5 bed detached house for sale

Upper Wardington, Nr Banbury, Oxfordshire OX17

17th century extended former farmhouse with later additions, the property has extensive outbuildings including a self-contained cottage and 'Great Hall'

North Oxfordshire farmhouse
• Thought to have dated originally from the 17th century with later additions, the property sits in an elevated position overlooking the charming village below.
• An extended farmhouse with various converted and unconverted outbuildings, largely located around the original farmyard offering total privacy.
• Stunning private west facing formal gardens.
• In all, the property extends to about 0.8 acres.

Ground Floor
• Entrance hall with flagstone floor from which a wide staircase rises. Door to triple aspect Drawing room with carved wood fireplace surround and bay window.
• A door to a Sitting room with open fireplace and marble surround from which another door leads to the dining room with useful cupboards and bookshelves. Door to stone steps and spacious dry cellar.
• Kitchen/breakfast room with painted cupboards, oil-fired aga, additional electric cooker and hob, door to secondary staircase.
• A lovely extended Garden/Sunroom with part-glazed vaulted ceilings, tiled floor, with views looking over the village.
• Utility room (former dairy) with every day used door to parking area, with exposed oak truss, cloakroom, boiler room, and secret hidden pantry with freezer and fridge area.
• A short link passage opens to a Great Hall-like room ideal for parties and entertaining with elm floor, high vaulted ceilings with oak trusses, two glazed former barn doors, (west and east), bookshelves and a high-level door to a storage room over the garage accessed by a removable ladder.

First and Second Floors
• Accessed by the main stairs from the entrance hall is the bedroom accommodation including principal suite with dressing room and bathroom, both with cupboards.
• Continuing on the first floor, are two further double bedrooms, a further bathroom and stairs rising to the second-floor accommodation.
• The second floor provides excellent children’s accommodation with a sitting room area, two double bedrooms and a family bathroom.

The Granary and Further Outbuildings
• To the immediate north of the house and forming a quadrangle with it, is an attractive yard of traditional buildings.
• Adjoining the main house is a garage with double doors.
• The Granary provides extremely useful and spacious ancillary accommodation to High Wardington House. It comprises a downstairs double bedroom with en suite bathroom, utility room with WC, an oak staircase rising to a first floor sitting room with open plan kitchen /dining area; deal for income generation, dependent living, or staff accommodation.
• Adjoining the Granary is a wonderful large barn with a mezzanine floor, ideal for parties or games room and having a large glazed window to the front and barn doors to the rear.
• To the north side of the ‘yard garden’ are two large stables with original mangers, three calf boxes, and a nearby brick workshop/storeroom
• To the east side is a traditional stone building comprising three good sized rooms, currently used as an office but with potential for a variety of other uses.

Situation
Upper Wardington is an attractive peaceful north Oxfordshire village located close to the borders of south Northamptonshire, adjacent to Edgcote.
The village has a pub, garden nursery with cafe, village hall, parish church and playing fields.

Local schooling at Cropredy with more specialist amenities found at the market town of Banbury including mainline train station with services to London Marylebone (from an hour) and Birmingham and the north. M40 Motorway connection at Junction 11 (Banbury) 3.5 miles.

St John's Priory (Banbury), Winchester House (Brackley) and Beachborough (Westbury) prep schools, with Stowe, Tudor Hall, Bloxham public schools, all not far away. Bus services to the Oxford and Warwick schools from Banbury.

Gardens and Grounds
• The property is approached by a drive with impressive mature yew topiary to the side.
• The inner ‘former farmyard’ gardens are laid to lawn with gravel parking.
• The principal garden situated to the west of the house and barns, is of formal design including parterre garden, further topiary and ‘vista’ lawn strip with herbaceous flower borders which enjoy wonderful sunsets in the evenings.
• There is a charming, raised Wendy House built on staddle stones; a running water rill feature and a further separate fishpond.
• There are also productive vegetable and flower gardens to the west.

Fixtures and fittings
All fixtures, fittings and furniture such as curtains, light fittings, garden ornaments and statuary are excluded from the sale. Some may be available by separate negotiation.

Services
Mains water, drainage and electricity are connected to the property. Heating and hot water are provided by an oil-fired boiler.

None of the services or appliances, heating installations, plumbing or electrical systems have been tested by the selling agents.

The estimated fastest download speed currently achievable for the property postcode area is around 950 Mbps (data taken from on 04/06/2025). Actual service availability at the property or speeds received may be different.

We understand that the property is likely to have current mobile coverage data based on on 04/06/2025. Please note that actual services available may be different depending on the particular circumstances, precise location and network outages.

Tenure
The property is to be sold freehold with vacant possession.

Method of sale
For sale by Private Treaty.

Local Authority
Cherwell District Council
Council Tax Band G

Public rights of way, wayleaves and easements
The property is sold subject to all rights of way, wayleaves and easements whether or not they are defined in this brochure.

Plans and boundaries
The plans within these particulars are based on Ordnance Survey data and provided for reference only. They are believed to be correct but accuracy is not guaranteed. The purchaser shall be deemed to have full knowledge of all boundaries and the extent of ownership. Neither the vendor nor the vendor’s agents will be responsible for defining the boundaries or the ownership thereof.

Viewings
Strictly by appointment through Fisher German LLP.
Directions
Postcode – OX17 1SP
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