Chaucer Court, Ewelme

Enjoying a private elevated position with a very secluded garden this attractive family home offers 4 bedrooms and 3 reception rooms and kitchen. There is also a utility room, side store, garage in a block to the front and carport.

The house opens to a large private deck across the rear with a stepped path rising through 2 meadow areas where wildflowers seed, to a lawn and shed at the top.

An array of PV cells generate electricity and benefit from the most generous feed in tariff with 12 years to run, earning an Income of £1800 over the last 12 months. The vendors electricity and oil costs were £1440, giving a profit of £360 in the last 12 months.

Ewelme

Ewelme is a delightful and attractive village featuring watercress beds running along the whole length of the village and accessible from the road in some places. The watercress grows in Ewelme Brook and there is also a picturesque pond in the centre of the village. 

A number of historic buildings including Ewelme Primary School, which is housed in the oldest continuously functioning school building in the country and the adjoining almshouses combine to make Ewelme one of the most sought after villages in South Oxfordshire. 

Surrounded by the Chilterns, An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the village also has a pre-school, a village shop that sells fresh local produce, a tea room, a traditional village public house, a village hall and historic church where Jerome K Jerome, the author of Three Men In A Boat, is buried in the graveyard. 

There is also a recreation ground and children's play area and a number of clubs including the Ewelme Society, the horticultural society and the Elm Club for those aged 60 and over. 

The village is just six miles from Junction 6 of the M40, six miles from Wallingford and just under 11 miles from Henley-on-Thames. 

Tenure - Freehold   Council tax band - E

Accommodation

The property is double glazed with oil central heating to radiators.

Front door and side window to:

Hallway: Wood style floor, stairs to landing with cupboard under, window to front and radiator.

Cloakroom: White 2-piece suite, tiling, window.

Study: 9’7 x 6’2 Window to front, woodblock floor, fitted desk and shelving, radiator.

Sitting Room: 15’5 x 10’10 Tiled fireplace with wood surround and marble hearth, fitted log stove. Display shelving and cupboards flank the chimney breast. Window to the side and French doors out to the decking at the rear, wood style floor, radiator.

Dining Room: 11’7 x 8’11. Wood style floor, radiator, French doors opening to decking.

Kitchen: 11’ x 7’11 Window to rear, range of storage units with worktops and white sink. Appliance spaces, tiled floor, downlights. In a hall: radiator tiled floor.

Utility cupboard with stacking space for washing machine and tumble dryer, oil boiler and hot water tank.

Utility Room: 15’5 x 6’6 Window to rear, door to the front. Extensive range of storage units, sink, tiled floor space for freezer. Door to side store.

Side Store: 13’4 x 8’3 Useful covered storage area with open way out to rear garden and stable door to utility.

Stairs to Landing: Window to front, wardrobe.

Bedroom 1: 13’2 x 11’9 (incl. wardrobes) Window to rear, two wardrobes, radiator and down lighters.

Bedroom 2: 11’9 incl. wardrobe x 10’10 Window to rear, radiator and wardrobe.

Bedroom 3: 11’10 x 8’4 Window to rear, radiator, wardrobe.

Bedroom 4: 9’9 x 6’3 max. Window to front, radiator, fitted bed base.

Bathroom: Fitted with a white 3-piece suite, wood style floor, chrome radiator, window.

Outside

To the Front: A stepped path leads up through areas of lawn to the front door. The lawn is interspersed with island and border shrubs and plants.

There is a communal drive at the bottom of the steps, from here there is:
Garage in a block with up/over door and power, (it is the 3rd from the left).

Carport: Marked number seven.

Rear Garden: Full width area of decking with raised border to one side and a canopy with climbing plants above. The retaining wall has central steps leading through a natural garden full of wildflowers at the top there is an area of lawn attractive wall to the rear boundary and timber side fencing.

Raised vegetable and fruit beds with timber borders further shrub planting and trellis with climbing plants. Timber shed.