Detached House for sale on

Churchward Close

Wantage, OX12

Tenure: Freehold

Set on a quiet residential street on the edge of a thriving village, this is an exceptional and thoughtfully extended family home.

Exterior

An attractive, welcoming and well-proportioned family home. To the front you have a practical combination of wide hardstanding drive with space for two cars and a gravel garden with brick path, edged by a pretty box hedge.

To the side you have gated access to the rear garden.

The garage/store has an up-and-over door and space for bikes, garden tools and whatnot.

Entrance

A lovely family home, from the covered porch to the shimmering silver birch at the far end of the garden.

Into the hallway and you have a handy walk-in storage cupboard with plenty of room for coats, boots, vacuum cleaners and more.

The muted natural colour scheme subtly unites the spaces, creating cohesion while providing a neutral canvas on which to add your personal style.

From here you’re drawn into the heart of the home, the wide, light, bright kitchen diner. The real hub of this home.

Kitchen/diner  

The showstopper of this family home lies straight ahead. The super sociable, light, bright, spacious kitchen/diner. Somewhere you’ll naturally gravitate to, sharing good times and enjoying daily life.

The beautifully designed modern kitchen has everything a cook and busy family could want. The large island has ample surface space, perfect for when you’re cooking up a storm on the five-burner gas hob, while staying part of the conversation in the dining room. 

Storage is plentiful, with a series of wide pan drawers beneath the hob and cupboards on the far side.

Around you are full-height cupboards housing two eye-level Bosch fan ovens, with a larder-style built-in fridge freezer and pantry cupboard. Beneath the window is a 1½ bowl undermount stainless steel sink, with dishwasher close by and bins stored out of sight.

The dining area has more than enough space for a large family dining table, perfect for Christmas dinners, family gatherings, homework, projects, crafting and so much more. Having enough space will never be a problem in this house.

Two sets of French doors connect the kitchen and dining area with the garden, ensuring a flow of fresh air and easy access for those balmy days of barbecues and alfresco dining.

Sitting room

Looking out to the front, the south-facing bay ensures this is a lovely light, bright spacious room to relax in.

The proportions, 19’10” by 12’2” (3.7m x 6m), are such that you can configure this room in several ways, creating zones for study, play and lounging should you wish. A contemporary gas fire adds instant warmth and ambience.

Wide double doors connect to the dining area.

Family room

A real bonus in any home, this extra reception room can be put to multiple uses as a family room, children’s playroom, study, snug, home practice, guest room and more.

Accessed from both the entrance hall and kitchen, this super useful space has a practical part-carpeted part-tiled floor, giving easy-clean access from the kitchen to the utility room with the added comfort of carpet. There’s a double radiator and overhead access to the attic space.

Utility room

A super-useful hardworking space. With a door to the back garden, storage cupboards, undermounted sink with rinser tap, space for a washing machine, full-height storage and more.

Off the utility room is a smart cloakroom with stylish feature wall, close-coupled loo and handbasin. 

FIRST FLOOR

The feeling of space and calm continues as you reach the first floor. The attic is accessed via a loft hatch from here.  

Master bedroom

A lovely double bedroom filled with light from the large south-facing bay window. There’s space for double wardrobes, a small boudoir chaise longue in the bay, plus bedside cabinets and chests of drawers help to keep this room feeling calm and sanctuary-like.

En suite

The smart boutique hotel-inspired ensuite includes a back-to-cabinet loo and stylish curved handbasin. The shower has both rainfall and handheld showerheads with a thermostatic riser bar, while a heated ladder-style radiator keeps towels toasty warm and dry.              

Bedroom 2

Overlooking the rear garden, this good-sized double bedroom has a built-in wardrobe and space for a desk and chest of drawers as well as bedside cabinets. 

Bedroom 3

Another double bedroom overlooking the rear garden, with space for a wide wardrobe.

Bedroom 4

The smallest of the bedrooms, this single would make a lovely child’s bedroom or an office for a home worker. 

Family bathroom

Style meets practicality in this smart, beautifully tiled family bathroom. The bath is topped by an adjustable thermostatic shower bar with handset – ideal for showering, bathing little people and cleaning the bath. There’s even a recess for shampoo bottles. The combination of glass screen and curtain ensure the room feels as spacious as possible while still being protected.

There’s a close-coupled loo, a wide basin with mono tap beneath a mirrored cabinet and shaver socket. On the wall a heated ladder-style radiator dries and warms towels. The obscured glass window is opening and there’s an additional extractor fan.

OUTSIDE

The north-facing garden gives you have the best of both worlds – full sun at one end, welcome shade at the other.

Fully enclosed and laid mostly to lawn, this generously-sized garden has something for everyone. A grass area for kicking a ball about and playing with the dog. A decked area connecting inside and out smoothly and seamlessly for alfresco dining or an outdoor lounge area. A pergola for added interest and shade. And a patio, linking the side gate to the pergola and the decking, perfect for a pizza oven or barbecue.

A scattering of mature trees, shrubs and borders adds interest and welcomes garden birds and wildlife.

Situation

Churchward Close is on the edge of the village on a quiet residential street, with wide open fields starting just at the end of the road.

Grove is the largest village in the Vale of White Horse, and dates back to 1142. Having grown from a small hamlet, the village’s housing has been planned for safe and easy access to the schools with the minimum of roads to be crossed.

Unusually for many villages today, Grove is still wonderfully self-sufficient. Millbrook Square offers a selection of shops providing everything from a supermarket to a pharmacy, dry cleaners, DIY store, bakery, off licence, fish & chips and more. All just half a mile away, roughly a 10-minute walk or a 3-minute drive. Close by are the Library, Old Mill Hall and Grove Day Centre for the Elderly.

There are a couple of attractive pubs, with more in the surrounding villages and towns. Grove also has rugby, cricket, football and badminton clubs, as well as a gym, in addition to the facilities in nearby Wantage.

For walkers, the nearby ancient Ridgeway is a must, and you’re close to the North Wessex Downs AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty). Letcombe Brook, a rare chalk stream, flows through the village.

Transport links

Walk – It’s roughly a 10-minute walk to the library, Millbrook School and just beyond the shops, while your nearest pub, the Bay Tree, is even closer. 

Bus – Your nearest bus stop is just a 2-minute walk away on Newlands Drive, with busses taking you to Milton Park and Didcot or in the other direction to Wantage and Harwell. 

Car – Wantage town centre is a couple of miles and just over a 5-minute drive away. Didcot, with its train station, is a 25-minute drive. While the city of Oxford is just half an hour away.    

Train – Your nearest station is Didcot Parkway, which connects you with London Paddington in 42 minutes, Reading in 12 minutes and Bristol Temple Meads in 1 hour. Oxford Station takes you to Paddington in 1 hour, Banbury in 17 minutes and Birmingham New Street in 1 hr 10.

Good to know

Windows are double-glazed and, where applicable, lockable with keys.

Radiators are mostly/all doubles, some with thermostatic valves.  

Schooling

The nearest schools are:

Primary: Millbrook Primary School, Grove Church of England Primary School.

Secondary: King Alfred’s Academy, St John’s Church of England Academy

In addition, there’s a wide range of private schooling available that includes: Moulsford Prep School and Cranford House School in Wallingford, Pangbourne College, Abingdon School, Bradfield College, Radley College and more.

Services

Central heating and hot water are gas fired.

Mains gas, electricity, water and drainage. 

Connectivity

Broadband: According to Openreach, Ultrafast Full Fibre is available at up to 1800Mbps.

Mobile: According to Vodafone, mobile coverage with their 5G service is ‘Good indoors and outdoors’.  

Council

The local authority is Vale of White Horse. 

The house is Council Tax band E.

Tenure

Freehold.  

EPC rating: C. Council tax band: E, Tenure: Freehold,