Peppard Cottage. Peppard Common Rotherfield Peppard

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3 Peppard Cottage Peppard Common Rotherfield Peppard RG9 5LB A delightful historic house situated in an idyllic country setting facing the common in the rural village of Rotherfield Peppard Entrance hall Reception hall Kitchen/Breakfast room Sitting room Dining room Drawing room Utility room Pantry and Larder Study/Sitting room 2 guest cloakrooms Various store rooms Cellar Master bedroom with en suite bathroom 7-8 further bedrooms 3 family bathrooms and a separate cloakroom linen store Outbuildings: Garaging Stables Various store rooms Henley-on-Thames 4.5 miles Reading 5.7 miles M4 J8/9 13 miles Heathrow 29 miles (All distances are approximate) In all about 2.33 acres These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text.

4 Peppard Common The property, which dates back to the 14th Century, was famously featured in the Oscar-winning film Howards End, and as a backdrop for popular television programmes including Poirot and Morse. A wonderful 9 bedroom family house with a floor plan offering flexible family living and an opportunity for secondary accommodation accessed by a separate staircase and entrance hall. Boasting an abundant wealth of character with wonderful exposed oak beams and frame, flooring, carved wall panelling and staircases, a mixture of inglenook and pretty tiled fireplaces, flagstone floors and unique windows, doors and skylights. The country-style kitchen/breakfast room has an oil-fired Aga with a large pantry and larder. There is also a cellar. The first floor accommodation consists of 8 bedrooms, including a master bedroom suite with roll top bath and a guest suite with sitting room and marble wash basin. This truly unique property comes to the market for the first time in many years and offers immense scope for updating. Gardens and grounds The property is approached over a gravelled drive with pretty cottage gardens providing year round colour. Pathways lead to different seating and grassed areas making the most of the sun throughout the day. The gardens are interspersed with mature hedging and trees, and an orchard with flowering fruit trees. A large grassed area (formerly 3 grass tennis courts) offers building potential, subject to usual planning applications. There is an extensive range of outbuildings including: garaging, store rooms, stables, tack room, hay loft, gardener s store, potting and log stores, outside W.C. Swimming pool (heated). All set in about 2.33 acres of private gardens and grounds to the rear and cottage gardens to the front.

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8 Services Oil fired Aga and heating. Separate oil heating for pool. Private drainage. Situation Peppard Common (part of Rotherfield Peppard) is a village within the Chiltern Hills in South Oxfordshire with a church, and sought after primary school. The village lies amongst the most attractive and unspoilt countryside to the west of Henley-on-Thames. The area has a good selection of local public houses and is well placed for pretty countryside walks and horse riding. A golf course and tennis club are part of the village s amenities. Henley-on-Thames, Reading and Oxford are close at hand, offering a wide range of amenities. The M4 motorway can be accessed from J8/9 and provides easy access to London, Heathrow airport and the M25 motorway as well as the West Country. Directions (RG9 5LB) From the Henley bridge, continue through Hart Street and straight over the main traffic lights with the market square and Town Hall on the right. Continue straight up Gravel Hill passing Badgemoor Golf Club and the National Trust s Greys Court and the cricket green at Rotherfield Greys all on the right. At the Junction with the B481, turn left towards Reading and after a short distance take the right fork just by the Red Lion Public house. The house is the third after the Red Lion Public House. Knight Frank LLP Henley-on-Thames Thameside, Henley-on-Thames, henley@knightfrank.com KnightFrank.co.uk Knight Frank LLP Country Department Baker Street, London, country.houses@knightfrank.com KnightFrank.co.uk Important Notice 1. Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP in the particulars or by word of mouth or in writing ( information ) as being factually accurate about the property, its condition or its value. Neither Knight Frank LLP nor any joint agent has any authority to make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents, seller(s) or lessor(s). 2. Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at the time they were taken. Areas, measurements and distances given are approximate only. 3. Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does not mean that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been obtained. A buyer or lessee must find out by inspection or in other ways that these matters have been properly dealt with and that all information is correct. 4. VAT: The VAT position relating to the property may change without notice. Particulars dated June Photographs dated June Knight Frank LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England with registered number OC Our registered office is 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 8AN, where you may look at a list of members names.