Super family house with masses of potential with a very special garden.

Ground Floor
• An imposing symmetrical fronted stone-built village house adjacent to the village memorial. Thought to date from the early 19th century with a much earlier rear section.
• From a wide entrance hall, with small cellar below, and stairs rise to the first floor. Door to the rear garden.
• From either side of the entrance hall are well proportioned drawing and dining rooms, with good ceiling heights, both with window shutters and fireplaces.
• Steps lead down to a large “living” kitchen with a quarry tile floor, extensive wall and floor cupboards including an Aga. A sitting area with stone fireplace.

First Floor
• First floor with two good sized high ceilinged bedrooms, one with fitted cupboards, both ensuite, sharing a bathroom with a shower.
• Steps lead down to the older part of the property and include two further bedrooms and a bathroom.

Outside
• Accessed from both the front of the house and the rear terrace is a two-storey cottage with a living room including a kitchenette and stairs to a first floor bedroom with a shower room. This cottage needs some updating but has potential for income generation, work from home space or for guest accommodation.
• The gardens are a very special feature of Springhill House being east facing and extending to about 1.2 acres.
• Accessed from the rear of the house, via a gravel drive, the garden opens out to a wonderful space with attractive specimen trees, areas to sit and enjoy the peacefulness.
• There is a raised pond, box hedge corner with various summer houses.
• There is a natural pond with a former vegetable garden with orchard. A large tractor room/stables with vehicular access to the rear village lane.

Situation
Hethe is a quiet village situated in attractive Oxfordshire countryside. The village has a public house (currently not trading) and a parish church. A primary school can be found in Fringford with Bicester not far away for all the shopping requirements. Also found in Bicester are two train stations with services to London (Marylebone from 48 minutes), Oxford and Birmingham. M40 connection Junction 10 is about 5 miles away.

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, electricity and drainage. Hot water and heating 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 47 Mbps (data taken from checker.ofcom.org.uk on 27/03/2025). 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 taken from checker.ofcom.org.uk on 27/03/2025). 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.

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.

Local Authority
Cherwell District Council
Council Tax Band G

Directions
Postcode – OX27 8ES
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