2 bed semi-detached house for sale

Leverton, Hungerford, Berkshire RG17

This charming and characterful semi detached cottage, in the peaceful hamlet of Leverton, is within easy access of the M4, and a mainline station, in the nearby town of Hungerford, is within walking distance of the property.

Description:
1 Leverton is known as a ‘pepper pot’ cottage and is situated within a row of ten very pretty period thatched properties. This is Grade II and it has been well maintained and upgraded by the present vendor yet many original features have been retained so the property still offers a great deal of character. The front door is set within a pleasingly deep porch, leading to a sitting room, which retains an impressive open fireplace and has characterful beams to the unusually high ceilings. The beams have been stripped revealing the natural warmth of oak and elm joists. Adjoining the sitting room is a kitchen/breakfast room, with a terracotta tiled floor, which affords sufficient space for fitted kitchen cabinets and a 6ft farm table and chairs, placed below a window to the garden. A Belfast sink is set within slate worktops, over fitted cupboards housing a large drawer for cooking implements, a dishwasher, microwave oven and storage for cleaning materials. Further fitted cupboards for table ware and glass are set on the wall above the worktops. A cooker with an oven and ceramic hob, fits within an angled niche, that houses an extractor fan. Full height panelled doors, on a side wall, conceal a fulll sized fridge/freezer, a large shelved storage area for pots and pans and a combi boiler that provides central heating throughout the property, fed by butane gas, delivered to an underground storage tank, at the far end of the garden. A small room, formerly a bathroom is situated off the kitchen and is now used as a study, beyond which is another similarly sized room, which acts as a combined toilet and utility room. A washing machine is plumbed into a shelved fitted cupboard. From the sitting room a staircase, with an under stair storage cupboard, lead to a small landing, where two double bedrooms are set to either side of a bathroom, containing a roll- top bath, wash basin and lavatory. One wall in the main bedroom, has been fitted with four oak, panelled doors, forming a generous sized wardrobe, which provides ample hanging space, shelving & storage. A smaller cupboard within a bedside wall, has a further hanging rail and more storage space.
The guest bedroom retains its charming original iron fireplace, with pine surround and overmantel. A ceiling hatch leads to a capacious & high ceilinged loft area. The owners of the other end cottage, have been granted permission to create a good sized bedroom and en-suite bathroom in the loft space with a dormer window set in the rear thatch. The accommodation is completed by a first floor bathroom.

Outside:
To the front of the property there is a gravel drive where parking is available. Behind the house and adjacent to the house is a small walled terrace which has four steps up to a lawn, surrounded by mature flower beds. A tall brick and flint wall to the road side and high hedging to the neighbouring garden, provide a good measure of privacy. Steps bordering banks planted with sage, oregano, and thyme along with an abundance of primrose lead to an upper, lawned area, planted with a small orchard. A soft fruit area adjoining a vegetable patch, is filled with Blackcurrant and Raspberry bushes and mature Rhubarb plants.

Services:
Mains electricity, private drainage, metered water from Chilton Estates, butane gas central heating.