Cootes CROOKHAM COMMON • NEWBURY •

Cootes CROOKHAM COMMON NEWBURY • BERKSHIRE A delightful property (with great further potential if required) in a wonderful setting with gardens and grounds

Accommodation and amenities

4 reception rooms • Kitchen / breakfast room Utility & boot room • Cloakroom

5 bedrooms • 3 bathrooms

Substantial stabling, stores & garaging, greenhouse & field shelter

In all about 4.06 acres

Thatcham station 3 miles • Kingsclere 5 miles Newbury 5 miles • Basingstoke 13 miles M3 (Junction 6) 15 miles

M4 (Junction 13) 9 miles • London Waterloo via Basingstoke Station from 45 minutes • London Paddington via Thatcham Station from 50 minutes

(All distances and times are approximate)

These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text.

Situation Cootes is located in an attractive rural setting on the southern edge of Crookham Common, overlooking its own mature gardens and grounds. Newbury is a short distance away and has excellent everyday facilities and there is a local shop and post office in Headley.

Day-to-day amenities can also be found in the village of Kingsclere and more extensive facilities in the major commercial centres of Newbury, Basingstoke or Reading. • The property is a very short distance from Cheam school and there are numerous other excellent schools nearby in both the state and private sector including; Ashford Hill , St Gabriel’s, Horris Hill, Thorngrove, House School, Brockhurst & Marlston House, Marlborough College and Elstree. • Communications are excellent by road via the M3 or M4 and by rail via either Newbury, Basingstoke or Thatcham stations. • There are numerous footpaths and bridleways in the surrounding area of unspoilt common land, to which you both have direct and un-restricted access to approximately 750 acres of Greenham Common and Crookham Common. • Sporting opportunities in the area including racing at Newbury; golf at Kingsclere and Newbury.

Cootes • Cootes is a Georgian property with later additions. It is privately located across the common and is the last property accessed by the track. • The property is a wonderful family home and offers great scope for further development, with potential to extend further, subject to planning. • The property is not Listed, nor is it located in a Conservation Area or an AONB. • There are 4 reception rooms, including a large, triple aspect drawing room with an open fireplace. Beyond the kitchen / breakfast room is the large conservatory, which in turn leads to the terrace, from which wonderful views can be enjoyed of the surrounding countryside and is ideal for outdoor entertaining. • To the western side of the property, there are 4 stables with stores and garaging which also has development potential, subject to planning. • There are also 2 further stables and a large greenhouse. • The gardens & paddocks, in all amount just over 4 acres, mainly lie to the south of the property. • The mature gardens offer south facing lawns with a range of established trees, shrubs and herbaceous borders. • There is also a pond, with a small stream, at the lowest point of the land, near the southern western boundary.

Services Mains electricity and water with private drainage.

Fixtures and fittings Only those mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. All others, such as fitted carpets, curtains, light fittings, garden ornaments etc, are specifically excluded but may be made available by separate negotiation.

Local authority

Postcode RG19 8EL

Viewing Viewing by prior appointment only with the Agents.

Directions From Newbury proceed east on the A339 towards Kingsclere. Before you approach Headley, take the first left at the roundabout onto Thornford Road. From the roundabout on the A339 it is half a mile to the left turning signposted to veterinary surgery then proceed onto the common (passing the fork on your left with a board with various property names on it, including Cootes). Over the cattle grid and bearing left for about a quarter of a mile, Cootes is the last property at the end of the track on the right. NOTE: This plan is for convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2013. NOT TO SCALE.

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