Property description
SITUATION Beautifully located on the edge of the favoured hamlet of South Weston. There is a thriving community in South Weston and the surrounding villages, as well as easy access to the nearby market towns of Watlington and Thame, and larger centres of Henley, Marlow and Oxford, offering extensive leisure and recreational facilities. There are numerous primary schools in the neighbouring villages, as well as a number of independent and state schools in Thame, Oxford and Princes Risborough.
The city of Oxford is easily accessible via the M40, with the Oxford Tube bus service running from Lewknor every 15 minutes to London/Oxford 24 hours a day. Mainline train services run from Haddenham and Thame Parkway or Princes Risborough, with our clients finding the services from High Wycombe (14 miles), the most efficient way to reach London Marylebone in 25 minutes.
DESCRIPTION Substantial and exceptional detached Georgian-style country home, combining brick and stone elevations, with external feather-boarding, to give the property a wonderful blend of traditional and contemporary features. The whole has been built to an extremely high standard in 2007 by the current owners, to provide outstanding family accommodation, in a delightful rural setting, whilst enjoying easy access to London, Oxford, Henley and the surrounding areas. The property has been sensitively configured to combine the ideal accommodation for both entertaining and modern family life. There are many impressive features, including an innovative ground source heat recovery system, underfloor heating, good quality double glazing, 5 amp lighting circuit and highly rated insulation, to ensure the property can be run as efficiently as possible.
One of the key attributes of the property, the current owners were keen to achieve, was the creation of strong room proportions and an abundance of light throughout, which, without doubt, has been achieved, with large sash windows and the open-plan "flow" from room to room. Of particular note, is the impressive reception hall, with its curved staircase, limestone and slate tiled flooring, and double doors to the connecting drawing room, with the owners keen to mention, the versatility of the reception hall, having used it on a number of occasions for drinks and dining parties. The property also has several French doors, which allows easy access onto the various landscaped terraces and surrounding gardens, enabling the inside and the outside of Weston Grange to be enjoyed as one entity.
Via the reception hallway, is the ultra-stylish kitchen/dining room, with its high-spec Bulthaup units incorporating a mixture of "Miele" and "Siemens" integrated appliances, a large "Falcon" range and French oak parquet flooring. Ideal for young families, open to the left-hand side of the kitchen, is the pretty snug/family room with attractive fireplace, and the advantage of easy access to the adjoining bedroom suite, with connecting bathroom. To the ground floor, there is also a very useful boot room, good-size cloakroom and a separate fitted study room, with a plant room located externally, just across the small courtyard terrace.
Via the elegant curved staircase, there is a spacious landing area, connecting to three generous en-suite bedrooms. The impeccably-styled master bedroom has the advantage of "his and hers" en-suite facilities, both incorporating separate dressing rooms, whilst the further two double bedrooms enjoy contemporary bathroom suites, with bedroom 2 benefitting from a Jack and Jill bathroom. On the second floor, there are two further bedrooms, one with an en-suite shower room, perfect for an au-pair and teenagers.
Externally, the property has much to offer, with an extensive gravelled driveway for several vehicles, with planning permission to build a large oak-framed timber double garage/carport and garden store. The grounds are a mixture of beautifully landscaped paved terraces, with yew hedging, box parterres and raised flowerbeds, with a number of mature trees, including a large Walnut, with the surrounding gardens providing scope for further landscaping. The whole enjoys a high level of seclusion, with views over idyllic open farmland.