Property description
An immaculately presented C17th Grade II Listed four bedroom cottage in the heart of Clifton Hampden village. The property has a raised position above the road and south facing views towards the River Thames. Once The Green Man public house, the property has been extensively renovated with new electrical wiring, central heating, under floor heating on the ground floor and a bespoke fitted kitchen with larder and utility area. The house is thatched to the south side, tiled on the north side and has an attractive elevated garden.
Master bedroom with ensuite, 3 further bedrooms, family bathroom, entrance hall, dining room, study, sitting room, kitchen with laundry and larder, WC, garden and off street parking.SITUATION Clifton Hampden is a delightful Thameside village, set within a conservation area with many interesting period properties, benefitting from a church originating from Saxon times and largely re-built by George Gilbert-Scott in the mid 19th Century, a thriving Church of England primary school, post office/shop, doctors' surgery and The Barley Mow public house. Eminent day/boarding schools are situated within easy reach including Abingdon, St Helen's, Radley, St Edward's and Oxford High, together with the nearby European School at Culham. Clifton Hampden is also well placed for access to Didcot railway station with trains to London Paddington (in approximately forty minutes), the A34 and the M40 motorway.
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
HALL 8'11\" x 7'4\" (2.72m x 2.24m). Slate tiled floor, leaded window, exposed beams, spotlights.
SITTING ROOM 18'7\" x 11'9\" (5.66m x 3.58m). Leaded bay window, fireplace with mantel beam, cast iron multi-fuel burner, brick hearth, exposed beams, spotlights, television aerial point.
STUDY 8'6\" x 6'11\" (2.6m x 2.1m). Dual aspect leaded windows, exposed beams, spotlights, television aerial point, telephone point.
DINING ROOM 13'4\" x 10'9\" (4.06m x 3.28m). Slate tiled floor, chimney breast with beam mantel, fitted shelves, under stairs cupboard with coat pegs, spotlights, television aerial point, stairs to first floor, stable door to garden.
KITCHEN 15'4\" x 12'11\" (4.67m x 3.94m). Dual aspect, bespoke kitchen with floor mounted cupboards and drawers, extractor hood and light, six ring gas hob, electric fan oven, Baumatic built-in fridge/freezer, central island with birch worktop, built-in fully integrated dishwasher and double butlers sink with mixer tap set within, downlighters, exposed beams.
LARDER Slate tiled floor (without underfloor heating), shelves, wall light, inner cupboard housing Worcester boiler (fitted in 2010), water softener.
LAUNDRY AREA 5'10\" x 4'1\" (1.78m x 1.24m). Slate tiled floor, plumbing for washing machine.
WC Slate tiled floor, wash basin with mixer tap, WC.
FIRST FLOOR
LANDING Exposed beams, radiator, loft hatch.
MASTER BEDROOM 14'8\" x 13'7\" (4.47m x 4.14m). Dual aspect, two built-in wardrobes, downlighters, television aerial point, loft hatch, radiator.
EN SUITE BATHROOM Tiled floor, downlighters, shower cubicle with overhead shower, tiled splashbacks, wall mounted wash basin, WC, medicine cabinet, Velux window, extractor fan, radiator towel rail.
BEDROOM 2 13'10\" x 10'5\" (4.22m x 3.18m). Dual aspect, leaded window, built-in wardrobes and cupboards, downlighters, exposed beams, carpeted under eaves storage cupboards with light, radiator.
BEDROOM 3 12'7\" x 8'4\" (3.84m x 2.54m). Leaded dormer window, exposed beams, opaque window light above door, carpeted under eaves cupboard with light, radiator.
BEDROOM 4 9'1\" x 8'7\" (2.77m x 2.62m). Painted beam, radiator.
FAMILY BATHROOM Slate tiled floor with under floor heating, Duravit wash basin with mixer tap, tiled splashbacks, two fitted mirrors, WC with concealed cistern, panelled bath with glass shower screen, mixer taps and shower head, panelled cupboards with shelves, Velux window, extractor fan, downlighters, radiator towel rail.
OUTSIDE To the front of the property is a wrought iron fence with a gravel path and steps up to the front door. Mature clematises are trained around the front south facing windows. The gravel path continues to the pretty kitchen garden, with herbs, mature borders and stone walls which rise to the elevated lawn terraces to the rear of the property. A gravel path from the back door leads to the wood store area with power, light and an outside tap, and there is a further tap and a shed at the end of the garden. There are several raised vegetable beds and mature trees including lilacs, a pair of apples, a cherry, a silver birch and a laurel hedge. The panelled fence at the rear has a gate to the back footpath.
PARKING Opposite the property is a private parking area which the current owners pay £100 a year for two parking permits. Parking may be possible at the side of the property, subject to the usual planning consents.
DIRECTIONS From Oxford proceed south along the A4074 towards Henley and after passing through Nuneham Courtenay take the third exit at the roundabout towards Clifton Hampden. On entering the village turn right at the traffic lights, then turn left at the second set of traffic lights onto High Street. Continue slightly right onto High Street before the bridge and the property is on the right. The private parking is opposite the property in a gated gravel car park. Postcode OX14 3EQ.
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