WALLISCOTE FARM WHITCHURCH-ON-THAMES • Walliscote Farm • Whitchurch-on-Thames • Oxfordshire

Pangbourne centre & railway station 10 minutes’ walk (fast trains to London Paddington 47 minutes) ● Reading (6 miles) & easy access to Oxford by rail & road ● M4 (junc 12) 6 miles ● Heathrow 45 minutes by car (all distances/times are approximate)

Walliscote Farmhouse - 1,742 sq ft/162 m² The Fowl House annexe - 1,414 sq ft/131 m² The Hen House - 398 sq ft / 37 m² Thames River mooring - Number 7 (8.7 metres)

Walliscote Farmhouse/The Fowl House/ The Hen House - Gardens & Paddock 0.77 acres/0.31 hectares

(all measurements are approximate)

Your attention is drawn to the important notice on page 7

Walliscote Farmhouse The Fowl House annexe sitting room

The Hen House

Walliscote Farmhouse

The Fowl House annexe

NOT TO SCALE The Fowl House annexe A unique opportunity to purchase a wonderful investment and a splendid period 6 The Aldridge family have been careful to retain all the best features of the original 18th bedroom family home, valuably unlisted, with paddocks/pastureland, river frontage century building and it has recently undergone refurbishment throughout and and moorings. Set within the heart of this famous period Thameside village and redecoration. surrounded by countryside noted for its outstanding scenic beauty. The Fowl House annexe underwent a splendid conversion by the present owners, This is the first time Walliscote Farm has been on the market for 80 years as it has been retaining many of the original features of this delightful 19th century building. The in the ownership of the Aldridge family since 1937. The farm itself is situated on the sitting room is large with a vaulted ceiling and showing all the original oak beams with banks of the overlooking village and Whitchurch Lock. lots of windows giving light and a stripped pine floor. French doors give access Within easy walking distance to the village centre, shops and train station giving good directly onto the courtyard, similar to the Farmhouse this is in splendid order commuter access to London Paddington. throughout there is a ground floor suite of bathroom and double bedroom and a graceful staircase leads from the sitting room to the large first floor landing and The 18th century detached Farmhouse, which has some later additions, together with another suite of double bedroom and bathroom. the adjacent annexe, an 18th century very beautiful detached converted residential barn; The Fowl House, could be combined and used as a single dwelling, subject to Special features: local authority planning permission, or used as at the moment, as two family occupa- tion if so desired. Walliscote Farmhouse ● River Thames Mooring ­ Number 7 (8.7 metres) Both The Farmhouse and The Fowl House annexe are in excellent order throughout ● Walliscote Farmhouse constructed of flint and brick and possibly dates to the early and have pretty, sunny gardens enjoying the southerly sun to the rear of the 18th century with some later 19th century and 20th century extensions Farmhouse with a raised terrace for summer dining. An ancient high red brick wall ● The property is valuably unlisted runs the boundary to Whitchurch High Street and the gardens as a whole enjoy a high ● Due to the close proximity of The Farmhouse and The Fowl House annexe, approx. degree of privacy. There are well-maintained lawns, pretty flower beds and a large 6 metres, they might easily be linked to form one property if so desired, subject to brick-laid courtyard between The Fowl House, The Farmhouse and a small paddock. local authority planning permission

Walliscote Farmhouse Walliscote Farmhouse sitting room dining room ● The Farmhouse has high ceilings and exposed beams and examples of the old ● The outbuilding adjacent to Walliscote Farmhouse, The Old Hen House dairy building knapped flint, with a pretty quarry tiled hall, original stripped and polished pine has had a commercial use and of recent times used as a micro-brewery, known as floor to the sitting room and bedroom 4 The Hen House Brewery, South Oxfordshire for the last 5 years ● The kitchen is spacious, with plenty of room for a large table for all the family to ● The acquisition of Walliscote Farmhouse, Fowl House annexe, Hen House outbuilding congregate around and includes a gas fired 2 oven AGA and sliding patio doors pastureland/paddocks and river moorings offer a wonderful opportunity to not only overlooking and giving access to the rear gardens acquire part of the historic and very beautiful village of Whitchurch-on-Thames ● There is an open fireplace within the sitting room and bedroom 4 ● There is a large wide staircase in stripped original pine giving access to the first floor Summary of accommodation: with a large landing, some exposed beams to the ceilings and 3 pretty original, probably Victorian fireplaces to the bedrooms The Farmhouse together with its adjacent converted barn The Fowl House, gardens ● There is a large study area to the first floor, and all the bedrooms are doubles with and paddock extending to 0.77 acres/0.31 hectares. high ceilings ● Walliscote Farm is set within a conservation area The Farmhouse Exterior original porch, entrance hall with quarry tiled floor, staircase to first floor, sitting The Fowl House annexe room with open fireplace, shower room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, shower ● The Fowl House barn has its origins in the 18th century and was used in the mid-19th room & bedroom 4 (on the ground floor) inner hall, first floor; large landing, 3 double century as a stable, cart shed, harness room, loose box and hayloft bedrooms, bathroom with shower, study, gas fired central heating, large parking area ● The sitting room is large with a vaulted ceiling and showing all the original oak beams with lots of windows giving light and a stripped pine floor ● French doors give access directly onto the courtyard The Fowl House annexe ● There is a ground floor suite of double bedroom and bathroom Barn, pretty reception hall with open fireplace, kitchen/breakfast room, a spectac- ● A graceful staircase leads from the sitting room to the large first floor landing and ular sitting room with vaulted ceiling, cloakroom, large utility room, two double bed- another suite of double bedroom and bathroom rooms, both with ensuite bathrooms, large first floor landing with possible study area, ● The property is in splendid order throughout gas fired boiler supplying central heating and domestic hot water, small wine cellar.

The detached Hen House outbuilding

Patio area between the corner of The Fowl House annexe and Walliscote Farmhouse Large courtyard, parking for a number of cars, further parking area to the front of connected to each mooring and separately metered, cost to be borne by the the Farmhouse and parking for further cars to the front of the Old Dairy/Hen House owners of each plot. outbuilding which is being presently used as a micro-brewery. There will be a responsibility for all moorings for payment for their individual jetties to The detached Hen House - divided into three rooms - The Environment Agency. The cost to each mooring is calculated by the meterage Room one - Store - 17’ x 9’, Room two - 2nd store 12’ x 9’, Room three - 15’ x 9’ of each mooring jetty width, as a guide the vendors state that the current fees Paddock - The Fowl House annexe and The Farmhouse also own the pretty would be in the region of £100-£200. A proposed purchaser is advised to contact paddock which has a number of fruit trees and will be the responsibility of the owner the Environmental Agency or look on their website as to a guide to their charges. of the Farmhouse, to post and rail if required. Most of the mature trees to the river bank, which include Chestnut and Lime, have Walliscote Farm was part of the manor of Whitchurch, Henry V bestowed the manor Tree Preservation Orders; this will not preclude maintenance to the trees, but will to a Knight by the name Walysh and this name no doubt over the years was require permission from the South Oxfordshire district council tree preservation softened into Wallis. It was one of his descendants, Taverner Wallis, who is believed officer. Each of the freehold owners of the track will be responsible for that part for to have built Walliscote House in the middle of the 17th century and who claimed his maintenance. descent from an ancestor in Henry V’s reign and quite likely created Walliscote Farm as the home farm to Walliscote House. Note 4. – The moorings freehold will be placed in a limited company, and to be shared, owned and managed by all mooring owners. Therefore giving Wallis was a Savilian Professor of Geometry in the University of Oxford. He also at complete control and protection to all mooring owners. Further details from some point was a Cambridge man and sometime later the farm as it is today was Dudley Singleton & Daughter. split away from what was Walliscote House, and the land and many cottages were sub-divided and sold into separate ownership until 1937 when Walliscote Farm was Note 5: There are no public rights of way or footpaths over the entirety of Walliscote purchased by The Aldridge family. Farm.

Walliscote Farm was a Dairy Farm until the early 1970s. Between the 1930s and 1950s Local Facilities: Walliscote Farm is within easy walking distance of Pangbourne milk and cream were delivered to the local community. For 25 years rare breed village centre with its fine selection of award winning independent shops, a super- White Park cattle spent some of their time here. market, health centre, dentists, library, hairdressers, riverside pubs and fine restau- rants. The River Thames runs between the villages and has riverside meadows, Notes: part-owned by the National Trust, the , a children’s play area, tennis Note 1: Lot 1 - Walliscote Farmhouse, The Fowl House annexe & Hen House outbuild- courts, football pitches, a bowling club and Pangbourne Adventure Dolphin centre ing. offering canoeing and climbing instruction. Whitchurch-on-Thames also has two Walliscote Farmhouse owns the access from the highway to the 5 bar coded locked fine pubs in The Greyhound and Ferryboat. gate and there is also a right of way for access in favour of Long Barton and Old Wall Cottage. & Gardens is a couple of miles up the road and is a lovely place for young families with amazing animals, birds, gardens, play parks, a splash pool The garage near the access from the highway is owned by the Farm House but has and miniature train. Near to Beale Park is Basildon Park, the National Trust property, right of use by an adjacent property featuring a splendid Georgian mansion surrounded by 400 acres of parkland.

River Thames Mooring The mooring plots vary in width and depth to include the track and amenity land due to the geography of each mooring plot. Each mooring will have full riparian and fishing rights and will have a varied depth of plot of approximately 6 metres. There will be a restriction on car parking on the moorings as access to the mooring is only for pick up and drop off.

Car parking will be allowed in a designated area marked on the plan for mooring owners only. There is an easement for the laying-in of water and electricity from the highway to the moorings along the side of the track to mooring 47 and can be Pangbourne offers superb transport links with a fast train service to London Paddington, Oxford and Reading which will benefit from the Viewing by arrangement with upcoming Crossrail, offering fast links to the City, as well as buses to all local areas. Waitrose can be found at both Tilehurst (approx. 4 vendor’s agent; miles) and Wallingford. Dudley Singleton & Daughter Schools: Whitchurch-on-Thames is located within easy reach of a number of independent schools; Pangbourne College, Bradfield College and St Andrew’s Preparatory School are within easy driving distance, as are The Oratory, Downe House, Cranford House and No. 1 Station Road, Moulsford Preparatory School. The property is in the catchment area of Langtree Secondary School at Woodcote, and Whitchurch Pangbourne, Primary School itself has an outstanding record. , RG8 7AN

Directions: From the offices of Dudley Singleton & Daughter, turn left at the mini roundabout, turn left again at the George Hotel turn Tel: 0118 984 2662 left, and continue over the River Thames and the toll bridge into Whitchurch-on-Thames, passing The Greyhound pub on the right and a few yards down on the left hand side there is a wide gravel access which leads into the farm, with parking just outside the Farmhouse. Email: [email protected] Post Code: RG8 7EP

Tenure: Freehold Websites : singletonanddaughter.co.uk Services: The Farm House & The Fowl House: all mains including gas rightmove.co.uk onthemarket.com Local Authority & Tax band: South Oxfordshire, The Farmhouse & Fowl House annexe: mayfairoffice.co.uk Tax Band G

London Office: Cashel House, 15 Thayer Street, London, W1

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Dudley Singleton & Daughter for themselves and for the vendors of this property, whose agents they are, give notice that: 1. The particulars are intended to give a fair and substantially correct overall description for the guidance of intending purchasers, and do not constitute part of an offer or contract. No responsibility is assumed for the accuracy of individual items. We relied upon our own brief inspection and information supplied to us by the vendors. (i) The description, including photographs of the property and its contents, are intended to be a guide only rather than a detailed and accurate report and inventory. (ii) Floor plans, measurements, areas and distances are intended to be approximately only. (iii) Prospective purchasers are strongly advised to check measurements. The position of bathroom fittings as shown on the plan is indicative only – sizes, shapes and the exact locations may differ. Wall thickness, together with window and door sizes are approximate only and window and door openings are shown without frame details. (iv) Photographs are not necessarily comprehensive or current and no assumption should be made that any contents shown in them are included in the sale. 2. All descriptions, dimensions, references to condition and necessary permission for use and occupation and other details are given in good faith, and are believed to be correct, but any intending purchasers should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them: 3. No person in the employment of Dudley Singleton & Daughter has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatever in relation to this property or these particulars, nor to enter into any contract relating to the property on behalf of the Vendor. 4. No responsibility can be accepted for any expenses incurred by intending purchasers in inspecting properties which have been sold, let or withdrawn. FIXTURES AND FITTINGS: The agent has not tested any apparatus, equipment, fixtures, fittings or services and so cannot verify that they are in working order or fit for their purpose. The buyer is advised to obtain verification from their Solicitor or surveyor. No. 1 Station Road, Pangbourne, Berkshire, RG8 7AN Tel: 0118 984 2662 www.singletonanddaughter.co.uk [email protected] London Office : Cashel House, 15 Thayer Street, London W1.