Property description

A handsome six bedroom Grade II Listed townhouse in the heart of Abingdon, in close proximity to the River Thames. The property offers excellent family accommodation with fine Georgian features including sash windows, fanlights and exposed beams incorporating a timber frame believed to date from the late 15th Century.

The property has played a prominent part in Abingdon's history, it was for many years the merchant wharf master's house and became the town doctor's house in the 1900s. There is a pretty walled garden with a dining terrace, a double garage and a mooring for a 9ft vessel at the quay side.

Master bedroom with en suite, 5 further bedrooms, family bathroom, shower room, landing/study, games room, kitchen/dining room, sitting room, drawing room, office, utility room/WC, cellar, garage and garden.

SITUATION    East St. Helen's Street is located in Abingdon's historic centre with St Helen's Church and the market square nearby. Abingdon provides excellent services and amenities with Waitrose and Tesco supermarkets and renowned primary and secondary schools including Abingdon School, Our Lady's, St Helen & St Katharine, The Manor Preparatory and The European School at Culham. The centre of Abingdon has been rejuvenated in recent years and boasts many shops, restaurants and public houses. From Radley and Didcot there are regular railway services to Oxford and London and the A34 to the west of Abingdon provides transport links to the M4 and M40 motorway. There are also regular bus services to Oxford.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

ENTRANCE HALL    Doormat well, quarry tiled floor, wooden front door with fanlight, dado rail with panels below, radiator.

DRAWING ROOM 15'5\" x 12'8\" (4.7m x 3.86m). Wood floor, sash windows, panelled walls, built-in bookcase, painted central beam, converted gas lamp wall lights, wooden mantelpiece, slate hearth, brick back, Belgian wood burning range, servants' bell, radiator.

SITTING ROOM 16'3\" x 13'11\" (4.95m x 4.24m). Sash windows with panels below, built-in cupboards, wooden mantelpiece with cast iron surround and grate, tiled hearth, servants' bell, television aerial point, picture rail, two radiators, shutters on side window.

STUDY 11'3\" x 9'7\" (3.43m x 2.92m). Cast iron painted fireplace and surround, built-in bookshelves and cupboards, leaded window to sitting room, sash window, telephone point, radiator.

UTILITY ROOM/WC 8'2\" x 7'2\" (2.5m x 2.18m). Tiled floor, sash window, wall mounted wash basin, WC, fitted wooden counter with cupboards below, shelves, space and plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer, radiator.

LOBBY    Flagstone floor.

KITCHEN/DINING ROOM 18'2\" x 15'10\" (5.54m x 4.83m). Tiled floor, downlighters, Rayburn gas fired central heating boiler and cooker set within fireplace with cast iron sides, flagstone hearth, wooden mantel, cupboard to side, part panelled walls, range of floor and wall mounted units, one and a half bowl ceramic sink with mixer tap, laminate work surface, five ring gas hob, Bosch extractor fan and light, glass tiled splashback, Quantum Speed Bosch combination oven, Bosch electric fan oven, built-in cupboards, central island with cupboards and drawers, built-in cupboards, space for fridge/freezer, integrated further freezer, rise and fall light, space for dining table, servants' bell indicator board, radiator.

CELLAR 18'11\" (5.77m) x 15'1\" (4.59m) 17'7\" (5.37m) x 7'1\" (2.16m) 18'4\" (5.6m) x 7' (2.14m). Coat pegs, steps down to workshop with concrete floor, garden store room and coal store with brick floor, stable door to garden.

FIRST FLOOR

LANDING/STUDY 12'4\" x 11'7\" (3.76m x 3.53m). Sash window, four arches, cornicing, built-in bookshelves, two radiators.

MASTER BEDROOM 16'8\" x 16'7\" (5.08m x 5.05m). Sash window with panels below, wooden mantelpiece, cast iron fireplace, built-in wardrobe and storage cupboard, wall lights, central beam, two radiators.

EN SUITE    Tiled floor, sash window, pedestal wash basin, decorative tiled splashback, glass shelf, fitted mirror, downlighters, WC, shower cubicle with central shower head, tiled splashback, radiator towel rail, loft access.

FAMILY BATHROOM    Vinyl floor, sash windows, WC with high level cistern, claw foot bath with mixer tap and shower attachment, wall mounted wash basin, tiled splashback, glass shelf, cast iron mantelpiece with cast iron fire surround, picture rail, radiator towel rail.

AIRING CUPBOARD    Tiled floor, slatted shelves, light, hot water tank with immersion heater.

BEDROOM 2 14'6\" x 13'2\" (4.42m x 4.01m). Sash windows, wooden fireplace with cast iron surround, picture rail, cupboard (with potential to convert to en suite with plumbing already installed), radiator.

BEDROOM 3 13'10\" x 12'1\" (4.22m x 3.68m). Sash window, exposed beams, hanging rail behind curtain, cornicing, radiator.

BEDROOM 4 9'7\" x 8'2\" (2.92m x 2.5m). Sash windows, wooden mantelpiece with cast iron surround, walk in wardrobe, built-in cupboard and drawers, picture rail, radiator.

SECOND FLOOR

GAMES ROOM 19'6\" x 13'7\" (5.94m x 4.14m). Downlighters, painted beams, built-in wooden seating, television aerial point, two radiators, loft access.

SHOWER ROOM    Tiled floor, shower cubicle, Sirus power shower with mixer tap, tiled splashback, downlighter, pedestal wash basin, built-in mirror.

BEDROOM 5 16'2\" x 12'11\" (4.93m x 3.94m). Painted beams, wall light, radiator.

BEDROOM 6 15'1\" x 10'10\" (4.6m x 3.3m). Painted beams, walk in storage cupboard, radiator.

OUTSIDE    The attractive stone and brick walled garden is mainly laid to lawn with mature borders including jasmine, passion flowers, crocosmia, lavender and roses. There is a paved dining terrace with wisteria and roses trained along the house walls and an outside tap and dustbin bin store area. To the rear of the garden is the brick double garage which is flanked with climbing red roses and has a side access door. There is a right of way through Fairlawn Wharf to the double garage and path leading to the mooring on the River Thames for a nine foot vessel.

DIRECTIONS    From Oxford, take the A34 south to Abingdon and take the A4183 into Abingdon. On arrival at the town square, proceed slightly left onto East St Helen Street. The property is at the end of the road on the left with parking available in Fairlawn Wharf. Postcode OX14 5EB.