BURNLEY - STOKE ROW
OXFORDSHIRE


Goring Railway station (London Paddington within the hour) 15 mins by car Reading (London, Paddington 27 minutes)- 10 Miles M4 (J 12 ) - 11 Miles M40 (J6) - 14 Miles Henley on Thames - 12 Miles Oxford - 20 Miles Wallingford - 5 Miles (Distances and times approximate)


A beautifully presented detached Victorian house, extended and offering spacious family accommodation of approx. 1506 Sq Ft, with large driveway and private garden, close to Henley on Thames and with quick road access to Reading & Oxford


A Beautifully Extended Detached Victorian House Within This Popular Rural Village


Accommodation In all Extending to Approximately 1506 Sq Ft


Entrance Hall
Kitchen/Breakfast Room
Utility Room
Cloakroom
Dining Room with Woodburner
Sitting Room
Family Room/Study
Landing
Main Bedroom with Ensuite Shower Room
2 Further Bedrooms with Built-In Wardrobes
Family Bathroom


Gravelled Driveway


Private Garden with Terrace and Car Port


LOCATION
Stoke Row is a delightful rural village lying on high ground to the north of Reading, surrounded by beautiful beech woodlands and countryside typical of the Chilterns area of ‘outstanding natural beauty'. The village takes its name from the Saxon word ‘stoches' meaning a place and ‘ruh' meaning a wooded upland. Until 1848 Stoke Row was part of the parish of Ipsden but in this year the church of St John the Evangelist was built and it became its own ecclesiastical parish.


The presence of clay locally gave rise to brick making and pottery industries that started way back in Saxon times and thrived strongly up to the end of the 19th century. In the late Victorian era and up to the end of the Second World War, chair leg turning and tent peg making flourished and these occupations, together with the local saw mill, were the principal sources of employment. Today Stoke Row still provides employment on a small industrial estate on the edge of the village concealed in woodland.


In 1863 Stoke Row, which had no natural source of water, was presented with a Well by the Maharajah of Benares as a gift to a locally born Colonial administrator, Mr E A Reade, who had carried out an accessible water scheme in the Maharaja's own area. The well was sited next door to an established cherry orchard which was subsequently bought by the Parish to be kept as a conservation area for the village.


Currently the village has a population of approximately 650 and is conveniently placed for ease of access to Henley on Thames, Reading, Wallingford and both the M40 and M4 motorways. For rail commuters there are stations at both Henley and Reading Central providing services up to London (Paddington). Local village facilities include a store and Café, repair garage with petrol and 2 highly regarded village inns both with restaurants. There is also a highly regarded Primary School and the village has an attractive central area with 2 open greens.

The larger nearby village of Sonning Common provides excellent everyday shopping facilities with banks, small supermarket and primary and secondary schools.


PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
Burnley is a renovated detached Victorian house, presented to a very high standard. Entrance is into a hallway with stair access. The kitchen is hand-made by White Rose and has units running the entire length of the room, as well as having a large island made of granite with attached wooden breakfast bar. The room benefits from extra light coming from 2 velux windows and a larder. A stunning tiled floor runs through into the galleried dining room and has underfloor heating which also extends into the utility room. The utility room has back door access and leads into the cloakroom. Across the rear are bi-fold doors, giving access to the terrace and also bi-fold windows continuing the garden views. There is a woodburner positioned close to the entrance of the sitting room which sits in the middle of the house.
Upstairs there are 3 bedrooms, all having built in wardrobes. The main bedroom overlooks the garden and has an ensuite shower room. The family bathroom has a corner bath. With much attention given to providing lots of light, Burnley is a well proportioned family home.


OUTSIDE
To the frontage is a private gravelled driveway providing ample off road parking. Gates on either side lead to the back garden and there is a log store on the left of the property. The garden is fully fenced and there is a terrace coming straight off the dining area providing a perfect opportunity for al fresco dining. The remainder garden is laid to lawn with borders and trees. There is a tree house at the bottom alongside a covered car-port which is accessed from a shared driveway located on the other side of the fence on the right hand side.


GENERAL INFORMATION


Services: Oil central heating,, mains water and electricity

Council Tax: G

Postcode: RG9 5QL


Energy Efficiency Rating: E/41


Local Authority: South Oxfordshire District Council - Telephone: 01491 823000


DIRECTIONS
From Goring-on-Thames turn right and proceed to the top of the High Street where at the railway bridge junction turn right and then next left into Reading Road by the Queens Arms. Follow this road up Whitehill and out of the village and on reaching the crossroads at Crays Pond turn left for Woodcote. Continue into the village of Woodcote through the centre and after passing the recreation ground turn right at the War Memorial crossroads onto to the Reading Road. On meeting the A4074 turn right and then almost immediately left signposted for Checkendon. In a further ¾ miles on reaching Checkendon continue through the village turning right at the ‘T' junction towards Stoke Row. Upon entering Stoke Row, continue past the Store and Café and Burnley is the 4th house after on the on the right-hand side.


VIEWING
Strictly by appointment through Warmingham & Co