Peppard CottagePePPard Common • rotherfield PePPard

A delightful historic house situated in an idyllic country setting facing the common

in the rural village of Rotherfield Peppard

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Peppard CottagePePPard Common • rotherfield PePPard • rG9 5lB

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

Peppard CommonThe 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 groundsThe 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.

Knight Frank LLP Henley-on-Thames

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020 7629 8171 55 Baker Street, London, country.houses@knightfrank.com

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ServicesOil fired Aga and heating. Separate oil heating for pool.

Private drainage.

SituationPeppard 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.