![House](https://media.onthemarket.com/properties/15042888/1494143520/image-0-1024x1024.jpg)
![Kitchen](https://media.onthemarket.com/properties/15042888/1494143520/image-1-1024x1024.jpg)
![Garden](https://media.onthemarket.com/properties/15042888/1494217369/image-2-1024x1024.jpg)
5 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Prime village location
- Lovely light accommodation
- Self-contained 1 bedroom studio
- Delightful west facing garden
- Parking, workshop and stores
- EPC Rating = D
Description
Originally a coach house built around the turn of the century, Little Cottam is a delightful detached red brick house under a clay tiled roof with attractive foliage covered elevations. It has a very stylish 2,300 sq ft interior, with the focus of the ground floor rooms being a fantastic kitchen/dining hall and family room from the front to the back of the house and with double doors onto the garden terrace. It is a designed kitchen with black granite worktops, twin inset white enamel sink unit, electric 2-oven Aga, Bosch dishwasher and Bosch oven, wine fridge, wall mounted Worcester gas fired boiler for central heating and domestic hot water, island unit with white granite worktop, power and drawers.
The delightful sitting room has front to back aspect with handsome reclaimed floorboards and an open fireplace, and double doors leading onto the garden. The reception hall and the kitchen/dining hall have an attractive grey limestone floor, and there is a large coats cupboard in the reception hall where the staircase leads to the first floor.
Landing with roof light, fireplace and airing cupboard.
Principal bedroom with part vaulted ceiling and dressing area with 2 fitted wardrobes, walk-in dressing area, en suite bathroom with Victorian cast iron bath, reclaimed wooden floor, separate WC, twin wash hand basins inset in marble vanity unit, shower cubicle and walk-in dressing room with hanging rails.
Bedroom 2 has a part vaulted ceiling with en suite shower room with shower, WC and wash hand basin.
Family bathroom – cast iron bath with mixer taps, low level WC, Burlington wash hand basin, utility cupboard and space and plumbing for washing machine.
Bedrooms 3 and 4 are of good size with part vaulted ceiling. Bedroom 4 currently used as an office/study.
Outside
Studio/Annexe: Bedroom with wooden floor and tongue and groove panelling with part vaulted ceiling, door to terrace. Kitchenette with sink, space for microwave and fridge. En suite shower room with shower, WC and wash hand basin. Door to small private terrace.
Gardens
The gardens to Little Cottam are delightful and well maintained with lawns to the front screened from Mill Road by a laurel hedge. The drive and pedestrian path are of stone, leading to the front door and workshop. There are 2 splendid larch trees in the front garden and a store.
The rear garden is also delightful with south and west facing aspect, 2 terraces, 1 outside the sitting room, 1 outside the kitchen. Laid principally to lawn with herbaceous borders around the boundary including a eucalyptus tree. The boundaries are walled and fenced, and in the north-west corner is a brick terrace with loggia above. The north side of the house between the house and the boundary is a part covered side alley with excellent storage for garden furniture/equipment.
Location
The property is located in a highly sought-after quiet area in the village of Shiplake. The train station, village shop and butchers are all closeby. The Thameside village of Shiplake has traditional local amenities and shops. Shiplake railway station is in the heart of the village, only one stop from Henley and giving mainline access via Twyford (8 mins) or Reading (18 mins) with a fast service to London, Paddington (from 29 mins) with Elizabeth Line allowing direct access to the City, Canary Wharf, the West End and Heathrow. The area is well served for schools, including Shiplake Primary, Shiplake College, Reading Blue Coat, The Abbey School for Girls and Queen Anne's. The nearby countryside offers miles of extensive walking and riding with the Thames Path close by. The historic riverside town of Henley-on-Thames (2 miles) has superb facilities including a Waitrose, individual cafe's and restaurants, a fine variety of shops and public houses and is home to the world famous Regatta and Festival.
Square Footage: 2,382 sq ft
Directions
From the centre of Henley-on-Thames: Proceed south on the A4155 (Reading Road) and take the first left into Station Road to Shiplake and Shiplake Station. Proceed down Station Road, and beside the Baskerville Arms turn right into Mill Road and proceed for about 500 yards. Little Cottam will be found on the right.
Additional Info
Little Cottam is situated down Mill Road in Shiplake. Village amenities include a shop, butcher, garage and a pub/restaurant. Shiplake railway station gives mainline access via Twyford (8 minutes) or Reading (18 minutes) with a fast service to London, Paddington (from 25 minutes). Crossrail is expected to Reading and Twyford in 2018. Henley-on-Thames, Marlow and Reading offer a more comprehensive range of shopping, leisure and recreational facilities. The area is well served for schools, including Reading Blue Coat, Shiplake College, The Abbey School for Girls and Queen Anne’s in Caversham. The nearby countryside offers miles of extensive walking and riding with the Thames Path close by and there are boating facilities on the River Thames. Our clients currently have use of a mooring for their Interboat at Shiplake Lock.
Property information from this agent
Places of interest
See more properties like this:
*DISCLAIMER
Property reference HES240177. The information displayed about this property comprises a property advertisement. OnTheMarket.com makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the advertisement or any linked or associated information, and OnTheMarket.com has no control over the content provided by the agent or developer. This property advertisement does not constitute property particulars. The information is provided and maintained by Savills - Henley-on-Thames.
OnTheMarket may have applied supplementary data to this property listing, including:
Broadband availability and predicted speed: obtained from Ofcom on June 6, 2022
Broadband speed is measured in megabits per second, with the number returned showing how fast the connection is. Each reading is based on the highest predicted speed of any major broadband network for services that deliver the download speeds. The following are the different readings that we may display:
Basic: Up to 30 Mbit/s
Super-fast: Between 30 Mbit/s and 300 Mbit/s
Ultra-fast: Over 300 Mbit/s
The data is updated three times a year. The checker results are predictions and should not be regarded as guaranteed. For more information, see: https://checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/about-checker#Answer_0_2
Mobile phone signal availability and predicted strength: obtained from Ofcom on June 6, 2022
Mobile signal predictions are provided by the four UK mobile network operators: EE, O2, Three and Vodafone. Predictions can vary significantly from the coverage you may actually experience as a result of local factors (especially terrain). Ofcom has tested the actual coverage provided in various locations around the UK to help ensure that these predictions are reasonable. The values shown against a property can be broken down as follows:
Clear: No bars, no signal predicted
Red: One bar, reliable signal unlikely
Amber: Two bars, may experience problems with connectivity
Green: Three bars, likely to have good coverage and receive a data rate to support basic web services
Enhanced: Full bars, likely to have good coverage indoors and to receive an enhanced data rate to support multimedia services
Energy Performance data and Internal floor area: obtained on September 20, 2017 from The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 or the Home Report if in relation to a residential property in Scotland.
Any supplementary data should not be relied upon as forming part of any property particulars and OnTheMarket cannot be held responsible for any incorrectness in this data. See here for more information.