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Guide Price £575,000

3 Bedroom Semi-Detached House for Sale

Cock Lane, Bradfield Southend, Reading

Guide Price £575,000

Key Features

  • Charming period semi-detached cottage
  • 2 reception rooms
  • Bathroom & shower room
  • EPC Rating E
  • Freehold
  • Set in beautiful gardens of approx 1/3 acre
  • 2/3 bedrooms
  • Potential to extend stpp
  • Village location, walk to shop, pub, primary school
  • Council Tax Band D

Full Description

Charming semi-detached character cottage with enormous potential to extend stpp. Situated in beautiful established cottage gardens of approx 1/3 acre. 2 reception rooms, kitchen, larder, bathroom, 2 double bedrooms, newly installed first floor shower room with study/bedroom three off, and potential to extend into the loft as well as to the side, subject to the usual consents. Located in the village of Bradfield Southend within walking distance of the primary school and village shop. Easy access to M4 J12, Theale station and Reading, Thatcham and Newbury.

Overview - Set in mature grounds extending to just over 1/3 acre, a charming and characterful Victorian semi-detached cottage that offers vast potential.
The accommodation includes a dining room/2nd reception room with multi-fuel burner, sitting room with open fireplace, kitchen with huge larder and bathroom on the ground floor. Upstairs the master bedroom is light and airy and has built-in storage. There is a second double bedroom that interconnects to a study/ occasional guest bedroom, off which is a brand new shower room.
The wonderful south-facing cottage-style gardens are a particular feature, divided up into several areas with seating places aimed at catching the sun at various times of the day. Mature trees including oak, lime and wild cherry as well as fruit trees - plums, apples, damson, cherries, and medlar plums all yielding good crops. Spring bulbs and roses in the summer give a beautiful display with herbacious plants, shaped box and laurel hedging providing the bones of the garden. A substantial (400 sq ft) workshop/studio, installed with a wood-burning stove, as well as a garage, storage sheds and a gazebo number among the outbuildings.
The property benefits from oil-fired central heating and has been fitted with bespoke double-glazed sash windows. There is potential to extend the house to provide further accommodation stpp, and the loft would also be suitable for conversion.

Outside - . Garden extending to 1/3 acre approx
. Workshop/studio
. Garage
. Bike shed
. Shed
. Gazebo
. Driveway with parking for several vehicles

. Potential to extend stpp

Location - Bradfield Southend is a rural village set in the Pang Valley, with beautiful countryside all around. The village has a well-regarded primary school and Community owned shop and Post Office as well as a pub. The village hall offers many activities including a regular sale of local produce, fitness classes and local interest groups. Nearby Bradfield College has a sports complex with swimming pool, gym, golf club and indoor tennis complex.

Schools - There are a number of well-regarded schools in the area including Bradfield Primary, Kennet School, Bradfield College, St Andrews Prep, Brockhurst & Marlston and Elstree.

Transport Links - Buses to Theale, Thatcham, Newbury and Reading.
10 mins drive to Theale mainline station
45 mins drive to Heathrow
J12 M4 5 miles
Newbury 9 miles, Thatcham 5 miles, Reading town centre 9 miles

Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)

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