Berrick Salome, Wallingford

A delightful Grade II listed period cottage dating from c.1600 with a modern, light kitchen/breakfast room: it also features a stylish detached annex and an office building split into two studios both with log stoves.

The properties are set around stunning, private grounds extending to half an acre with mature trees featuring flower borders, vegetable plots, lawns, areas of rewilded planting and paved terraces, all enclosed by thorn, yew and beech hedges with views across a meadow to the village church.

This fabulous rural setting enjoys peace and quiet with all the amenities of Benson just 2 miles distant.

Tenure - Freehold   Council tax band - E

Main House:

Entrance Hall: Heated tiled floor, door to rear, wall timbers, windows flank the door.

Kitchen/Breakfast Room: 18’3 x 17’10 (L-shaped) The room has a heated/tiled floor and features a large, curved cedar-framed glazing with doors to the grounds, further windows front and rear. The kitchen has a range of fitted cupboards and worktops with stainless steel sink, electric cooker point and appliance spaces. Book shelving, cupboard housing hot water tank (heated with air-source heat pump).
Walk-in larder with slate shelves, 7’8 x 3’3.

Bathroom: Fitted with a white 3-piece suite, tiled/heated floor, tiling, window and radiator.

Dining Room/Study: 15’9 x 11’7 Quarry tiled floor, double aspect, beamed ceiling and wall timbers, door to staircase 1.

Sitting Room: 16’1 x 8’11 Cast iron fireplace, tiled slips, wood mantel and tiled hearth. The room has a beamed ceiling with wall timbers, double aspect with door to the garden.

Family Room: 15’6 x 8’9 Door and window to garden, side window, electric storage heater, wall timbers and stairs to:

Bedroom 3: 14’1 x 7’10 (floor level) Wall timbers, window.

Stairs from Study to:

Bedroom 2: 12’8 x 11’5 Tall window to side, beams.

Bedroom 1: 15’1 x 13’8 (max at floor level) Front aspect, exposed beams and large brick chimneybreast

Annex

Kitchen/Breakfast Room: 17’4 x 8’3 (+ 3’ bay) Large walk-in bay and window facing east into a secret garden, range of units, with worktops, sink, electric hob and oven: wood style floor, electric storage heater.

Inner Lobby.

Sitting Room: 11’4 x 8’7 full height corner window, electric storage heater.

Shower Room: White 3-piece suite, tiling, electric heater. Side Lobby: Door to terrace, stairs to:

Bedroom/Living Space: 17’5 x 16’6 Feature triangular bay and 2 velux windows make this a light space with a 9’8 vaulted ceiling, electric storage heater.

The Grounds

From the off road parking a five-bar gate leads into the fabulous grounds that extend to half an acre. There are areas of lawn, flower borders, rougher grass and established trees, with connecting pathways which create many varied places and viewpoints. There are hedges to the boundaries and a secret garden with views across countryside. The house, annex and studio are all set close to the boundaries of the grounds, making the gardens all the more spacious, looking across the banks of plants and shrubs.

Large Studio: Insulated and split into two:
Office 1: 21’2 x 13’10 Windows and French doors to the front, vaulted 12’ ceiling, log stove on slate base.
Office 2: 13’10 x 13’8 Windows and French doors to garden, vaulted ceiling, log stove on slate base.

Timber Log Garden Shed.

Greenhouse.

Gazebo surrounded by planting.