Superb Unlisted, Lutyens-style Country House set in outstanding gardens and grounds overlooking the Chilterns Escarpment

Description

Mile long drive leading to Period Mansion House set in elevated position with outstanding views over the Chilterns escarpment, surrounded by immaculate gardens and grounds including outdoor swimming pool and tennis court, secondary accommodation including attractive Grade II listed, 4 bedroom farmhouse and 2 bedroom cottage, Equestrian facilities including traditional stables, outdoor menage and pasture paddocks. Farm buildings including traditional brick and flint barn and two modern, general purpose farm buildings.

Ewelme Park House

The Ewelme Park Estate occupies a fantastic position at the South Western end of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Approached from the 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 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.

Ewelme Park House is a Lutyens-style property built in 1913 and designed by the architect L. Stanley Crosbie. The property is arranged in an H-plan with a long timber-framed central range connecting the East and West Wings. The walls are predominately roughcast and the sweeping roofs are made of slate.

The gardens are of very high quality and have been maintained with the utmost care by the current owner. The gardens are predominately laid to lawn with elegant borders, mature climbing roses and wisteria. The Terrace off the West Portico leads to steps down to a lawn surrounding the outdoor heated swimming pool and tennis court.

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 Pump House

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.

The Stable Yard

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 manège. The stable yard is currently occupied on a DIY livery basis and vacant possession will be provided upon completion.

Farm Buildings

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.

Garderns and Grounds

Lot 1 includes the stunning gardens and grounds including pasture paddocks and amenity woodland, in all extending to 28 acres.

Further Cottages and Land available.

EPCs = D-F

Location

Location
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: 28 Acres