House For Sale £800,000
Dating back to the mid 16th Century, Bramblings is a charming Grade II listed cottage set neatly in its grounds in the old heart of the popular village of Cholsey. The cottage has been sympathetically restored using traditional limewash techniques and recently enhanced by oak outbuildings and extensions. From the garden the front door opens into the underfloor-heated utility room and kitchen with bespoke Cotteswood units, Belfast and ceramic sinks, wine fridge, oak worktops and gas/electric Aga over travertine stone tiles. The Dining room / Bedroom three with Inglenook fireplace is adjacent to the downstairs W.C./ shower room. The Drawing Room, with working inglenook fireplace including a new Rais wood burner, has beautiful leaded windows and an oak door that can be opened into the garden in summer. The fully oak sun room with underfloor heated terracotta tiles is a wonderful dining and seating space that opens out onto the gardens and fountain. Upstairs are two generous double bedrooms each with large en suite bathrooms, ample storage, leaded windows, character period features and beautiful views over the surrounding gardens.<br /><br />Cholsey lies two miles south of Wallingford, surrounded by the beautiful countryside of the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village has several local amenities, a small supermarket, a family butchers, a village pub, a primary school and the independent Treehouse School. Wallingford has a full range of amenities and services including a large Waitrose, hospital, doctors, dentists, shops & restaurants. Cholsey’s rail station offers services to London Paddington via Reading, while by road, the M4 and M40 are both within easy reach. The local area is renowned for its open countryside, which offers excellent walks.<br /><br />The property is accessed via a secure oak gate opening onto a gravel pathway to the front and side of the house. The garage of oak construction, in the north-east corner and accessed from the garden has automatic opening doors onto Ilges lane, and adjoins an oak store room with spacious insulated loft with washing machine and tumble dryer facilites. The mature gardens surrounding the house on all sides include gravel terracing, lawns, hedging, shrubs, recently planted lines of quercus ilex trees together with apple and pear trees and well-stocked flower beds. The large insulated Garden Studio with balcony in the southeast corner overlooks raised plant beds and a fountain. Currently the Garden Studio is set up as a spacious fourth bedroom ideal for guests. To the back of the house is a smart lawn with cottage fencing and flower beds leading to a large insulated home office with glazed frontage, central double doors and Velux windows allowing for plenty of light. There is also a greenhouse and raised vegetable beds
