A children's play house which was a Christmas present for three small boys last year has been wrecked by arsonists.

The fire in the garden of the Bloomfield family, of Saxton Road, Abingdon, also melted a plastic swing and slide and destroyed a child's motorbike.

Steve Bloomfield, 35, and his wife Michelle, 30, were woken by the sound of the fire crackling early hours on Saturday morning.

The two-storey playhouse was used by the Bloomfield's five-year-old son and two-year-old twin boys.

Mr Bloomfield said: "The playhouse was bought last Christmas and the back of it is completely burned through.

"All their toys are covered in soot and soaking wet. It's ruined the garden."