3 bed Character Property - Semi Detached - Sold
Shirburn Street, Watlington
£650,000

• Well presented Victorian house
• 163' Garden & Private parking
• 25' Double reception room
• 18' Family kitchen/Breakfast room
• 3 Bedrooms
• Bath/Shower Room
• Cloakroom & Utility Room
• Gas central heating
• Double & Secondary glazing
• Town centre location

Description:

This lovely Victorian house is well presented and offers generous principal rooms with high ceilings, boarded floors, open fireplace and other period features. The reception room has a double aspect and is some 25' in length providing ample room for dining and entertaining. In the centre of the house, with outlook to the garden, is an 18' family kitchen with painted solid wood kitchen cabinets and oak worktops. There is a gas-fired Rayburn and a multi-fuel Rangemaster cooking range. On the first floor the principal bedroom has a part-vaulted ceiling and views to the garden. Of particular note is the part-walled garden that extends some 163' to the rear with shaped herbaceous borders and a wide variety of ornamental and fruit trees, plants and shrubs. There is a private off-road parking bay and further shared bay. The facilities of the High Street are no more than a two minute walk from the house.

Watlington

Watlington is reputedly England’s smallest town with its origins dating from the 6th century. The town has a range of sports facilities that embrace football and cricket as well as tennis, squash and bowls. There are good local shops including a first class butcher and delicatessen and some excellent restaurants and pubs. Watlington Primary school and Rainbow Corner day nursery and pre-school have an ‘outstanding’ ofsted rating and senior education is provided by the well-regarded Icknield Community College. The Chiltern Hills rise above the town and offer some of the finest landscapes in south-east England. There is much on offer here for outdoor enthusiasts, cyclists and walkers as The Icknield Way (Ridgeway National Trail) passes close to the town. Watlington is also the heartland of the re-introduced Red Kite that now soar above the town’s roof tops.

The accommodation is arranged as follows:

(All measurements are approximate)

Ground Floor

Entrance:

Part-glazed door to:

Hall:

Having a quarry tile floor and door to:

Utility Room:

Fitted wall cabinet. Plumbing points and space for washing machine, tumble dryer and freezer. Water softening unit. Quarry tile floor. Door to:

Cloakroom:

Low flush WC and pedestal washbasin with splashback. Quarry tile floor.

Kitchen/Breakfast Room: (5.52 x 4.43)

A generously proportioned room with double aspect and outlook to the garden. Painted solid wood cabinets comprising cupboards (some glazed), drawers, wine rack and skirting heater with oak worktops, tiled splashbacks and surface lighting. Inset stainless steel sink unit with mixer tap and filtered water tap. Rangemaster gas/electric range cooker with steel extractor hood over. Gas fired Rayburn cooking range and integral dishwasher. Fitted Victorian corner cabinet and fitted shelving. Exposed ceiling beam, window lintels and tiled floor. Door to:

Double Reception Room: (7.60 x 4.54)

A substantial room with double aspect and a working fireplace with black slate hearth. Boarded floor and exposed wooden ceiling beams and window lintels. Large understairs storage cupboard. Wall light points. Staircase to first floor.

First Floor

Landing:

Large shelved airing cupboard and recessed wardrobe/storage cupboard. Part-boarded floor. Access hatch to storage loft with pull-down ladder and light.

Bedroom 2: (4.57 x 3.98)

A large double bedroom having a boarded floor and fireplace with Victorian cast iron grate. Bespoke wooden cabinets and bookshelves to chimney breast recess.

Bedroom 3: (3.56 x 2.63)

Having fitted shelving and side window.

Bath/Shower room:

Roll-top bath with side mounted mixer tap and shower attachment. Pedestal washbasin with mixer tap, shaving point and mirror over. Low flush WC. Corner shower cabinet with shaped glazed screens and adjustable shower head. Heated towel rack and extractor fan. Heated tile floor.

Bedroom 1: (4.62 x 4.06)

A generous room with part-vaulted ceiling and a range of reclaimed wood wardrobes to the full width of the room. Fine outlook to the garden.

Outside

Garden: (50)

A brick sett terrace extends from the back of the house with covered wood store, shaped beds and a variety of shrubs and plants including a mature fig tree. This area opens to a shaped lawn with wide, richly-stocked herbaceous borders, climbing plants, shrubs and ornamental trees including silver birch and flowering cherry. A wooden pergola with archway is adorned with wisteria and rose. At the rear of the garden there are fruit trees, a compost area and a timber framed garden store.

Local Authority:

South Oxfordshire District Council. 135 Eastern Avenue, Milton Park, Milton, OX14 4SB. Email: info@southoxon.gov.uk Tel: 01235 422422

Council Tax:

Band E

Services:

Mains water, drainage, gas and electricity. Gas fired central heating.

Viewing:

Strictly by appointment with the agents - Robinson Sherston (Watlington). Telephone: 01491 614 000