Price Guide £650,000 Mill Lodge Is a Delightful Extended Detached Cottage with an Abundance of Character and Charm

MILL LODGE, SONNING EYE, RG4 6TW Price Guide £650,000 Mill Lodge is a delightful extended detached cottage with an abundance of character and charm. Presented in excellent order with superb south-west facing private courtyard garden and features a prized riverside plot with 29ft mooring. Centrally positioned in this highly prestigious and historic village No.1 Prospect Street, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire RG4 8JB T 0118 946 1800 W www.farmeranddyer.com E [email protected] Mill Lodge (Continued) Page No 2 Printed 05/05/2021 DESCRIPTION Mill Lodge is an elegant and sympathetically extended detached village home brimming with character and charm. Enjoying well balanced accommodation with two first floor double sized bedrooms and upstairs bathroom, living room, dining room, extended kitchen/breakfast/utility room, period features, solid wood flooring and stripped wooden doors. Complemented by a delightful courtyard secluded south-west facing garden with garden office and featuring a cherished 40ft wide riverside plot opposite with summer-house and 29ft mooring. Positioned by Sonning Bridge on the River Thames neighbouring The Mill at Sonning and within 100m of the renowned French Horn Restaurant and Hotel HISTORY The building was originally The Lodge to Sonning Mill, built around the 1860s, which for centuries produced flour including supplies for the besieged garrison in Reading during the English Civil War. It was more recently used as staff accommodation until The Mill closed in 1969, The Lodge then passed to private ownership with The Mill becoming The Mill at Sonning Dinner Theatre. GABLED ARCHED ENTRANCE PORCH Quarry tiled step, bench-seat with storage, arched pine front door through to

DINING ROOM Side aspect window, radiator, exposed wood floor, picture rail, door through to

LIVING ROOM Side feature bay window with internal shutters, oak floor, radiator, staircase to first floor, understairs storage cupboard housing gas boiler

www.farmeranddyer.com Mill Lodge (Continued) Page No 3 Printed 05/05/2021 EXTENDED KITCHEN/BREAKFAST/UTILITY ROOM L-shaped room, kitchen area comprises fitted Belfast sink unit with cupboard under, further range of base and eye level units, granite worktops with in-built drainer, tiled surrounds, inset 5-ring gas hob with extractor hood above and integrated double oven, concealed lighting, integrated dishwasher, built- in dresser unit, terracotta tiled floor, rear aspect window, leading to

Utility area - comprising single drainer sink unit with mixer tap and cupboard under, further base and eye level units, granite worktops, tiled surrounds, plumbing for washing machine, space for fridge and freezer, built-in larder cupboard, dual aspect with side and rear windows, stable-style door to garden, radiator

STAIRCASE FROM LIVING ROOM TO FIRST FLOOR LANDING Rear ornate arched window, access to loft space BEDROOM ONE Dual aspect windows with internal shutters, delightful views over Thames backwater, radiator, painted wooden floor

BEDROOM TWO Dual aspect windows, delightful views over Thames backwater

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REAR GARDEN At the rear of the garden is a delightful courtyard garden with Indian Sandstone split level paved area, raised brick enclosed beds, maturing young trees and shrubs, automatic watering system, power and lighting, retaining excellent seclusion with a south-westerly aspect, arched secure gate access.

GARDEN OFFICE Brick base, timber construction, twin windows, French doors. This unit provides a variety of use, office, gym etc.

FRONT GARDEN At the front of the property is a paved pathway leading to entrance porch and front door, cobbled-stone hardstanding providing off road parking, flowerbeds with box hedging, pathway leads along the side of the property to garden shed LEISURE PLOT & MOORING The property benefits from an approx. 40ft wide leisure plot opposite the property with direct frontage to River Thames backwater together with 29ft mooring. This is an idyllic benefit to the property and includes timber summer-house (7ft x 6ft) and decking area with steps leading down to mooring. Enclosed by trellis fencing and entered via 5-bar pedestrian gate with water, power and light.

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DIRECTIONS Leave Caversham centre via Henley Road. After approx. 2 miles turn right at the roundabout to Sonning where Mill Lodge will be found just before Sonning Bridge on the right hand side SCHOOL CATCHMENT Shiplake Primary School Gillotts Secondary School COUNCIL TAX Band E SOCIAL MEDIA Find out about local news, our views and all things property on our facebook, instagram and twitter pages.

FREE MORTGAGE ADVICE We are pleased to be able to offer the services of an Independent Mortgage Adviser who can access a variety of mortgage rates from leading Banks and Building Societies. For a free, no obligation discussion or quote, please contact Stuart Milton, our mortgage adviser, on 0118 9461800 ENERGY EFFICIENCY & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT To view the full EPC for this property, you can access the national database with the following web address: https://find-energy-certificate.digital.communities.gov.uk/energy-certificate/9038-3014-6232-9476- 6990

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www.farmeranddyer.com Mill Lodge (Continued) Page No 7 Printed 05/05/2021 FLOORPLAN These floor plans are for guidance purposes only and are not to scale.