Elsdale Cottage Postcombe | Thame | Oxfordshire | OX9 5DT

ROBINSON SHERSTON Elsdale Cottage, Postcombe, Thame, Oxfordshire OX9 5DT

Freehold

Porch • Reception Hall • Dining Room Sitting Room • Kitchen/Breakfast Room 3 Double Bedrooms • Bathroom • Cloakroom Utility Room • Oil Fired Central Heating & Underfloor Heating• Security Alarm Attached Store • Workshop/Store Landscaped Garden • Off-Road Parking

Watlington 5 miles, Thame 5 miles, Princes Risborough 8 miles, Oxford 15 miles

Description The cottage is timber-framed with colour washed brick and chalk infil. It is set back from the lane behind an attractive garden approach. To the rear is a professionally designed low maintenance garden that incorporates a variety of unusual plants and ornamental trees together with a sheltered ‘al fresco’ dining area. There is off- road parking and ample storage and workshop space alongside the cottage. The 16th century origins of the cottage are reflected in the interior which displays the timber framework, inglenook fireplaces and exposed stone walls that are typical of this period. These features are enhanced by carefully chosen contemporary fixtures and fittings to provide a lovely family home that is beautifully presented throughout.

Location Postcombe is a small and attractive village at the foot of the Chiltern Hills. It is well provided with amenities, which include a garage with convenience shop and a public house. There is also a nearby hotel. There are a number of public footpaths providing some lovely local walks and the ‘Ridgeway Path’ is only a couple of miles from the village. Junction 6 of the M40 is about a mile and a half distant and provides easy access to the Midlands, London and the regional business centres of Oxford and High Wycombe. This junction is served by The Oxford Tube coach service, Services: Mains water and electricity. Oil fired central operating between London and Oxford, as well as airport heating and underfloor heating. Private drainage via buses to both Heathrow and Gatwick. There are excellent septic tank. local primary schools and Lord Williams School in Thame. Local Authority: South Oxfordshire District Council. 135 Outside Eastern Avenue, Milton Park, Milton, OX14 4SB. Email: info@ A picket fence encloses a shaped lawn and planted southoxon.gov.uk Tel: 01235 422422. Council Tax: Band G border fronting the cottage. Alongside is a gravel driveway that provides off-road parking for two vehicles. Viewing: Strictly by appointment with the agents - A gate provides access to an area to the side of the Robinson Sherston (Watlington). Telephone: 01491 614 000 cottage that houses the attached store, workshop, wood or email: [email protected] and bin store.

Garden The garden is a particular feature of the cottage and was created and planted by an award-winning designer with the aim of providing a garden that was lush and verdant but required low maintenance. A shaped lawn is edged by well stocked beds and borders containing a wide variety of shrubs and plants.

There is a natural stone water feature and a large brick- lined terrace with honeysuckle clad pergola providing an ‘al fresco’ dining area. The garden has considerable privacy and areas of sun and shade. Outside power point and water tap, further garden store.

www.robinsonsherston.co.uk Elsdale, Postcombe, Oxfordshire

Gross internal area ( approx ) = 171 sq m / 1840 sq ft

S Store = 9 sq m / 97 sq ft N Total = 180 sq m / 1937 sq ft Dn

Up Utility Room

Sitting Room Up Store Dining Room 5.36 x 4.16 Kitchen / 17'7 x 13'8 4.87 x 3.65 16'0 x 12'0 Entrance Breakfast Room Hall 3.82 x 3.79 12'6 x 12'5 B Dn

Ground Floor

Eaves storage = Reduced headroom below 1.5 mt / 5'0

Dn Dn Dn Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2 5.22 x 3.24 4.69 x 3.87 17'2 x 10'8 Bedroom 3 15'5 x 12'8 3.94 x 2.88 Dn 12'11 x 9'5

First Floor

Please Contact the Watlington Office Robinson Sherston, One High Street, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5PH Also at Henley on Thames

T. 01491 614000 [email protected]