COBBS COTTAGE www.warmingham.com NORTH MORETON F OXFORDSHIRE COBBS COTTAGE NORTH MORETON F OXFORDSHIRE Didcot - 2 ½ miles F Wallingford on Thames - 4 miles F Newbury - 18 miles F Oxford - 16 miles F Reading - 15 miles F Goring on Thames - 8 miles (Distances approximate) Situated in this much prized village between Wallingford and Didcot on the edge of an area of ‘Outstanding Natural Beauty’ between the Berkshire Downlands and the River Thames. A most appealing attached period cottage believed to date from 1538 with beautifully restored beamed accommodation of considerable character and charm. Listed Grade II as being of significant historical and architectural merit and having the added benefit of sheltered gardens of approximately ¼ acre. F Entrance Hall F Cloakroom F Drawing Room With Inglenook F Study/Sitting Room F Rear Hall F Dining Room SITUATION The historic villages of North and South Moreton are situated within half a mile of each other both lying in the plain just below the Berkshire F Kitchen Downlands and Blewburton Hill to the South, with Wittenham Clumps and the River Thames to the North, with the surrounding countryside designated an area of ‘Outstanding Natural Beauty’. F Galleried Landing Reputed to be on the route of a Roman road, the village was first documented as a settlement in the Domesday Book of 1086 when Ralf was Lord of the Manor. The church of All Saints mainly dates from 1270 with a 15th century tower, a late Norman Font and an interesting Chantry F Master Bedroom with an especially fine East window added by Miles de Stapleton commemorating his family who held the Manor in the 13th to 15th Centuries. Miles de Stapleton became Lord of the Manor in 1290 and was an important figure in the royal household and parliament ultimately killed at the F Suite of 2 further Bedrooms Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. The Manor passed to the Dunch Clan in the 16th to 18th Centuries which family was related to Oliver Cromwell. F En Suite Shower Room North Moreton has a winding main street scattered all along with beautiful old cottages and some fine brick houses of great antiquity with little F Family Bathroom infilling in recent years, thus its unspoilt olde worlde charm and quiet way of life based on farming and the land has been successfully retained. Today the village continues to enjoy a peaceful and calm existence benefiting from its excellent road communications for the surrounding F Detached Garage towns, especially Didcot which boasts a shopping centre as well as having an important mainline station providing fast commuter services up F Private Driveway to London (Paddington). The M4 and M40 motorways are easily accessible and the fast A34 dual carriageway linking Southampton and the F Mature attractive Gardens of ¼ acre South coast with the Midlands is only a short drive. Adjoining the village Cricket Green, where incidentally the Cricket Club was founded in 1858 and still thriving complete with new pavilion, is F Grade II Listed The Bear inn an excellent local hostelry. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Cobbs Cottage is an especially appealing period cottage with whitened rendered elevations revealing exposed timbers together with a projecting timbered jetty across the frontage, under a pitched clay tiled roof. Reputed to date originally from 1538, the cottage listed Grade II as being of significant in architectural interest, with a wealth of character throughout including inglenook fireplaces and abundant exposed wall and ceiling timbers. To the ground floor the Entrance Hall leads to a Cloakroom, Dining Room & Kitchen with quarry tiled floors, spacious Sitting Room with wood burning stove, rear Hallway and further Study/Sitting Room with fireplace and solid Oak staircase leading to the first floor. Upstairs is a galleried landing, large Master Bedroom with built in storage, suite of 2 further Bedrooms with en-suite Shower and a separate Family Bathroom. Beautifully presented, early viewing is advised to appreciate the well- proportioned spacious accommodation and wealth of character and charm throughout. OUTSIDE The Cottage fronts onto the village street with clay tile topped low brick and rendered wall extending across the frontage. A central oak gate opens into a front Courtyard Garden which has been attractively landscaped with paths flanked by low borders of box hedging. To one side a wide 5 bar gate opens onto a gravelled driveway leading down to the detached garage of approximately 20’3 x 16’. The delightful main garden at the rear is South West facing and largely laid to lawn, interspersed with mature planted flower beds and borders and a copse area to the rear including a range of trees such as a false acacia, sorbus whitebeam, Scots pine, flowering cherry and Maple together with mature hedges providing privacy and protection. In all the gardens and grounds extend to approximately 0.268 acre. Cobbs Cottage, High Street, North Moreton. Study / Landing Sitting Room Drawing Room Bedroom 1 4.39m x 3.64m 14'5" x 11'11" 5.31m x 4.35m 5.31m x 4.70m 17'5" x 14'3" 17'5" x 15'5" Hall Dining Room Bedroom 2 4.76m x 3.02m 15'7" x 9'11" 4.70m x 3.15m 15'5" x 10'4" Kitchen Approximate gross internal area 4.35m x 2.50m Bedroom 3 14'3" x 8'3" 169.4 sq.m. 1822 sq.ft. 4.47m x 2.53m 14'8" x 8'4" Ground Floor First Floor This diagram has been produced by Berkshire Draughting Ltd. for Warmingham. Internal measurements only are taken and measurements in each room are accurate to within 75mm. Fixtures & Fittings are representative and only approximate in terms of shape and style. Compass point shows magnetic north. Do not scale. © 2007 Berkshire Draughting Ltd. Reproduced by Warmingham under licence. All rights reserved. GENERAL INFORMATION Services: All mains services are connected to the property. Central heating and domestic hot water from gas fired boiler. Secondary hot water supply from immersion heater. Council Tax: G Energy Performance Rating: N/A Postcode: OX11 9AT Local Authority: South Oxfordshire District Council Telephone: 01491 823000 VIEWING Strictly by prior appointment through Warmingham & Co DIRECTIONS From our office in the centre of Goring turn left and proceed down the High Street across the river bridge and up to the top of Streatley High Street where at the traffic lights turn right for Wallingford. On reaching the Wallingford bypass turn left at the first roundabout and then straight across at the next continuing on the bypass. In a further 1 ½ miles turn left at the next roundabout signposted for North and South Moreton. After a further 1 ¼ miles turn left at the junction for South Moreton. On reaching South Moreton turn right into the village and continue through the centre and eventually the road will lead into countryside over a railway bridge directly into North Moreton. On coming down the hill into North Moreton, Cobbs Cottage will be found on the left hand side approximately 150yds before reaching the war memorial junction in the central part of the village. DISCLAIMER The agent has not tested any apparatus, equipment, fittings or services so cannot verify that they are in working order. If required, the client is advised to obtain verification. These particulars are issued on the understanding that all negotiations are conducted through Warmingham & Co. Whilst all due care is taken in the preparation of these particulars, no responsibility for their accuracy is accepted, nor do they form part of any offer or contract. Intending clients must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to their accuracy prior to signing a contract. www.warmingham.com LICENSED LICENSED MEMBER MEMBER 01491 874144 4/5 High Street, Goring-on Thames Nr Reading RG8 9AT E: [email protected] www.warmingham.com .