On the market for first time in four decades

The property, in Jack Straws Lane, also has potential as it comes with planning consent for a substantial extension.

Set in grounds of two thirds of an acre, Cotswold has a sitting room measuring 24ft x 15ft with brick and beamed inglenook fireplace, plus a dining room with windows on two sides.

Other rooms on the ground floor include the kitchen, which has a pantry plus a separate utility and garden room. Upstairs are four bedrooms and a family bathroom.

Features of note include a studded oak front door, wrought iron staircase, leaded light windows, window bays, wood block flooring and gas central heating.

The front garden includes a gated carriage driveway and space for parking and the back garden is mainly laid to lawn.

The property also has its own detached double garage with a covered storage area and a workshop.

There is planning consent for a loft conversion and to build a substantial extension which would give more ground and first-floor accommodation.

The Fisher family, who moved there from Staunton Road, purchased it for £14,000 in 1968 and brought up their three sons there, including Simon who runs a lettings agency in Oxford.

David Blythman, of agents Scott Fraser, said: “This is a handsome family house which is on a very big plot. In my experience, it is extremely rare to find more than half an acre in the sought-after central Headington conservation area.

“The house is in a superb position, set back from a private road and has attractive and secluded mature gardens.

“The property has been in the same family for the last 40-odd years and the fact that there is planning permission for ground and first-floor accommodation plus a loft conversion means that it has an enormous amount of potential for a buyer who wishes to extend it.”

Cotswold is on the market for a guide price of £1.25m. For more information, contact Scott Fraser on 01865 759500 or visit scottfraser.co.uk