2 bed cottage for sale

Bridge Street, Oxford OX2

A charming two bedroom Victorian cottage on sought-after Osney Island, 10 minutes walk from Oxford Railway Station and 20 minutes from the city centre.

This attractive house would be an ideal first home or pied-a-terre being so close to central Oxford with all the advantages of being part of a thriving community alongside the River Thames. There are two well regarded pubs, as well as a playground and allotments across Botley Road and an excellent primary school nearby.

Features include: Sitting/dining room with beech flooring, fitted cupboards and small cast iron fireplace, terracotta quarry-tiled kitchen with a ''stable door'' going out to a secluded courtyard garden. Open-plan stairs lead to two bedrooms and the bathroom. All but one of the windows are timber double glazed with the first floor bedroom having a bespoke hardwood sash window. Parking is on-street resident permit parking, the bicycle rack is just outside the front door. All mains services are connected.

According to Ofcom, Ultrafast broadband is available and there is good mobile coverage outdoors and indoors with certain providers. According to the Environment Agency, the property is in Flood zone 3, but since the client has owned the property there has been no flooding and had no increase in insurance premiums.

Osney Island is a hidden gem in Oxford with access to the Thames path to Binsey and Port Meadow and walks to North Hinksey and Grandpont Nature Reserve. Central Oxford is half a mile to the east and Botley Road has a Waitrose and a number of independent local shops. Oxford Railway station offers a fast 50 minute service to London Paddington