
Milton · OX14
School Lane, Milton
School Lane, Milton, OX14
Guide Price · Originally listed at £950,000
A charming 4-bedroom cottage with numerous features, 2711 sq ft of versatile accommodation, attractive gardens, and a double garage, tucked away down a small lane, in this attractive village.
The home, in the agent’s words
- Charming 17th century property retaining numerous period features
- Entrance porch, cloakroom and basement
- Light and spacious open plan living/dining room with bi-fold doors, and wooden flooring
- Kitchen/breakfast room with separate utility, and small conservatory/boot room leading to garden
- Further reception room, bedroom and shower room, with scope for home office, or independent living space
- Generously proportioned first floor sitting room with vaulted ceiling, and balcony overlooking adjacent playing fields
- Three/four double bedrooms and two bathrooms
- Double garage with gated driveway, bike shed and log store
- Attractive, established gardens, lawn, stone edged borders, and variety of shrubs, plants and rose buses,
- Pleasantly set back from the road, in arguably one of Milton village's most favoured areas.
Read the full agent description
Milton Cottage is the perfect example of a period property, believed to date back to the 17th century, thoughtfully refurbished to provide an impressive family home that combines character and comfort with contemporary living space. It blends all the attributes of an attractive village with the practicality of Didcot Parkway train station, approximately three miles away, taking 45 minutes to London Paddington.
Pleasantly tucked away from the road, the property offers versatile, imaginatively laid-out accommodation with numerous features, including wooden flooring, internal wooden doors, exposed beams, and stone walls.
The living space is designed to maximise the natural light, incorporating an entrance porch, a generously proportioned open-plan sitting/dining room with bi-fold doors, providing access to the study, basement and kitchen/breakfast room with a separate utility, and a small conservatory/boot room leading to the garden.
Additional ground floor accommodation is provided by a further reception room, bedroom and shower room, adding additional flexibility, and providing the potential for an independent living area or home office.
Undoubtedly, the first-floor living room is one of the home's principal attributes, an attractive, spacious room with vaulted ceilings and a balcony overlooking the adjacent playing fields. A half landing gives access to a bedroom and bathroom with a roll top bath, in addition to two further bedrooms and a second bathroom.
Outside, the property enjoys enclosed well-stocked gardens, laid to lawn with raised stone-edged borders containing a variety of shrubs, plants and rose bushes. A Prime Oak double garage and secure gated driveway complete the picture of a charming village home that blends modern living with an enviable, well-connected location.
It is conveniently situated close to the heart of this well-connected village, 10 miles south of Oxford. It retains a strong community with local amenities including a public house, church, local store and post office, with nearby Milton Park (circa half a mile|), providing a coffee shop, gym and barbers.
The A34 is within two miles, giving access to surrounding routes including M4 and M40, ideal for commuters. Didcot is within 3.5 miles, with Didcot Parkway train station providing regular, direct access to London Paddington. Further amenities are on hand in the nearby village of Sutton Courtenay, with Abingdon also 4 miles away.
The area is surrounded by countryside walks ideal for dog walkers and joggers alike, with footpaths leading to surrounding villages.
Council Tax Band C: £2711
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Getting about
2.5 milesto Appleford Rail Station
Approximate straight-line distance · DfT NaPTAN · 13 Sept 2026Background air quality
- Fine particles · PM₂.₅
- 6.6 µg/m³ · Above the WHO guideline · well within the UK legal limit
- Nitrogen dioxide · NO₂
- 7.1 µg/m³ · Meets the WHO guideline
Annual background levels. For scale: the WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ for PM₂.₅ and 10 for NO₂; the UK legal limit is 20 and 40. Lower is better; this is a 1 km model, not a reading at the door.
Defra · 2024 annual model · 1 km areaLocal information is approximate. Distances are straight-line estimates from the available location. Broadband describes postcode coverage, not the speed or service available at this home; check the address with a provider. Air quality is a modelled annual background estimate.
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