High Street, Childrey, OX12

With chocolate-box good looks, this gorgeous home is bursting with character and evocative period features including exposed stonework, beamed ceilings and cosy fireplaces.  Corner Cottage has three spacious bedrooms, a farmhouse style kitchen with separate utility room, a large open-plan sitting/dining room and a pretty, enclosed cottage garden.  To create additional space, one half of the double garage has been converted into a self-contained studio room ideal for home working or guest accommodation.

The location of Corner Cottage in picture-perfect Childrey adds to its allure as a country retreat.  With a highly-rated primary school and village shop with coffee bar, a farm shop plus fabulous gastro pubs and countryside walks on the doorstep, this is the epitome of a comfortable rural lifestyle.  It would suit a range of buyers from first-timers to those seeking a ‘lock up and leave’ to escape to at weekends and holidays.

We’re excited to tell you more about Corner Cottage so allow us to show you around…

HOME COMFORTS

Beautifully presented and radiating mellow character, Cottage sits on a prominent position on Childrey’s High Street, just steps away from Childrey Stores.   Park on the driveway in front of the garage where there’s space for two cars, and enter through the rear door of the cottage into the welcoming kitchen/breakfast room, gently warmed by the AGA.  With a soft neutral palette, exposed brick walls and wooden floors underfoot, this stylish kitchen offers ample space for food preparation and for the family to gather around the farmhouse table. Leading off the kitchen is a useful utility room housing the washing machine and dryer, plus a separate downstairs WC.

The two original cottage reception rooms at Corner Cottage have been combined to create one large, open-plan space with sitting room at one end and a dining area at the other, with feature fireplaces at both ends.  The centrepiece of the sitting room is the feature woodburner, installed by Walkers of Burford.  The inglenook fireplace in the dining area provides atmosphere and warmth during evening meals.

With tiled floors underfoot and characterful beamed ceilings above, this room is enchanting in the evenings when you can relax to the sounds of the crackling log fire, and lovely on a summer’s day when the light floods in through the windows and the French doors open from the dining area onto the pretty cottage garden.

SWEET DREAMS

Take the quirky staircase hidden away behind a door from the dining room and discover three comfortable bedrooms and a well-appointed bathroom on the first floor.  The vaulted and beamed principal bedroom is a tranquil and spacious haven with whitewashed walls and mellow wooden floors.  There are two further bedrooms on this floor and a well-appointed shower room with power shower.

MORE TO DISCOVER

Adding extra allure to Corner Cottage is the separate studio room, accessed through the garden.  Converted from one half of the detached double garage, this room is insulated with heat and light and would make an ideal space for working from home, teenage den or as a bonus room for guest accommodation.  The second half of the detached garage has been retained and provides ample storage space.

GARDEN DELIGHTS

Head outside to enjoy the pretty, enclosed garden at Corner Cottage.  With a south-west orientation this garden enjoys the best of the sunshine and has been designed to provide sunny and shady areas throughout the day.  Private and enclosed by beech and box hedges, the garden has a lawned area and terraces to enjoy morning coffee, evening drinks or barbeque meals. 

THE PERFECT LOCATION

Childrey is quite a rarity for a small village as residents are blessed with all they need for a happy and fulfilled lifestyle right on their doorstep!  It’s a friendly, thriving community with lots going on throughout the year, such as the annual ‘Childreyfest’ – the village’s answer to Glastonbury!

A warm welcome is guaranteed at Childrey Stores which is open seven days a week and has a coffee shop serving delicious pastries and lunches, plus everyday essentials and artisan food, wine and gifts. 

Many families choose the village for the highly-regarded primary school, The Ridgeway CE, which is Ofsted rated ‘Good’ and Little Ducks Pre-School, while secondary-age children can board the bus to excellent independent schools including Our Lady’s, Abingdon School and The School of St Helen and St Katharine.  King Alfred’s Academy is within walking or cycling distance.

This is picturesque walking country with an endless choice of pretty routes – it’s close to the famous White Horse Hill too.  If you fancy one with refreshment at the end of it, take a pleasant stroll through the fields to the welcoming Star Inn in nearby Sparsholt, recently acquired by the team behind The Woodspeen in Newbury.  Another nearby pub with an innovative award-winning menu is The Greyhound at Letcombe Regis, while hearty pub lunches for hungry walkers are served at The White Horse at Woolstone and Helen Browning’s Royal Oak in Bishopstone.

For supermarkets, including Waitrose, the historic market town of Wantage has all the shops, pubs, restaurants and leisure options your heart desires.  There’s easy road access to Oxford, Swindon and Newbury plus frequent trains to London from nearby Didcot Parkway station.

THE FINER DETAILS:

Square Footage:                              c.800 sq ft.

Council Tax Band:                          F

Local Authority:                               Vale of White Horse District Council

Central Heating:                              Oil-fired central heating

Distances: 

London 72 miles
Oxford 20.3 miles
Newbury 18.4 miles

Didcot Parkway 11 miles (trains to London Paddington 45 mins)

Oxford Parkway 21 miles (trains to London Marylebone 55 mins)

Heathrow Airport 57.2 miles

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