A property commissioned by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1840 has come on the market.

Sycamores of Station Yard, in Steventon, was home to one of the signalmen for the railway station.

The Grade II-listed semi-detached house includes a sitting room with an open fireplace and full-length bay windows.

A family/dining room has doors to the garden and there are four bedrooms, an attic room and family bathroom.

Other features include a paved courtyard garden, cellar and a two-storey annex which the current owners use as an office.

The landscaped grounds, which include a kitchen garden and lawns, have a brook running along part of the border.

Giles Lawton, of agents Savills, said: “The village of Steventon has three pubs, one of which is named The North Star after the first really successful steam engine of the Great Western Railway.

“The GWR opened Steventon railway station in 1840 and it was the main station for Oxford to the north, until in 1844 the line from Didcot to Oxford was opened.

“Steventon station continued to be used until British Railways closed it in 1965.”

Sycamores is on the market for £550,000. For more information, contact Savills on 01865 339700 or visit savills.com Another property with an interesting heritage is the former dining hall of St Mary’s convent in Wantage.

Number 7, St Michaels, is Grade II-listed and has original features such as Gothic windows, high ceilings, wooden floors and beams. It includes a split-level living room, kitchen, four bedrooms, two bathrooms and gardens and is on the market for £650,000.

For more information, contact Pink & Black on 01865 515919 or visit pinkandblackproperty.com