Superb residential and agricultural estate with unlisted, Lutyens-style Country House set in outstanding gardens overlooking the Chilterns Escarpment.

Description

The Ewelme Park Estate occupies a fantastic position at the South Western end of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The estate comprises a traditional English farming estate set in a single block of farmland and woodland extending to approximately 625 acres.

Approached from east, the drive stretches for a mile, lined with Horse Chestnut, Cherry and Norwegian Maple Trees leading from the Hamlet of Park Corner. The main house is situated at the Western end of the estate and is surrounded by gardens and paddocks. It sits atop the Chilterns escarpment and looks west towards Wittenham Clumps and the countryside of South Oxfordshire and Berkshire.

The land is predominately accessed off the main drive with extra access onto the local road network, whilst the grain store has separate access ideal for HGV traffic. The land is a mixture of flat and rolling farmland characteristic of the location in the Chilterns

Location

Available as a whole or in three lots. The Ewelme Park Estate is located in South Oxfordshire between the villages of Nettlebed (2.6 miles to the South) and Watlington (5.1 miles to the North). Both of these settlements contain a good range of everyday services. A wider range of retail, educational and leisure facilities can be found in Henley-on-Thames, 7.8 miles to the South East, Wallingford, 9.6 miles to the West, Reading, 12.7 miles to the South and Oxford, 19.7 miles to the North West.

Communication links to the Estate are very good via A4130 to Henley-on-Thames, Wallingford and Didcot. The local road network provides access to M40 J5 8.6 miles to the North. The M40 provides access to London to the South East and the Midlands to the North.

The closest mainline railway station is at Reading, 11.9 miles to the south with a direct service into London Paddington within approximately 30 minutes and direct services into London Waterloo within approximately 90 minutes. International air travel is provided at London Heathrow, 35.7 miles to the South East. There is a private airfield at London Oxford airport, 20.16 miles to the North West.

Square Footage: 13,260 sq ft


Acreage: 625 Acres

Additional Info

Ewelme Park Farmhouse - The property has good size rooms throughout, a lovely walled garden and a driveway. To the ground floor is a spacious sitting room with a log burner overlooking the garden. There is a dining room adjacent to the kitchen with access to the cellar. The kitchen has plenty of space for a breakfast table and has a separate utility room. The cellar is a large space ideal for storage. Upstairs are two well sized double bedrooms with decorative fireplaces facing the garden. There is an en suite shower room and a family bathroom. To the second floor is a large landing and two further double bedrooms. To the exterior is a pretty walled garden and garage.

The former pump house for the estate was converted into a cottage in the early 1970s and contains two bedrooms, a reception/dining room, a kitchen and bathroom. There is a small garden to the front of the property surrounded by a low wall and a parking area for at least 1 car.

Ewelme Park Farm Cottages are made up of two pairs of semi-detached cottages. Constructed of brick with tile roofs, the cottages are located on the main drive and a made up of either 3 or 4 bedrooms with receptions rooms and kitchens on the ground floor. Each property has driveway parking, a garage and a garden.

The stable yard is made up of the Upper and Lower Yard and contains 25 boxes with appropriate tack and feed storage rooms. There is also a coffee room with a wood burning stove for cold winter days. Previously the stable complex contained planning consent for conversion of part to a 1 bed bedsit, although this permission has now expired. There is a 20m x 40m outdoor ménage. The stable yard is currently occupied on a DIY livery basis and vacant possession will be provided upon completion.

There is a range of traditional stone and modern steel frame farm buildings to the North of the house located adjacent to the stable yard. The largest steel frame agricultural barn was built in the 1970s to house beef cattle and now is used for general estate storage purposes. There is also a traditional Dutch barn for hay/straw storage. Located to the north of the entrance to the main driveway are two steel framed grain stores built in the 1990s. They are surrounded by a concrete forecourt and are accessed through double five bar gates. The buildings house storage up to 800 and 500 tons respectively and there is a dry air generator within the larger of the two buildings.

The Estate is dominated by productive rolling arable farmland with a small section of pasture paddocks close to the main house. The Arable land which extends to approximately 513 acres comprises mainly Grade 3 farmland with two distinct soil types. The western portion of the estate is predominately steep ground and is made up of shallow lime-rich soils over chalk or limestone. To the east of the main house the land is flatter and comprises slightly acid loamy and clayey soils. The arable land is farmed in hand. Full cropping details can be provided if needed. The pasture paddocks extend to approximately 22 acres and are currently used by the DIY livery business at the stable yard.

The woodland on the estate extends to approximately 184 acres and is strategically located to benefit the Estate’s private shoot. The woodlands are primarily deciduous with distinct groups; mixed broadleaves and conifers; broadleaves and conifer. Less than 8% of the woodland is classified as ancient woodland and a significant area was planted on farmland throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s. The woodlands generally have level to moderate slopes but are located in undulating topography which allows for harvesting and extraction to be carried out by conventional means. The Estate currently benefits from the Woodland Regeneration Grant.

The shoot was run since the current owner purchased the Estate in 1960 and utilises the woodland and strategically planted cover crops to provide challenging pheasants and partridges. Feeder pens are located within the woodland. The shoot has not been run in the last two seasons.

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