Price changed to £925,000
March 4, 2025
Price changed to £920,000
February 28, 2025
Listed for £975,000
August 8, 2024
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A corridor runs from the front of the house to the back door, laid with quarry tiles and bound with half-height boarding. An original butler’s bell is still in place.
On the first floor, there are two bedrooms and a refined drawing room. The primary bedroom has en suite access with views over the garden. The drawing room is brightly lit by two large sash windows and is wrapped in elegant panelling. The family bathroom is spacious with a bathtub and retained fireplace.
Upstairs, the lovingly preserved oak beams and rafters enclose two atmospheric bedrooms placed beneath the house’s sloping eaves. Dormer windows frame views over the surroundings. A large landing has space for soft seating and would make an ideal playroom or study.
There is an excellent cellar beneath the house and a two-storey outbuilding to the rear of the garden. The outbuilding houses a double garage with its own driveway, a workshop, and a mezzanine level which has been fully boarded out. There is private parking for two or three cars to the front of the garage.
The Great Outdoors
The mature south-facing garden has been lovingly maintained to glorious effect. Doors open from the dining area to a patio with space for a dining table. From here, a stone walkway bisects deep borders of catmint, irises, peonies and asters. These softly billowing perennials burst from within a more formal structure of topiary cones and a flint and brick wall to one side. A hedgerow and stone steps delineate this promenade from a formal lawn to the rear, edged by elegant white roses and flanked by neatly espaliered apple trees.
Closer to the house, a small courtyard not only draws light deeper into the plan but is home to a large and established white wisteria that clambers up the rear elevation.
Out and About
Watlington is a charming historic market town thought to predate the sixth century. There is a good selection of independent shops, cafés and restaurants in the town centre, including an excellent butcher and delicatessen; all are within easy walking distance. The Granary Deli on Watlington High Street is a great spot for breakfast or lunch. The Orange Bakery sells delicious provisions for an easy lunch at home. The Spire and Spoke offers tasty pizzas and craft ales, while The Chequers, a 16th-century pub, serves authentic Thai cuisine.
The area is well-renowned for the surrounding open countryside, with the Chiltern Hills within easy reach and offering extensive cycling and walking routes along The Icknield Way.
Oxford lies 15 miles to the north, and Henley, with its excellent range of boutiques and art galleries, a three-screen cinema, theatre and several very good restaurants and pubs, is around 20 minutes’ drive away. The town comes alive in the summer months for Henley Royal Regatta and Henley Festival of Music & Arts.
Nearby Marlow provides a further range of attractive facilities. There are several good gastropubs all within 20 minutes, including The Hand & Flowers and The Coach in Marlow (both Tom Kerridge), The Five Horseshoes in Maidensgrove, The Dew Drop Inn and Hurley House Hotel in Hurley, and The Dog & Badger in Medmenham. Orwell’s pub and restaurant on Shiplake Row is a firm local favourite.
There are excellent schooling facilities nearby, including Watlington Primary School, Rainbow Corner Day Nursery, and the preschool; all have an “Outstanding” Ofsted rating.
Rail connections are very good, with direct services to Marleybone in 22 minutes from High Wycombe. The Oxford Tube stop at Lewknor is three miles away and connects to central London in around 90 minutes and to Oxford in 28 minutes.
Council Tax Band: D