Property description
Orchard View sits in an elevated location, within walking distance of local amenities. The property has been modernised and extended over the years and now offers a welcoming and attractive family home. Four bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (1 en-suite), sitting room, dining room, family room, kitchen, breakfast room, utility room. Integral double garage, gardens. EPC rating D.
LOCAL INFORMATION Peppard Common is a hamlet just 5 miles from Henley-on-Thames. There is a local convenience store at the end of the road with other shops at Sonning Common which has a newsagent, small supermarket, award winning health centre and local shops. More comprehensive leisure and shopping facilities including a Waitrose, cafés and specialist shops are available in Henley-on-Thames and Reading (6 miles). Henley and Reading railway stations have good services to London, Paddington (from 45 mins and 29 mins respectively) with Crossrail allowing direct access to the City, Canary Wharf, the West End and Heathrow from 2018. The area is well served for schools, both state and private, including Shiplake College, Reading Blue Coat and Queen Anne's in Caversham with The Oratory, Pangbourne College, Moulsford and Cranford House Preps easily accessible. Connection to the M4 via junction 8/9 is about 12 miles away with Heathrow under 30 miles distant. There are miles of riding and walking in the surrounding countryside.
ACCOMMODATION Orchard View is approached from Stoke Row Road over a gravel drive leading to a parking area and the double garage. The entrance hall leads to the family room/study with a decorative brick fireplace and large window to the front. The kitchen is well fitted with a range of floor and wall units, granite worktops, range cooker, integrated appliances including fridge/freezer and dishwasher. There is a lovely view over the garden. Next door is the breakfast room with a door to the terrace and garden. The spacious sitting room is a lovely room with a fireplace with open fire, double doors to the terrace and garden. There is a formal dining room and a utility room to the rear of the integral garage with water softener, plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer and a door to the garden.
Upstairs there is a large master bedroom with fine views over the garden and towards the woodland beyond. There is a dressing room and en-suite bathroom with a roll-top bath and a shower enclosure. There are three further bedrooms, all of good size, and a recently re-fitted family bathroom with separate shower.
OUTSIDE The gardens of Orchard View are mature and are a very pretty feature. The front garden is edged with mature hedges, with a fine cherry tree in the centre of the front lawn. The South-West facing rear garden is accessed from the breakfast room and sitting room and there is a paved terrace, perfect for outside entertaining in the summer. The garden is mainly laid to lawn and edged with perennial flower borders. There is an attractive rose arch and a productive kitchen garden to one side with fruit bushes including raspberry, gooseberry and black and red current. The whole garden has high hedges offering privacy and seclusion.
LOCAL AUTHORITY and SERVICES Services
All mains services are connected. Gas fired central heating.
Local Authority
South Oxfordshire District Council. Tel: 01491 823000.
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DISCLAIMER These particulars are a general guide only. They do not form part of any contract. Services, systems and appliances have not been tested.
Property Features :
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
- Welcoming family home
- Well proportioned rooms
- Lovely South-West facing garden
- Convenient village location