7 Bed Detached House For Sale Elephant & Castle, London, SE17

Littlewick House is a substantial village house overlooking the village green with cricket pitch and nearby church. The house has impressive reception rooms with splendid three -quarter height oak panelling throughout the hall and dining room. The sitting room, drawing room and dining room benefit from open stone fireplaces. The ground floor rooms lend themselves well to both formal entertaining and informal family living. The kitchen/breakfast room benefit from oak wall and floor units, granite worktops, an electric AGA, a comprehensive range of appliances and an adjoining utility room with access to a larder with slate shelves. The kitchen/breakfast room also adjoins a morning room with stone flooring and French doors onto the south-facing garden terrace and swimming pool area.

On the first floor the excellent family accommodation comprises a principal bedroom with en suite bathroom, four further bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms, two further bedrooms and a family bathroom. The house also has a secondary staircase. A number of the principal bedrooms have south-facing views over the cricket green.

The cellar (accessed from outside the house) has two oil fired boilers for central heating and domestic hot water as well as the pool filtration equipment and separate wine store.

Outside:
Littlewick House is approached through electrically operated iron gates, along a gravel drive to the front of the house, which is set in formal gardens, enclosed by mature shrubbery borders and yew hedging. Beyond the turning circle to the north is a lovely informal garden/ orchard with two magnificent copper beech trees and mature foliage on the boundaries for privacy. On the east side of the house is an expansive lawn surrounded by brick paths which lead to a log cabin/store and a brick outhouse/gym (with light, power and TV). The lawns are very well kept with mature herbaceous borders around them and an established silver birch tree.

The games room, with a studio above, is situated close to the house and beside the detached double garage, where there is a pedestrian gate onto the village green. To the south of the house lies a wall enclosed garden with an attractive kidney shaped swimming pool and hot tub, surrounded by stone and brick terracing.

Littlewick House is situated in the pretty and popular village of Littlewick Green, very close to the village green with its cricket pitch. The house is near to the village school, the village pub and Red Roofs Theatre school. There is a delightful rural feel at the property, while also benefitting from excellent communications to London and the wider UK. The popular towns of Marlow and Henley offer a wide range of shops and amenities, and the area is well placed for fine dining experiences including the Fat Duck and Waterside in Bray, the Hand and Flowers in Marlow and Le Manoir Aux Quat'Saisons in Great Milton just up the M40.

By rail: Maidenhead Station 2.5 miles (Elizabeth Line trains to London Paddington 23 minutes)

By road: M4 J8/9 4.3 miles, M40 J4 7.3 miles

By air: Heathrow Airport 17.4 miles