Oakdown Close, Whitchurch Hill, Oxfordshire

The Bothy is an attractive detached family home, sensitively extended by the current owners to offer more than 1,400 sq ft of accommodation arranged over a single storey. Configured to provide an ideal family and entertaining space and featuring elegant neutral décor throughout, the accommodation flows from a welcoming entrance hall with a useful fullytiled cloakroom/family bathroom. It comprises double glazed doors to a dual aspect sitting room with a side aspect bay window, a beamed ceiling and a feature exposed brick chimney breast with open fireplace, further double glazed doors to a front aspect dining room with built-in storage, and a study with potential for use as an additional bedroom if required.
The modern kitchen has tiled flooring, a range of wall and base units, complementary worktops, an ingle with special edition millennium Aga and modern integrated appliances. It opens into a dual aspect breakfast room with further fitted units, a work surface and space for a good-sized table. Adjacent is a lightfilled conservatory with tiled flooring and full-height glazing and a feature bay incorporating a door to the rear terrace.
The accommodation is completed by a spacious rear aspect principal bedroom with a bay window overlooking the rear garden, extensive fitted storage and a large modern en suite shower room with further fitted wall and base unit storage, and by a second double bedroom with useful built-in storage.

The property is approached over a gravelled side driveway providing private parking and giving access to the detached double garage which incorporates a fitted utility area and benefits from a covered paved side verandah shielded by mature hedging, suitable for a variety of uses. The generous manicured garden surrounding the house is laid mainly to lawn bordered by well-stocked flower and shrub beds and features a timber summer house with double doors to the garden with, to the rear, numerous seating areas, a garden pond, a split-level paved terrace and a further spacious neighbouring paved terrace covered by an open-sided gazebo. The house is screened by mature hedging and is ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.

Located on the fringes of the Chilterns National Landscape escarpment, the quiet hilltop village of Whitchurch Hill has a village green, church and popular pub. At the bottom of the hill on the Oxfordshire bank of the River Thames, Whitchurch on Thames village lies opposite to Pangbourne village on the Berkshire side of the river, both offering comprehensive local amenities. Nearby Reading offers more extensive shopping, service and leisure facilities.
The rolling Berkshire Downland to the south and the start of the Chiltern Hills to the north provide easy access to recreational pursuits including walking, cycling and riding routes, riverside meadows and paths, tennis courts, football pitches and a play area. Communications links are excellent: the M4 gives access to the A34, motorway network, London and its airports, and trains from Pangbourne mainline station reach London Paddington in around 45 minutes.