1 Sweet Briar Cottages Binfield Heath F Henley on Thames
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1 SWEET BRIAR COTTAGES www.warmingham.com BINFIELD HEATH F HENLEY ON THAMES 1 SWEET BRIAR COTTAGES BINFIELD HEATH F HENLEY ON THAMES Henley on Thames - 4 miles F Reading - 5 miles F Goring on Thames - 10.5 miles F Oxford - 26 miles F M4 J11 - 7.5 miles F M40 J4 - 15 miles (Distances approximate) Situated in a peaceful and idyllic location within this popular rural village between Henley on Thames and Reading, with mainline station providing access to London Paddington in under 30 minutes. A charming semi-detached period home of considerable character, tastefully presented throughout affording accommodation of 5 bedrooms and 5 reception rooms with a delightful West facing cottage garden and private gated driveway. F Period Family Home of approximately 2035 sq ft F Covered Entrance Porch F Reception Hall F Cloakroom F Kitchen/Breakfast Room F Sitting Room with open Fireplace F Snug F Garden Room F Family Room SITUATION F Study Binfield Heath is a small rural village in the foothills of the Chilterns, situated 4 miles South of Henley on Thames and within easy reach of the nearby commercial centre of Reading, just 5 miles away and with a mainline train station providing access to London F Drawing Room with Fireplace Paddington in under 30 minutes. F Sitting Room The village itself has a congregational church, polo ground, village shop and post office and the well revered Orwells Restaurant. F Study Shiplake Row, a street of Victorian properties, leads down to the Plowden Arms and the larger village of Shiplake where there is a mainline station with routes to London Paddington in approximately 45 minutes, Shiplake Primary School, Shiplake College and F Master Bedroom with En-Suite Shower Room access to the River Thames. F 4 Further Bedrooms F Family Bathroom Henley-on-Thames is a short drive away, affording a wealth of prized facilities, as one would expect from a thriving riverside market town, including a Waitrose supermarket and numerous other shops cafés and restaurants. Importantly a mainline railway station F Attractive West Facing Gardens & Grounds providing fast commuter services up to London (Paddington) in well under the hour can be found in Henley on Thames, running F Private Driveway on the whole every half an hour. The easy accessibility of the M4 and the M40 is a major asset linking to London and Heathrow. In addition to outstanding local primary and secondary schooling, and tertiary college, the area is also extremely well served by an excellent range of private schooling, of particular note; nearby Shiplake College, Rupert House, The Oratory Prep & Senior, Queen Anne’s, Pangbourne College, Cranford House, The Manor, Moulsford Preparatory, Abingdon Boys and The School of St Helen & Katharine. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION A charming period home in an idyllic village setting, 1 Sweet Briar Cottages originally belonged to the Phillimore Estate and is believed to date from Circa 1900, having later been sympathetically enlarged to provide a family home of considerable character and accommodation of approximately 2035 sq ft. Via a timber porch with clay tile roof, the front door opens into a central reception hall with quarry tiled floor. Leading off the hall is a cloakroom, kitchen/ breakfast room with utility area and rear stable door, main drawing room with open fireplace and large bay window, snug sitting room, light and airy garden room, family room and study. Upstairs arranged around a central landing are 5 bedrooms, one with an en-suite shower room and a separate family bathroom. Tastefully presented and full of character features, the house has been adapted for family life over the years and has potential to revert to a more open plan nature if required. OUTSIDE The property has a mature hedged frontage to the quiet lane, with openings for a pedestrian gate opposite the front door, and 5 bar gate opening onto a wide gravelled driveway providing off road parking space to the front and side of the house, with lawned front garden to the further side. There is a wide side access to the rear, where the delightful garden is mainly laid to lawn with fenced boundaries. There is a spacious stone paved terrace leading off the house providing the ideal spot for ‘al fresco’ dining and entertaining, taking advantage of the sunny West facing aspect. A number of attractively planted mature beds and borders add colour and interest. 1 Sweet Briar Cottages, Dunsden Way, Binfield Heath, RG9 4LP Approximate IPMS2 Floor Area = 182.4 sq m / 1963 sq ft Limited Use Area = 6.7 sq m / 72 sq ft Total = 189.1 sq m / 2035 sq ft Garden Room 4.21 x 3.34 13'10 x 10'11 Sitting Room Bedroom 3 Bedroom 4 4.90 x 3.70 4.20 x 2.34 3.30 x 2.49 16'1 x 12'2 Feet 13'9 x 7'8 10'10 x 8'2 0 5 10 0 1 2 3 Metres = Reduced head height below 1.5m Study 3.15 x 2.36 Snug 10'4 x 7'9 3.67 x 3.15 12'0 x 10'4 B Dn Kitchen / Bedroom 1 Breakfast Room 4.39 x 3.98 Family Room 4.41 x 3.95 Bedroom 2 14'5 x 13'1 3.94 x 3.93 14'6 x 13'0 3.95 x 3.95 Bedroom 5 12'11 x 12'11 13'0 x 13'0 2.92 x 2.13 9'7 x 7'0 Ground Floor First Floor Surveyed and drawn in accordance with IPMS: Residential Buildings by fourwalls-group.com 243041 GENERAL INFORMATION Services: All mains services are connected. Central heating and hot water from gas fired boiler. Council Tax: G Energy Performance Rating: E / 51 Postcode: RG9 4LP Local Authority: South Oxfordshire District Council Telephone: 01235 422422 VIEWING Strictly by appointment through Warmingham & Co. DIRECTIONS From the A4074, take the turning into Horsepond Road at Cane End, signposted for Sonning Common & Peppard. Continue through Gallowstree Common and into Peppard Common, for approximately 2 miles. On reaching the crossroads, turn right onto Stoke Row Rd. At the end of the road turn right and then immediately left into Blounts Court Rd. Continue straight on for approximately 3 miles. On entering Binfield Heath, turn right by the Post Office Stores into Dunsden Way. Continue for 0.4 miles, where the cottage will be found on the right hand side, before reaching the small crossroads with Green Lane. DISCLAIMER The agent has not tested any apparatus, equipment, fittings or services so cannot verify that they are in working order. If required, the client is advised to obtain verification. These particulars are issued on the understanding that all negotiations are conducted through Warmingham & Co. Whilst all due care is taken in the preparation of these particulars, no responsibility for their accuracy is accepted, nor do they form part of any offer or contract. Intending clients must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to their accuracy prior to signing a contract. www.warmingham.com 01491 874144 4/5 High Street, Goring-on Thames Nr Reading RG8 9AT E: [email protected] www.warmingham.com .