5 bedroom detached house for sale

A magnificent new home with exceptionally light and spacious accommodation and landscaped gardens, close to Lower Shiplake village and station.

Beresford House - Beresford House has over 3,300 sq ft of accommodation with underfloor heating throughout, a beautifully fitted kitchen breakfast room and four luxurious bathrooms.

Recently completed by local builders, Moss and Partners, and with light and space being of paramount importance; the property has well-proportioned rooms, high ceilings, a concrete second floor for soundproofing, and maximum light from the large windows. There is a nod to the Arts & Crafts movement, typical of traditional local architecture, in the elegantly tall windows and overall design.

There is a welcoming hallway, cloakroom, spacious 26' sitting room with fireplace with space for woodburner, bi-fold doors to the paved terrace and garden, an elegant family room with bay window, study, utility boot room and an exceptionally well-equipped kitchen/breakfast room with central island, family area and doors to the garden.
Upstairs, there is a dramatic full height window overlooking the garden. The large main bedroom has a dressing area and en-suite bathroom, there are four further bedrooms, two with en-suite shower rooms, and a luxurious family bathroom. There is also a useful upstairs fully fitted laundry.

Specification - Kitchen - Siemens appliances including larder freezer, induction hob, dishwasher, Quooker boiling water tap, larder fridge, combi oven/microwave, two ovens with warming drawers, steam oven, wine cooler. Silestone worktops.
Utility room - fridge/freezer, second dishwasher, washing machine. tumble dryer. Upstairs laundry with washing machine and tumble dryer.
Bathrooms - Premium Swiss Laufen bathroom fittings with British Vado taps.

Location - Lower Shiplake is a very popular Thameside village with local amenities including a village shop/post office, butcher, garage and The Baskerville, an award-winning pub and restaurant. The railway station gives mainline access (via Twyford) in 8 minutes or Reading (18 minutes) with a fast service to London, Paddington (from 25 minutes) via the Elizabeth Line.

Henley-on-Thames, Marlow and Reading are all within easy reach and offer a more comprehensive range of shopping, leisure and recreational facilities. The area is well served by schools including Shiplake College, Reading Blue Coat, The Abbey School for Girls and Queen Anne's in Caversham. Beresford is also in the catchment area of Shiplake Primary School.

Outside - An electric fob-operated 5-bar date leads into the driveway which is edged with mature trees of pine and oak and to the gated and gravelled parking area. There is a large area of level lawn to the front, edged with shrubs and bushes for privacy and seclusion.

Accessed from the sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room and study is the paved terrace, perfect for entertaining. The mature garden is mainly laid to lawn and edged with shrubs and bushes. There is an large timber outbuilding with power and light.

Services - All mains services connected. Air source heat pump. Air source heat pump providing underfloor heating on solid concrete floors throughout.
South Oxfordshire District Council, Tax Band tba
EPC: tba