Property description

SITUATION The Carthouse is well situated in the heart of the pretty village of Ewelme, in the Chiltern Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in South Oxfordshire. The village rises up to the fine Church of England parish church of Saint Mary where Thomas Chaucer, Alice de la Pole and Jerome K Jerome are buried. Ewelme is proud to boast an excellent primary school that was founded in 1437 and still occupies the original 15th century schoolhouse making it the UK‘s oldest continuously working primary school, a local pub, village shop and cricket team



Wallingford is only 4 miles distant and provides good local shopping facilities including a Waitrose store. More comprehensive shopping and recreational services are available in Henley on Thames. There are also an excellent primary school in nearby Benson, as well both primary and secondary schooling in Wallingford. Road and rail communications are include Cholsey station, which is about 6 miles distant or a 30 minute service to London Paddington from Reading. The M40 (Junction 6) is about 7 miles connecting London with the Midlands. The M4 can also be accessed via Henley and is within 20 miles. There are also a separate rail-link to Marylebone, via Thame & Haddenham Parkway, with a journey time of approximately 45 minutes



 

DESCRIPTION Externally, this delightful conversion offers attractive brick and flint elevations under a pitched hand-made tile roof, whilst internally, the property exhibits a wealth of interesting features, with open plan living accommodation, exposed timbers, open galleries and an impressive modern inglenook fireplace.



This cleverly designed conversion opens to an impressive 30‘ft drawing room with vaulted ceiling, exposed A-frame beams, and an imposing brick fireplace incorporating an attractive contemporary log burning stove. This vast space also connects to the stylish modern kitchen/breakfast room, utility room and study room.



The master bedroom suite offers the unique feature of its own sitting/study area, en-suite bathroom and personal external door to the rear garden, providing the ideal annexe facility, if required. There is also a spacious guest bedroom to the far side of the property, with an en-suite shower, with the additional three bedrooms, having the advantage of gallery space with individual staircases.



Rebuilt to a high specification, with energy efficiency and exceptional standards of finish in mind, the dwelling benefits from a high level of thermal insulation, inert gas filled to the bi-directional wooden framed windows and programmable under-floor central heating, with the hot water drawn from a high efficiency condenser boiler. There is a ceramic tiled floor throughout the ground floor level of the barn, a centralised vacuum cleaning system and new fitments to the bathroom. Lighting is a mixture of low voltage downlighters and high pressure sodium uplighters, creating a pleasing visual effect.



To the northern end of the barn, there is a sizeable double garage and workshop, with a work bench and two pairs of insulated wooden casement doors.



The front garden is mainly laid to lawn with well stocked and mature shrub borders and a wide path to the front door. There is also embossed block paved parking for several vehicles leading to the integral double garage.



The beautifully landscaped, well stocked and private garden is mainly laid to lawn, with terraces, raised flower beds, a small orchard with a variety of fruit trees, a fish pond, an energy efficient experimental south-facing greenhouse of mixed construction, and a screened garden work area, which provides shelter for the LPG storage tank.