ONE of Oxfordshire's most palatial hotel and top wedding venues has been bought by the owners of the Hoxton hotel chain.

The Grade-II listed Eynsham Hall went on the market in January and has now been snapped up in a deal estimated to be worth up to £10m.

The 135-room property has been sold by Cathedral Group to investment firm Ennismore - founded by entrepreneur Sharan Pasricha.

It also owns the Scottish golf resort Gleneagles - after purchasing it for around £150m in 2015.

Mr Pasricha bought the Hoxton hotel in Shoreditch six years ago and has since opened hotels in Paris and Amsterdam.

He could be set to invest in a multi-million pound expansion of the Jacobean-style mansion near North Leigh.

The property already has planning consent for 80 new guest bedrooms, purpose-built conference facilities with capacity for 250, and a new spa and swimming pool complex.

Richard Upton, co-founder of Cathedral Group acquired Eynsham Hall in 2005 and since invested more than £3m in an extensive refurbishment programme.

The original asking price was £8.25m