Property description
Situated at the end of a country lane, Grade II Listed Holy Trinity church was completed in 1850. Full planning approval for 3/4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, TV room, large drawing room, kitchen overlooking vaulted dining room, utility room, glazed gallery room. Approx. 3,900 sq ft. Gardens, garage and workshop, about 1.1 acres. EPC not required.
LOCAL INFORMATION Grazeley is a small rural hamlet 4 miles south of Reading and 1.5 miles from J11 of the M4 motorway making communications excellent. Heathrow Airport is less than 30 miles distant. The village of Grazeley has a junior school, village hall and the nearest shops are at Three Mile Cross (1.5 miles) or Spencers Wood (3 miles). Reading (5 miles) provides comprehensive shopping, recreational and leisure facilities and the nearest station is in the village of Mortimer (3 miles) which has a regular service to Reading (12 mins) then onto London, Paddington (from 29 mins) with Crossrail allowing direct access to the City, Canary Wharf, the West End and Heathrow from 2018. The local area has some fine schools including Crossfields, Bradfield College, Queen Annes Caversham, Reading Bluecoat, The Abbey and Reading School. There are miles of walking, cycling and riding in the surrounding countryside.
ACCOMMODATION APPROVED PLANS
A scheme for the conversion of the church to a bright and spacious contemporary home has been drawn up by award winning specialists in church conversion, Levens Properties Ltd. The design team of Paul Perry and Stuart Levens have worked together on innovative schemes such as this for over 25 years. The detailed planning approval was granted by Wokingham Borough Council on 31/03/15. The company concentrates on retaining a meaningful sense of the original building while at the same time providing a carefully designed and functional new interior with the clean lines of modern design. The schemes are based on the premise that it is the quality of the original building that makes the challenge of conversion worthwhile. This is a unique opportunity for the purchaser to convert a substantial landmark building with the added benefit of full planning permission to a design from acknowledged specialists in the field.
Proposed accommodation - Porch, hallway, new West main entrance, TV/media room/guest bedroom, cloakroom/shower room, kitchen overlooking vaulted dining room, large drawing room with wood burner. utility room, glazed gallery room (potential additional guest room), three/four bedrooms, three with en-suite bathrooms. Total square footage - approximately 3,900 sq ft. Outside garage & workshop.
PLANNING Planning permission F/2012/2123 was granted 31/3/15 and Listed Building Consent LB 2012/2124 granted 30/06/14. Wokingham Borough Council require a S106 payment of £12,028 prior to work starting. These payments are applicable to all residential new build or conversion schemes. It should be noted that the agreed S106 payment is substantially less that the recently introduced Community Infrastructure Levy. It may be worth noting that various VAT incentives apply to the conversion of a non-residential building to a dwelling. The incentives include a reduced 5% VAT rate for much of the conversion work, and the DIY builders and converters VAT Refund Scheme that allows owner occupiers to make a one off reclaim of VAT paid. This represents a sizeable saving. See HMRC website for detail.
OUTSIDE From Church Lane, a driveway is to be created which will sweep around to the new West Entrance of the church. The driveway will also lead to the planned new outbuilding containing two garages and a workshop with staircase to upper floor. The total site area extends to over 1 .1 acres and offers great potential as in addition to the Victorian country churchyard with mature Yew trees, it also includes a sizeable area of wild land to the North West.
LOCAL AUTHORITY and SERVICES Wokingham Borough Council band G.
Mains water and electricity. Plans for private drainage.
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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 :
- Unconverted Church
- Full Planning Permission Granted
- Grade II Listed
- Rural location
- 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms