in the village and secondary school in Shipston-on-Stour. The village is in the Priority Area for the Warwickshire Grammar Schools at Stratford - King Edward VI (boys) and Stratford Grammar School (girls). Independent schools include Kitebrook House, St Johns Priory (Banbury), Carrdus (Banbury), The Croft (Stratford-upon-Avon), Warwick Prep, Tudor Hall, Bloxham, Sibford, Kingham Hill, Kings High School and Warwick Boys. There are also numerous schools in and around the university city of Oxford.
  • The area has excellent communication connections with Junction 11 of the M40 motorway and mainline train station at Banbury (London/Marylebone from approximately 56 minutes).
  • Sporting activities in the area include golf at Feldon Valley (Brailes), Tadmarton and Rye Hill; horse racing at Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon and Cheltenham; motor racing at Silverstone; access to a network of local walks and bridleways; Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon with further theatres at Chipping Norton and Oxford; Daylesford Organic Farm shop and Soho Farmhouse.

Additional information

  • Directions: From Banbury take the B4035, Broughton Road, towards Shipston on Stour, passing through the villages of Broughton, Tadmarton and Swalciffe. Continue until you enter village of Lower Brailes. Immediately upon entering the village take the first left onto a private drive and head into the courtyard. Yew Tree House is the first house on the right.
  • EPC Rating = D