The Old Rectory BRIGHTWALTON • BERKSHIRE the Old Rectory BRIGHTWALTON • WEST BERKSHIRE
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the old rectory BRIGHTWALTON • BERKSHIRE the old rectory BRIGHTWALTON • WEST BERKSHIRE A fine Victorian rectory on the edge of a downland village Hungerford 10.1 miles (London Paddington 65 minutes) • Wantage 6.6 miles Oxford 21 miles • Newbury 12 miles (London Paddington 60 minutes) • Didcot mainline train station 12 miles (London Paddington 45 minutes) • M4 (Junction 13) 7 miles Distances and times are approximate The Old Rectory Entrance hall • Reception hall • Drawing room • Dining room • Study Kitchen/breakfast room • Cloakroom • Cellar Principal bedroom with adjoining dressing room and bathroom 5 further bedrooms • 2 further bathrooms Annexe (first floor) Sitting room • Kitchen/breakfast room • 2 double bedrooms • Bathroom Annexe (ground floor) Sitting room • Kitchen/breakfast room • Double bedroom • Bathroom • Study The Coach House Sitting/kitchen/breakfast room • 2 bedrooms • Bathroom Double garage • Store room • Garden store • Wood store Swimming pool with pool house • Tennis court In all approximately 2.03 acres (0.82 hectares) These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text. The property The Old Rectory was constructed between 1873 and 1874 by the famous The property sits well within its land with extensive views over neighbouring Victorian architect, George Edmond Street. Street, who set up his own farm land. The property is well appointed, offering approximately 7578 sq.ft. practice in 1849, was one of the first architects of the Revival period who of living accommodation (704 sq.m.) including the ground and first floor flats, wished to show ‘how effective gothic architecture might be made where which could easily be re-incorporated into the main body of the house. On the it simply depends for effect on artistic proportion’. His most celebrated ground floor are 4 well-appointed receptions with the possibility of creating work is that on the Law Courts which was started in 1866. Today The further reception areas by incorporating the ground floor flat whist over the Old Rectory, having been restored during the 1980s, now requires first floor are 6 double bedrooms, with 3 bathrooms and the potential to updating throughout. create further bedrooms and bathrooms by incorporating the first floor flat. Rear Annexe Hall Study Dn 2.50 x 2.20 8'3" x 7'3" Dining Room Bedroom Store Room Store Room Sitting Room 6.55 x 4.85 Drawing Room 4.50 x 4.05 4.50 x 1.70 Kitchen/ 4.50 x 4.50 4.50 x 4.05 21'6'' x 16'0'' 6.45 x 6.45 Dining Room 14'9'' x 13'3'' 14'9" x 13'3" 14'9" x 5'6" Up 14'9" x 14'9" 21'3'' x 21'3'' Up 3.40 x 3.40 11'3" x 11'3" Up Boiler Room/ Reception Hall Kitchen 6.70 x 6.17 Workshop Study 5.60 x 3.50 22'0'' x 20'3'' 4.30 x 3.51 4.85 x 4.85 18'6" x 11'6" 14'0" x 11'6" 16'0''x 16'0'' Cellar Breakfast Room Entrance Garden Store 3.75 x 3.19 Store Room Log 12'3" x 10'6" Hall 4.80 x 2.10 4.60 x 2.10 Store 15'9" x 7'0" 15'0" x 7'0" Ground Floor Porch Annexe Bedroom 3.75 x 2.45 Kitchen/ Bedroom Master Bedroom Bedroom Bedroom Sitting Room 12'3" x 8'0" Living Room Kitchen/ 4.85 x 4.20 6.45 x 5.10 4.80 x 3.80 4.80 x 3.85 4.80 x 3.75 Bedroom 7.25 x 5.20 Dining Room 16'0" x 13'9" 21'3" x 16'9" 15'9" x 12'6" 15'9" x 12'9" 15'9" x 12'3" 5.40 x 3.12 23'9" x 17'0" 4.80 x 2.85 17'9" x 10'3" 15'9" x 9'3" Dn Dressing Room 3.45 x 2.30 11'3" x 7'6" Coach House Bedroom 4.28 x 3.62 14'0" x 12'0" Bedroom Bedroom 4.40 x 4.25 4.85 x 3.75 Garage 14'6" x 14'0" 16'0" x 12'3" 7.35 x 5.38 24'0" x 17'9" Dn Bedroom the old 3.45 x 3.19 11'3" x 10'6" rectory First Floor BRIGHTWALTON • BERKSHIRE Approx. Gross Internal Floor Area: Main House: 7,578 sq.ft. / 704 sq.m. (including Annexe and Cellar) Reception Bedroom Storage This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a statement of Coach House: 862 sq.ft. / 81 sq.m. fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text of Garage: 431 sq.ft. / 40 sq.m. Kitchen/Utility Bathroom the Particulars. Outbuildings are not shown in actual location or orientation. Garden and Grounds The Old Rectory sits well in its 2 acres of garden and grounds which include formal areas of lawn, herbaceous borders with mature trees, plants and shrubs. In addition there is a hard tennis court, a swimming pool with pool house, both requiring some updating. The Coach House The Coach House is a truly special building with a vaulted sitting/kitchen/ breakfast room, two bedrooms and a bathroom off. This would be an ideal granny annex, potential rental investment or just additional living accommodation for the house. Coach House Coach House Situation The Old Rectory occupies an edge of village position within Brightwalton, a rural village high on the Berkshire Downs in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and within a Conservation Area. The village is positioned 12 miles north of Newbury and 6 miles to the south of Wantage and has a well-run primary school which has been running for some 60 years. There is also the Church of All Saints which dates back to the Domesday (1086) but was almost completely rebuilt in 1861 in a gothic Revival style possibly under the guidance of George Edmund Street. The property is well located for communications, being only 7 miles to the north of Junction 13 of the M4, 7.5 miles to the A34 and 12 miles to the south west of Didcot which provides a fast and regular train service to London Paddington taking approximately 45 minutes. Oxford is 21 miles by car. The larger commercial centres of Swindon, Oxford and Reading are all within easy commuting distance and the local market towns of Hungerford, Wantage and Newbury provide excellent day to day facilities including, a Waitrose, Marks & Spencer and John Lewis in the latter town. The village of Chaddleworth is approximately 1.5 miles away and has a farm shop and public house. The surrounding downland provides excellent opportunities for riding and walking with a number of footpaths and bridleways in the immediate area. All distances and times are approximate. 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