Checkendon, Reading

A 4-bedroom character home forming part of the coach house for the Hammonds Farm Estate and situated in a quiet lane on the edge of Checkendon village. Presented in good order throughout and benefitting from a modern kitchen and bathroom. Close to the village school (0.5 miles), swift access to Reading, Oxford and London and a 10 minute walk from The Highwayman pub with its fabulous pub garden.

Accommodation - Hammonds Cottage was originally part of the old coach house for 'Hammonds', which was the principal house to Hammonds Farm Estate believed to date back to the 18th Century. The coach house was built in1906 and provided stables and staff accommodation. The property now provides a beautiful character home surrounded by open countryside.

A shingle pathway and a step leads up the painted front door, which opens into the entrance hall, with storm porch over.

The entrance hall has stairs leading to the first floor.

A door opens into the tv room/family room with a range of fitted shelves and a useful storage cupboard under the stairs.

The dining room has an exposed brick open fireplace with a wooden mantelpiece and a shelved chimney recess.

A wide opening leads into the sitting room/garden room with a glazed vaulted ceiling with underfloor heating and fitted drapes/blinds and French double doors opening to the rear garden.

The kitchen is fitted with a good range of Shaker style wall and base units with wooden work surfaces over and an inset sink unit with a mixer tap. There is a stainless steel electric range cooker with stainless steel splash back and hood over. Integrated appliances include a dishwasher and fridge and freezer. There is a cupboard housing the newly installed central heating boiler, engineered wooden floor and recessed spotlights in the ceiling.

There is a rear lobby with a cloakroom, with a white suite comprising wash hand basin and w.c.

Stairs lead from the entrance hall to the first floor landing with a storage cupboard.

The principal bedroom is a double bedroom, which has a dual aspect and a fireplace.

Bedroom 2 has a window overlooking the rear garden and a fireplace.

Bedroom 3 has a window and a built-in wardrobe.

Bedroom 4 has a window overlooking the rear garden.

The family bathroom has a white suite comprising a panel enclosed bath with a shower mixer tap, a fully tiled shower cubicle and a wash hand basin, an exposed beam and a vellum window. A timber door opens to the separate w.c.

Outside
To the rear of the property there is a pretty garden with gravel seating area, partly enclosed by a brick wall, with the remainder of the garden laid to lawn with mature hedging and well stocked flower borders. There is a gravel parking area at the end of the garden with large storage shed.

Location - Living in Checkendon
Checkendon is a delightful south Oxfordshire village located in the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, surrounded by Beech woodland. It is 8 miles north of Reading and its mainline railway station. The village has a popular primary school, a 12th Century church of St Peter and St Paul, a village hall offering various clubs, an adventure playground, a recreation ground with cricket and football clubs.

There are a number of good pubs in the area. The Black Horse in Checkendon, the Rising Sun, Cherry Tree and Crooked Billet in Stoke Row and The Highwayman in Exlade Street is 10 minute walk from the property.

The larger village of Woodcote has a Co-op supermarket, Langtree secondary school, a village hall and an annual Steam Rally.

Stoke Row features a highly-regarded village convenience store/deli and award winning bakeries, Imma and Wild Frog Bakehouse and also has a petrol filling station with a garage offering car servicing and MOT's.

The ‘Blue Tin’ Rare Breeds farm and shop is within walking distance from the house, selling an array of locally grown meat and produce, with a coffee bar, and providing catering for events. The Saturday breakfast grills are a real treat.

Reading - 8 miles
Henley-on-Thames - 9 miles
Goring-on-Thames - 7 miles
Wallingford - 7 miles
Oxford - 18 miles

Schools
Checkendon has a pre-school with a useful Breakfast Club. Checkendon Primary School has a woodland playground and runs a Forest School, and is well-regarded with a Good rating from OFSTED. Stoke Row Primary School (OFSTED Good) is less than 2 miles away.
Langtree School Woodcote is the local secondary school.

The Oratory Prep School and senior school, The Oratory is located in Woodcote. Other private schools include Queen Anne's School Caversham, Shiplake College, Mouslford, Cranford House and there are buses to the Abingdon schools.

Checkendon is surrounded by plenty of public foot and bridle paths providing excellent walks, cycling and horse riding. There are a number of welcoming clubs nearby, including tennis, cycling and gardening. The cricket pitch is a short walk away. Checkendon also has an equestrian centre which is an approved riding school and livery yard.

Services: mains electricity. oil central heating, private drainage
Local Authority: South Oxfordshire District Council
Council Tax: Band E
Broadband - Faster Fibre offering Download of 75.0 mbps and upload speed of 19.0 mbps