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BRIDGE HOUSE Shillingford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 7EU ● a Characterful and Spacious Six Bedroom Attached Grade II Listed House ● Useful Outbuildings Inc

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BRIDGE HOUSE Shillingford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 7EU ● a Characterful and Spacious Six Bedroom Attached Grade II Listed House ● Useful Outbuildings Inc BRIDGE HOUSE Shillingford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 7EU ● A Characterful and Spacious Six Bedroom Attached Grade II Listed House ● Useful Outbuildings inc. Garage and Home Office ● Lovely Mature Gardens and Grounds with Paddocks and Immature Woodland Areas ● Caravan and Camping Site within a Stones Throw of The Beautiful River Thames REF: JN/MA/6192 ● In All Approx. 4 Acres ● Excellent Income Potential GENERAL AND SITUATION The property is readily accessible to Didcot which has a OUTSIDE, OUTBUILDINGS & LAND mainline station, with Oxford to the North and Reading Approximate Distances: to the south and M4 Junction 12 access at Theale. The There are lovely mature grounds with an initial parking Oxford 10.5 miles ● Didcot (station) 7.5 miles A34 at Abingdon is also within reasonable driving area and drive, a lawned garden area with twisted Wallingford 2.5 miles ● Reading 16 miles distance and gives excellent north and south willow, pear trees, mulberry and mock orange bushes. M4 (Junction 12 Theale) 17 miles ● Pangbourne 12 miles communications. There are perennial beds, a seating area and a lovely Abingdon (A34) 9 miles white magnolia at one end of the house. Off the THE RESIDENCE driveway there is an oak framed Garage with loft above An interesting c. 4 acre property with characterful Grade An attractive attached Grade II Listed period house with and an attached Office with light and power. Between II Listed six bedroom house, mature grounds, spacious accommodation arranged on three floors. The the house and outbuilding there is a productive herb outbuildings, paddocks and woodland areas, with small vendors currently use solid fuel wood burning stove for garden. camp site close to the River Thames heating, along with off-peak storage heaters and have an Immediately opposite the house and gardens, over the th electric AGA in the kitchen for cooking and heating. Bridge House is believed to date from the early 18 access lane, which we understand forms part of the There is partial secondary glazing to a number of Century and in the agents opinion offers spacious Thames Path, lies the bulk of the land which comprises a windows and the accommodation in brief is as follows: accommodation with great character arranged on three main block of mainly level pastureland utilised for the Please refer to floor plan for approx. room sizes: floors with many period features throughout. There are caravans, motorhomes and tents, plus a Labyrinth lovely private and mature grounds and useful garage From the garden there is access into a Garden / Sun planted with willow and an area known as The Glades with home office. Just over an access road there is a Room which has a sink. There is a spacious Dining Room which has eight tent pitches, each individually enclosed large level area of paddock and immature woodlands on with wood burning stove and the Inner Hall has an and surrounded by shrubs to give a greater degree of which the vendors have obtained planning permission understairs cupboard, access to a Walk-in Larder and privacy from the open field pitches. One pitch has a base for a small caravan and camping site for five caravans / trap door leading to the Cellar. Off the hall there is a for a bell tent to provide glamping. camper vans and fifteen tents. Within the woodland further Reception Room of great character having a areas the vendors have created eight lovely glade Just off the entrance drive there is a Shed with a cesspit lovely inglenook fireplace with a woodburning stove. The pitches, one suitable for a glamping bell tent. The chemical toilet disposal unit. Kitchen has quarry tiled flooring and an electric Aga, property is not being sold as a commercial property. Belfast sink with mixer tap and plumbing for a There is a soft fruit garden with apple and quince trees In the past the vendors have utilised the property as a dishwasher and washing machine. Adjoining the kitchen and a further Timber Shed with small woodburning smallholding keeping a wide variety of animals including there is a long and useful Utility / Boot Room with a stove. Beyond this there is a lovely Traditional Barn c. chickens, goats, pigs, sheep and a house cow. There is Cloakroom at one end with wash hand basin and WC. 19’7 x 11’7 (about 6m x 3.5m) int. plus Two Adjoining scope for great income potential should someone wish Just outside the rear door there is a further Cloakroom Sheds and an Open Store. This has been used as a to exploit this and perhaps utilise the accommodation in with external access only. recreational area for the campers and has also been the main house for holiday / bed & breakfast use, To the First Floor there is a Main Bedroom with lovely utilised for stock in the past. Beyond this there is an subject to any necessary planning permission being end window overlooking the gardens and grounds, a orchard with apple, plum, pear and cherry trees and a obtained. Central Bedroom with En Suite facilities including superb walnut tree plus cider apple trees and a large shower cubicle, wash hand basin and WC, and a Family vegetable growing area. There are two composting The property is situated on the outskirts of the hamlet of Bathroom with bath and shower attachment, wash hand toilets for the camp site and an LPG fired heated shower. Shillingford with the beautiful Shillingford Bridge and basin and WC. The Third Bedroom has an En Suite Beyond this there is a more overgrown area with two popular Shillingford Bridge Hotel on the banks of the Bathroom with corner bath, wash hand basin and WC. chicken houses and pens and also a Timber Cabin at the Thames. Nearby Wallingford is an historical popular On the Second Floor there are Three Further Bedrooms far end. (Available by negotiation) town again with a beautiful bridge crossing the Thames and a Hallway, a separate Cloakroom with wash hand IN ALL APPROX. 4 ACRES and offers a wide range of independent shops and basin and WC, and End Room which the vendors utilise (About 1.6 Hectares) boutiques as well as supermarkets etc. as a studio. Floorplan LOCAL AUTHORITY SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL Council Tax Band G SERVICES MAINS ELECTRICITY, MAINS WATER, MAINS DRAINAGE, PARTIAL SECONDARY GLAZING, TELEPHONE and FIBRE OPTIC BROADBAND (connected and available subject to normal transfer regulations) No EPC - Listed Building DIRECTIONS From Reading / Tilehurst, leave Reading on the A329 heading towards Wallingford, passing Purley , Pangbourne and Streatley and Moulsford. Go straight over the Wallingford Bypass roundabout following the road to Wallingford Town Centre. Go straight ahead at the traffic lights in the centre of Wallingford and after about a mile you will pass the Shillingford Bridge Hotel on the left. Pass over the Shillingford Bridge and the Bridge House “For Sale” sign will be seen immediately after as the first turning on the left. Turn left and the entrance to the house and gardens is on the right hand side. VIEWING Strictly by appointment only with the Agents RURAL SCENE - TEL 01264 850700 PRICE GUIDE £850,000 01264 850700 | [email protected] | www.ruralscene.co.uk N.B. These particulars have been prepared in good faith to give an overall view of the property. They do not form any part of an offer or contract, and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained here, any areas, measurements or distances are approximate; the text, photographs, floorplans and land plans are for guidance only and no responsibility is taken for any error, omission or misstatement. Any figure given is for initial guidance only and should not be relied on for valuation or measuring purposes. Rural Scene have visited Bridge House but have not surveyed or tested any of the appliances, services or systems in it (such as heating, plumbing, drainage, etc). The vendors have checked and approved the details; however purchasers must rely on their own and/or their surveyor’s inspections and their solicitor’s enquiries to determine the overall condition, size and acreage of the property and also any planning, rights of way and all other matters relating to it. CH:V:1.
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