Orchard Cottage is believed to date back to 1600 and has been elegantly and sympathetically renovated by the current owners. The house is located in the pretty village of Dorchester-on-Thames and has three/four bedrooms.
The accommodation is spread over two floors and has lots of good period features. The kitchen sits to one side of the house with a door to the garden and the duel aspect sitting room, with original beams and a fantastic open fireplace, sits at the heart of the house. Glazed double doors lead through to the dining room with its vaulted ceilings and doors out to the dining terrace. The first floor has a generous master bedroom and two further bedrooms with a fourth bedroom in the self-contained annexe.
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Outside the garden lies to the rear of the property and is mainly laid to lawn featuring mature trees and shrubs; the gardens also benefit from an Indian sandstone terrace for outdoor dining while the heated swimming pool lies to the far corner of the garden.
Dorchester-on-Thames is an historic, unspoiled village with a thriving community which has a Medieval Abbey church and to 18th century coaching inns, primary school, village hall and a post office. Wallingford (four miles) has a full range of local amenities and Abingdon is just seven miles.
The guide price is £795,000. For further information please contact Strutt & Parker on 0118 9845757 or visit www.struttandparker.com.
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