Oxfordshire pub on offer for half original price at £650k

The Fox and Hounds in Station Road, Ardley, near Bicester, closed in January 2020 and has been marketed with a for sale sign since May 2022.

Last summer, the pub was put on the market for £1,250,000 following which it was reduced to £750,000 and now it has gone down to £650,000, almost half its original price.

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There have been several failed attempts to convert it into a furniture store.

In January 2025, applicant White Pennant applied to convert it into three homes which was subsequently approved in April by Cherwell District Council.

The property listing on Rightmove states: “Currently classed as commercial with approved planning conversion and alteration of former public house to provide three dwellings, plus hard and soft landscaping and associated works.

The Fox & Hounds Inn, Ardley (Image: Chancellors/Zoopla)

“The three separate units totalling around 5,000 square foot of accommodation if utilising the existing plans.”

The original planning application received two letters in objection and three in support from locals.

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Ardley and Fewcott Parish Council also objected in the ‘strongest possible terms’ due to the development failing to reflect both the significant location and the community uses required by the village.

Objector Mark Rowan, who lives in East Street, Fritwell, said that “we’re losing too many pubs”.

Meanwhile supporter of the planning application Caroline Ryan, of Somerton Road, Ardley, called it a “terrible eyesore”.

She added: “If the buildings can be kept in some way and made into homes, that would be great.”