A Victorian Arts & Crafts masterpiece set in 5 acres

The Old Woodclyffe, Henley Road, Wargrave, , RG10 8PJ

Freehold Entrance hall • sitting room • dining room • family room • study • kitchen • garden room • cloakroom • master bedroom suite • five further bedrooms • family bathroom • 2 large attic rooms • garage • gardens about 5 acres

Gardens and Grounds As was popular in the Henley The property is approached Valley after the railway branch over a shared pillared drive line opened in the mid 1800s leading to a sweeping gravel The Old Woodclyffe was driveway and turning circle. commissioned as a lavish There is ample parking for holiday home by it's wealthy several vehicles and covered owners, Harriet Cook Smith space within a detached (Florence Nightingale's Aunt double garage. To the rear, the and a great local beautiful grounds face south benefactress) and Mr William and west and extend to about Smith – the Brewer of Fuller & 5 acres, including mature Smith created this fashionable formal gardens and woodland and well built home as with several specimen trees. A somewhere to relax and paved patio area is ideal for entertain guests away from dining alfresco. Lawns extend London. around 2 sides of the house, dotted with well-established The tiled roof elevations, red flowerbeds and mature trees brick and flint walls are fine including a fine specimen examples of the period. Indian conifer supplied by Internally the style carries Kew Gardens at the time of forward the Arts and Crafts construction in the 1870s. A exteriors and blends it with good cropping and Victorian Gothic,Aesthetic established vegetable patch Movement motifs. with herb garden is also Successfully marrying these accessible from the kitchen. architectural styles in a stunning way. The original Description character features have been The Old Woodclyffe is a true preserved including a Arts and Crafts masterpiece, magnificent hand-carved attached and surrounded by staircase with barley twist mature gardens and private spindles, ornate carvings, an woodlands, within easy reach exceptional stained glass of Wargrave village and the lantern roof in the family room Val Wyatt Marina. It was as well as extensive stained- designed in the mid-Victorian glass throughout the rest of period (1873) by the noted the house and a platinum and Scottish architect Cole A. gold original Minton tiled fire Adams who became head of surround in the master suite. the RIBA.

There is original solid English Taken as a whole The Old oak Versailles panel flooring Woodclyffe is a particularly with ebony beading on the fine example of its type and ground floor. As well as a yet also provides a very unique oval shuttered comfortable family home in a solarium, a grotto / fernery beautiful setting. All (visible from inside the sitting proportions and ceiling room) and ornate cornicing in heights are very generous yet both the dining and sitting remain homely. rooms. The elegant accommodation extends to Situation the second floor where all the The Old Woodclyffe is bedrooms have been recently situated at the edge of redecorated and refurbished Wargrave village, high above but maintain their original the with features. excellent travel links by both road and rail. Wargrave has The property is accessed via local shopping facilities, 3 double front doors into a pubs (including the famous Victorian lobby with intricate Berkshire riverside venue the ; tessellating floor tiles and a St George & Dragon) and a screened area that is typical railway station providing a for the period. The lobby regular service to London opens onto the magnificent Paddington via Twyford. For statement entrance hall with boating enthusiasts the Val high ceilings and ornate wood Wyatt marina is a 2 minutes floors and the exquisite main walk away so too is public staircase which rises past riverbank access. The famous stained glass windows up a market town of Henley-on- double height galleried stair Thames (2.5 miles) to the well to the first floor hall. North offers excellent There are a total of three shopping, schooling and generous reception rooms, recreational facilities with plus a garden room, large more facilities available in study, kitchen and ancillary and Reading. The rooms on the ground floor M4 (J8/9) is approx. 8 miles including the original solid to the East, providing access slate bed pantry and a shower to London (35 miles), London room. The six bedrooms are , the West all situated on the first floor, Country and the M25. It including a sumptuous master should be noted that the new bedroom with dressing room Crossrail/Elizabeth Line rail and en suite bathroom. The service will be opening soon second floor offers a great in Twyford just 2.4miles away. opportunity, with two attic Travel time to Central London rooms which could be and Canary Wharf will be converted in to additional much reduced with no need accommodation or games to change at Paddington for rooms. travel further into London.

Sporting facilities in the area General remarks and include golf at numerous stipulations surrounding courses, racing at Ascot, Windsor and Newbury, Services boating and sailing on the All main services are river Thames and riding and connected. country walks in the surrounding Chiltern Hills. In accordance with the There are some excellent Consumer Protection from schools in the area including; Unfair Trading Regulations lambrook, Eton College, St 2008 (CPR) and the Business George's School at Ascot, Protection from Misleading Reading Bluecoat School, Marketing Regulations 2008, Rupert House School in please note that none of the Henley, Papplewick School, services have been tested. The Dolphin School in Twyford and Wellington College to name a few. Local Authority District Council. Distances Wargrave Station 1 mile, Henley on Thames 2.5 miles, Energy Performance Twyford Station 2.4 miles, A copy of the full Energy Reading 7 miles (London Performance Certificate is Paddington 31 mins), M4 available upon request. (J8/9) Maidenhead 8 miles, Central London 35 miles. Viewing Directions Strictly by appointment with From the M4 motorway, Savills. exiting at junction 8/9 on to the A404M towards Maidenhead and High Wycombe. Take the A4 turn towards Reading and Maidenhead following the signs for Reading. Follow the A4 for about 5 miles passing Littlewick Green and through and at the roundabout with the Wargrave Road (A321) turn right towards Wargrave and Henley; the property will be found on the right-hand side, just after Willow Lane on the left, with the sign The Woodclyffes.

Savills Henley-on-Thames 01491 843 001 The Old Woodclyffe, Henley Road, Wargrave, Berkshire, RG10 8PJ savills savills.co.uk [email protected]

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