7 rooms house of 283m² in Streatley

TOWNSEND FARMHOUSE STREATLEY ON THAMES - BERKSHIRE Goring (London Paddington within the hour) Streatley High Street/River ½ miles Reading 10 miles (London Paddington 27 minutes) M4 (Junction 12) 10 miles Henley on Thames 13 miles Newbury 14 miles Oxford 17 miles (Distances and times approximate). Centrally located within this Thameside village, just a few minutes’ walk of the highly revered village primary school, and easily accessible for the shops / amenities and mainline railway station in Goring providing access to London Paddington in under the hour, and for the many footpaths and bridleways over the scenic surrounding National Trust woodland and hillsides which overlook Streatley and the river Thames valley. A beautifully presented and sympathetically restored 7 bedroom farmhouse, 3 with ensuites and 2 further bathrooms, all set within lovely with stunning views and lovely garden plot Streatley Primary School & The Downs Catchment Close to High Street & Access To All Amenities Including Mainline Station 4 Reception Rooms Main Bedroom with Ensuite Second Bedroom withn Ensuite 2 Double Bedrooms with Showers 3 Further Bedrooms Family Bathroom and Shower Room Large Driveway Gardens & Grounds extending to approximately 0.5 acre with Shepherds Hut SITUATION The picturesque village of Streatley on Thames lies in a valley on the Berkshire side of the river between Reading and Oxford, facing Goring on the Oxfordshire side. The surrounding countryside is designated an area of ‘Outstanding Natural Beauty’ and historically this was a natural crossing point of the river, set between the Berkshire Downs and Chiltern Hills, known geographically as the ‘Goring Gap’. The interesting High Street, which forms the central part of the village running down to the river and the bridge across to Goring, is now a ‘Conservation Area’ where there are a wealth of period properties many of considerable architectural merit including a thatched cottage, a beautiful William and Mary house and an Elizabethan Farmhouse. Following the building of the railway through the Thames Valley by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in approximately 1840, the villagers of Streatley decided the railway should go on the Goring side with the result now that while Streatley has changed little, the village of Goring on Thames has grown substantially and is now the larger village. In the village there is a parish church with Norman origins, a luxury riverside four star hotel, The Swan, which also offers a leisure and fitness club and at the top of the High Street is the Bull Inn which was an old coaching inn when the Royal