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4 bedroom barn conversion

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Barn conversion
4 bed
3 bath

Key information

Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Band H
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Property description & features

  • Tenure: Freehold
  • 4 - 5 bedrooms
  • 2 reception rooms
  • 3 bathrooms
  • Outbuildings
  • Double Garage
  • Garden
  • Restored
  • Rural
  • Semi-Detached
  • Village
Knight Frank is pleased to offer this traditional black boarded barn that sits under a clay tiled roof that was beautifully converted into a wonderful family home providing fantastic open plan living. Swallows Barn was a working barn for many years before its conversion 16 years ago. The conversion was made to a high standard and encapsulates many life benefits in a barn conversion; a stunning rural setting, light-filled spaces and charming features such as original exposed beams.
Situated between the highly desirable villages of Hambleden and Frieth, Swallows Barn occupies an elevated position in Rockwell End.
The original characteristics of the barn have been retained and work well with the aesthetics of the newer elements.
Entering Swallows Barn, the unique nature of this conversion is immediately apparent with the vaulted reception hall and galleried landing. You enter into a spacious open plan area with wooden flooring and an abundance of beams, access to the dining area, the kitchen and an office/reception room, which is separated by a large open fireplace with a wood burner. The country kitchen is fitted with a range of floor and wall units, and has a butler sink, a selection of appliances and an oil-fired Aga; there is also a large wooden standalone island unit. There is access to the utility room from the kitchen, with a door leading to the garden. From the utility is a W.C. with a shower and spacious bedroom; this area could be used as a self-contained annexe with its own entrance. To the rear of the dining area and reception room are two further reception rooms/snug that opens out to the rear terrace; one room has bi-fold doors enabling you to close it off from the open plan area.
A wooden staircase leads to the first-floor galleried landing, with a vaulted ceiling providing a light space leading to the bedrooms. There is a spacious principal bedroom with an en suite bathroom; a bedroom with a mezzanine area, ideal for sleepovers. Two additional bedrooms are accessed from the galleried landing area, one of which looks out through French windows on to a balcony and over the rear garden, with spectacular views across the neighbouring fields; this bedroom area would also be perfect to use as a sitting room or study. A family bathroom completes the accommodation on the first floor.
To the front of the property is a gravelled courtyard area with a parking space and a wooden carport with room for two cars. Behind the carport are a log store and garden store. A path leads to the front door bordered by box hedges and stock fencing with a gate leading to the garden. A wonderful terrace is to the rear of the property, an ideal area for outside entertaining. The garden is laid mainly to lawn and bordered by low hedges, allowing you to see the views beyond. To one side of the garden is a fantastic, spacious, and unique summer house with a living roof; it has electricity and a wood burner; an excellent place to use as an office, snug, or entertaining space.


Swallows Barn occupies an elevated position in Rockwell End. Local amenities are catered for in Hambleden and Frieth villages and Henley and Marlow. The local pubs are The Stag and Huntsman and The Yew Tree, and sporting amenities include Hambleden Sports and Social Club, which offers tennis, cricket and football. There is plenty of scope for walking, riding and making the most of everything that the countryside and nature offer. Hambleden has often been the location for films and television programmes, including "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", "Miss Marple", and "Midsomer Murders". There is a selection of highly-regarded schools in the area. Primary schools include Frieth and Danesfield, and Buckinghamshire's renowned grammar schools are nearby. There are also many independent schools.

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    Lying just nine miles northeast of Reading, Henley-on-Thames is a beautiful town that occupies a unique position within the county of Oxfordshire, near the tripoint of where Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire meet, just 37 miles west of London – a commute which takes just under an hour. Henley is an iconic British riverside market town, perhaps best known for its annual, four-day Royal Regatta, as well as other events such as Henley Festival which play host to some of the world’s biggest musical stars. It’s a glamorous place to live and has its own distinctive quintessentially English identity intermixed with a certain London flavour and a lovely bucolic setting. From our office in the centre of Henley-on-Thames at 20 Thameside, Knight Frank helps homebuyers find their new home in Henley-on-Thames

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