3 bedroom detached house for sale

A detached family home, overlooking The Maharajah's Well. Built in the early 1900’s and on the market for the first time in 47 years.

Description

The house currently offers nearly 2,000 sq ft of internal accommodation, with the potential to extend and develop subject to the usual consents.

The entrance hall leads down to the “L” shaped sitting room, with sliding doors to the patio and garden. From here there is a family room, also with sliding patio doors. The kitchen is to the other side of the house and overlooks the rear garden and provides access to the dining room. Off the kitchen there is a pantry, separate utility room with a back door. Accessed from the utility room on the side off the house, there is a large conservatory with a vaulted ceiling. Completing the ground floor is a cloakroom off the utility room and cellar (under the sitting room).

Stairs from the hallway lead to the first floor. There is a large principal bedroom (previously two rooms) with an en suite bathroom. There are two further double bedrooms and a family bath / shower room. All bedrooms have built in cupboards.

Outside, the house sits back from the road behind a well pruned hedge, offering security and privacy but not blocking the delightful view of The Maharajah's Well. The landscaped rear garden, enjoys a light southerly aspect as well as an extensive patio off the back of the house, with a lawned area that wraps around the side of the house. There are a variety of mature shrubs and flower borders The rear and side gardens are enclosed and private. There is vehicle access from Well View, that provides ample driveway parking to the rear and a further entrance off Main Street, providing further parking and access to the workshops. The building is 1036 sqft and comprises of an office, workshop, storage rooms and a garden room that overlooks the garden of the main house. The building is ideal for further development or conversion, subject to the usual planning consents.

Location

Stoke Row is a picturesque village in South Oxfordshire, situated in the Chilterns Hills, a designated an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village is surrounded by woodland and farmland and has many beautiful walks and bridleways nearby.

There is a local shop/café, garage and petrol station, village hall and the highly rated Cherry Tree public house and award winning Crooked Billet restaurant, reputed to have once been the hideout of highwayman Dick Turpin.

More extensive shopping and recreational facilities can be found in nearby Reading and Henley-on-Thames, together with a fast rail service to London Paddington and access to the M4 motorway for Heathrow Airport, London and The West Country.

Square Footage: 1,982 sq ft


Acreage: 0.26 Acres

Directions

Leave Henley-on-Thames on the A4130 towards Nettlebed and on reaching the village turn left at the roundabout, signposted to Reading. Continue along until you reach Highmoor and turn right, signposted to Stoke Row. On entering the village, continue proceeding along "Main Street" pass the village shop and garage. The entrance to the property will be found on the left off the entrance Will View.

Additional Info

The Maharajah's Well was constructed in 1864 and was a generous gift from the Maharajah of Benares (now Varanasi) in India. The Maharajah, inspired by his English friend Edward Anderdon Reade, who had been the Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Provinces in India, wanted to reciprocate the kindness Reade had shown to his people. Reade had initiated the digging of wells in India to provide clean water, a gesture that profoundly impacted the Maharajah. In return, the Maharajah funded the construction of the well in Stoke Row, a village that had faced water scarcity challenges. The Grove is positioned directly opposite The Maharajah's Well, that holds significant local importance, not just for its location but also for its deep-rooted connection to the well's modern era. During extensive renovations of the well and cottage during 1979-1983. The builder & construction was undertaken by M.C.Robins, who’s family have owned The Grove since 1977 (47 years) and operate from its outbuildings / workshop to this day. For The Grove, living opposite the Maharajah's Well, is not only about the scenic beauty of Stoke Row but also a daily reminder of the village's historical significance. The well, with its ornate iron canopy and elephant weather vane, stands as a monument to generosity and the enduring power of friendship across cultures, linking a small English village with the grandeur of Indian royalty.