House For Sale £1,000,000
Situation
Riverside Cottage is situated in the desirable hamlet of Axford. Which is about 4 miles east of Marlborough and 3.6 miles from the desirable village of Ramsbury, with far reaching views across the surrounding countryside and beyond. The area is designated as one of “Outstanding Natural Beauty”. The nearby historic market town of Marlborough provides an excellent range of shopping and leisure facilities including National retailers such as Waitrose, Tesco’s and several quality restaurants including Dan’s, Rick Stein, Pizza Express, ask and Cafe Nero. In addition, there are the shopping areas in Hillier’s Yard and Hughenden Yard. The leisure centre and golf club provide excellent sporting facilities too. Although self-sufficient, the town is well placed for other centres including Swindon, Bath, Hungerford and Newbury and is surrounded by the most attractive countryside of the Marlborough Downs, Pewsey Vale and Kennet Valley. Intercity (Paddington) rail and M4 connections are at both Swindon and Hungerford. The house is ideally placed to access a myriad of footpaths and bridleways and there are excellent state and independent schools within the vicinity.
Description
Riverside is a detached house built in the 1850’s and has recently been extended and renovated throughout by the current owners in 2019 to an exceptionally high standard. The property is constructed of red brick elevations under a tiled roof relieved by wooden casement windows. The property is decorated neutrally throughout and offers flexible and characterful accommodation. There is a large kitchen/breakfast room which has been extended and a has a hand painted shaker style kitchen with Quartz worktops, underfloor heating and bifold doors to the garden. There are three generous reception rooms with Victorian fireplaces/a woodburner and a separate utility room. On the first floor, the main bedroom benefits from a walk-in dressing room and ensuite shower room with underfloor hearing. There are three further double bedrooms and are serviced by a newly fitted family bathroom with a rolled top bath, separate shower, and underfloor heating.
Outside
The House is approached off the road to a parking forecourt for 2 cars. There is additional parking down the drive There is a gravelled path leading to the front door and a side gate leading to the rear garden. The rear garden is south/west facing and is mainly laid to lawn with a large, paved sun terrace and raised vegetable and flower beds.
Riverside Cottage is situated in the desirable hamlet of Axford. Which is about 4 miles east of Marlborough and 3.6 miles from the desirable village of Ramsbury, with far reaching views across the surrounding countryside and beyond. The area is designated as one of “Outstanding Natural Beauty”. The nearby historic market town of Marlborough provides an excellent range of shopping and leisure facilities including National retailers such as Waitrose, Tesco’s and several quality restaurants including Dan’s, Rick Stein, Pizza Express, ask and Cafe Nero. In addition, there are the shopping areas in Hillier’s Yard and Hughenden Yard. The leisure centre and golf club provide excellent sporting facilities too. Although self-sufficient, the town is well placed for other centres including Swindon, Bath, Hungerford and Newbury and is surrounded by the most attractive countryside of the Marlborough Downs, Pewsey Vale and Kennet Valley. Intercity (Paddington) rail and M4 connections are at both Swindon and Hungerford. The house is ideally placed to access a myriad of footpaths and bridleways and there are excellent state and independent schools within the vicinity.
Description
Riverside is a detached house built in the 1850’s and has recently been extended and renovated throughout by the current owners in 2019 to an exceptionally high standard. The property is constructed of red brick elevations under a tiled roof relieved by wooden casement windows. The property is decorated neutrally throughout and offers flexible and characterful accommodation. There is a large kitchen/breakfast room which has been extended and a has a hand painted shaker style kitchen with Quartz worktops, underfloor heating and bifold doors to the garden. There are three generous reception rooms with Victorian fireplaces/a woodburner and a separate utility room. On the first floor, the main bedroom benefits from a walk-in dressing room and ensuite shower room with underfloor hearing. There are three further double bedrooms and are serviced by a newly fitted family bathroom with a rolled top bath, separate shower, and underfloor heating.
Outside
The House is approached off the road to a parking forecourt for 2 cars. There is additional parking down the drive There is a gravelled path leading to the front door and a side gate leading to the rear garden. The rear garden is south/west facing and is mainly laid to lawn with a large, paved sun terrace and raised vegetable and flower beds.
