Spring Cottage • Common Spring Cottage • Berkshire

A handsome and unusually spacious 5 bedroom character country house of Victorian origins, with some more recent substantial additions, to include an attached self-contained 2 bedroom cottage with separate entrance with superb sporting facilities to include - Indoor swimming pool complex, snooker room, gym and tennis court.

10,299 sq ft / 957 m²

Gardens & Grounds extending to 3 acres / 1.2 hectares (all measurements are approximate)

Newbury 6 miles ● 7 miles ● M4 (junc 12) 6 miles ● train station 4 miles - fast trains to London Paddington (50 minute journey time) (all distances & times are approximate)

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A handsome and unusually spacious 5 bedroom character country house of ��Large ground floor office with separate entrance from the exterior, additional first Victorian origins, with some more recent substantial additions, to include an floor study attached self-contained 2 bedroom cottage with separate entrance. ��Spectacular large dining room ��Large master bedroom with excellent built in wardrobes, double aspect views, Spring Cottage is set in a magnificent location, surrounded by the very beautiful and sitting room area, large ensuite shower room and adjacent dressing room unspoilt Bucklebury Common. This is a wonderful family house with tremendous sports ��Main guest bedroom with oak stripped flooring and extensive range of oak and fitness areas to include; an indoor swimming pool, gym, games room with indoor fronted wardrobes and ensuite wet room putting green, sauna and outdoor tennis court. ��Outdoor play area with tree house The property is in excellent decorative order throughout, with flexible, spacious ��The property has complete privacy rooms, set amongst well maintained grounds. The rooms are very light with high ��Entrance drive flanked by fabulous mature rhododendrons ceilings. ��There is a productive vegetable garden with greenhouse and orchard ��Cottage has beamed ceiling to main reception room and dining area, large Special features: entrance hall, door from exterior, and interconnecting door to the main house �� The spacious, light and flexible accommodation; the cottage could easily be ��There is a footpath near Spring Cottage which gives pleasant walks through the separately used, or as present, incorporated into the main house accommodation Common to gain access to The Bladebone pub and coffee shop �� The large kitchen/breakfast room was refitted in 2019, it has a 4 oven AGA with ��Charging station to the rear of the property for an electric vehicle hotplate, polished quartz working surfaces, Bosch 4 ring induction hob, water ��Replacement windows throughout softener, wine cooler, larder cupboard, breakfast bar that can seat at least 4 people and door to large utility room Summary of accommodation: �� The large reception hall, has an old polished stripped pine floor, with a staircase Main house; Ground floor; reception hall, drawing room, sitting room, office, winding to the first floor with galleried landing kitchen/breakfast room, laundry room, dining room, garden room, gym, games �� Drawing room with open fireplace fitted with wood burning stove, overlooking the room, snooker room, inner hall with door to sauna, pool changing rooms and cloak- front gardens and entrance drive room, attached pool plant room with access from the exterior, indoor pool, guest bedroom with ensuite shower room, wine cellar, 2 cloakrooms. First floor; 4 bedrooms, 2 with ensuite, family bathroom with free standing bath Bradfield College has a fabulous sports complex open to public membership, with a Cottage: Entrance hall, sitting room, dining area, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, ensuite fine indoor pool, indoor tennis courts, squash, gym and fitness centre and 9-hole golf bathroom. course.

Gardens and grounds: Extensive gardens mainly laid to lawn, orchard, kitchen Schools: Excellent schools abound within easy driving distance to include; Bradfield garden, greenhouse, well maintained hard tennis court, outdoor play area with tree College, Pangbourne College, Downe House, St Andrew’s Preparatory School, house, large outbuilding presently used as garaging, storage, garden machinery Cranford House, Moulsford Preparatory School for Boys, The Oratory School, store. Brockhurst & House Preparatory School & Elstree Preparatory School. There Gardens & Grounds extending to 3 acres / 1.2 hectares (approx.). is a C of E primary school at both Upper Bucklebury and Bradfield.

Local facilities: This area is known for fine restaurants and period pubs and just down Directions: From Bradfield Southend, head onto the Avenue of Oaks, passing the The Avenue is the Gastro Pub of the Year 2017; The Bladebone, with its excellent Bladebone pub on your left, pass a number of houses fronting the road on the left, restaurant. There is a lovely tearoom; The Blackbird Café, serving a fine range of just after a de-restriction sign, take the second gravel turning on the left hand side, cakes and snacks. At Upper Bucklebury there is a general store with Post Office and and Spring Cottage will be right in front of you. a village run Post Office and general store at Southend Bradfield, both within a few minutes’ drive. is a short distance by car with its famous 16th century Post Code: RG7 6QB pubs, The Old Boot Inn and The Bull Inn. There is a health centre 2 minutes away in Tenure: Freehold .

Positioned with extremely convenient road links to the M4 and A4. Heathrow airport Services: Mains electricity, water, private drainage, oil fired central heating to main is an hour’s drive. Train stations within easy reach at Thatcham and Pangbourne house and swimming pool, propane central heating to cottage. Water softener. giving good commuter access to Reading and London Paddington. It is a short drive EPC Rating: E to Newbury with its excellent shopping centre, leisure facilities and the well-known racecourse. village is just a couple of miles away with the famous country Local Authority & Council Tax Band: , Main House - Tax Band H, house hotel and restaurant; The Royal Oak. Cottage – Tax Band C For extra shopping and amenities, Pangbourne village is 15 minutes’ drive and has a fabulous selection of award-winning specialist shops, restaurants, riverside pubs, a health centre, dentists, hairdressers.

Viewing by arrangement with vendor’s agents; Dudley Singleton & Daughter

No. 1 Station Road, Pangbourne, Berkshire, RG8 7AN

Tel: 0118 984 2662

Email: [email protected]

Website: singletonanddaughter.co.uk rightmove.co.uk onthemarket.com mayfairoffice.co.uk

London Office: Cashel House, 15 Thayer Street, London, W1

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