THE BEEHIVE - Warmingham

THE BEEHIVE
UPPER BASILDON ✦ BERKSHIRE

THE BEEHIVE
UPPER BASILDON ✦ BERKSHIRE
Reading 7 miles ✦ Newbury 10 miles ✦ Oxford 19 miles ✦ M4 at Theale
(J12) 6 miles ✦ M40 at Lewknor (J6) ✦ 15 miles ✦ Heathrow - approx.
40 miles ✦ Wallingford 5 miles ✦ Henley on Thames 13 miles.
(Distances and times approximate)
AN IMPOSING FAMILY HOME DATING BACK TO THE 15TH
CENTURY LISTED GRADE II BEING SET IN ‘PARK LIKE’
GROUNDS OF APPROXIMATELY 1.1 ACRES BACKING ON TO
ROLLING OPEN COUNTRYSIDE BENEFITING FROM HAVING
EQUESTRIAN POTENTIAL. AFFORDING SPACIOUS
ACCOMMODATION OF 3,646 SQ FT TO THE MAIN HOUSE
WITH THE ADDITION OF 784 SQ FT TO THE ANNEXE,
PLANNING PERMISSION ALSO EXISTS TO FURTHER
ENHANCE AND EXTEND THE PROPERTY AS A WHOLE
PROVIDING AN IMPRESSIVE OVERALL DEVELOPED SIZE OF
5,256 SQ FT IN BOTH A CONTEMPORARY AND PERIOD
FORM. (ALL MEASUREMENTS ARE APPROXIMATE.)
Main House
✦ Covered Entrance Porch
✦ Cloakrooms
✦ Drawing Room
✦ Family Room
✦ Snug
✦ Kitchen (Working Kitchen and
Units Fitted By Agreement)
✦ Inner Hall
✦ Utility Room
✦ Dining Room
✦ Cellar
✦ Landing
✦ 6 Bedrooms
✦ Family Bathroom
✦ Shower Room
Annexe
✦ Living Room
✦ Bedroom
✦ Shower Room
✦ Store
✦ Cloakroom
✦ Store Room
✦ Planning permission to
further enhance and extend the
property as a whole providing
an impressive overall developed
size of 5,256 Sq Ft
Gardens
✦ Private grounds of approximately
1.1 Acres benefiting from far
reaching rural views with potential
to create recreational facilities
such as equestrian or sporting, or
of course, facilitate ones keen
interest in all realms horticultural.
SITUATION
The village of Upper Basildon sits on the edge of the Berkshire Downlands in an area of ‘Outstanding Natural Beauty’ with far reaching
scenic countryside surrounding it on all sides.
The village itself offers a range of amenities including a parish church, community Post Office, highly regarded C of E primary school,
and a traditional Public House serving local ale and food. A splendid new village hall which has become the centre for a variety of
community sports and activities utilising its adjoining sports field and tennis courts exists also. A local bus company runs a limited
service from the village to Pangbourne on Thames, Reading, Streatley on Thames and Goring on Thames, where a mainline railway
station with fast commuter services up to London (Paddington) in well under the hour (25 minutes from Reading) can be found.
Bradfield College, the well known Public School located some three miles from Upper Basildon, has excellent leisure, fitness and
sports facilities including a large indoor swimming pool all of which are available for use by members of the public. The facilities also
include squash, badminton and tennis courts, hockey and a 9-hole golf course.
The village benefits from having its own well revered primary school, and in addition locally the area is extremely well served by an
excellent range of both state and private schooling, of particular note; Bradfield College, Pangbourne College, Downe House, Cranford
House, Moulsford Preparatory, Abingdon Boys and The School of St Helen & Katharine.

THE BEEHIVE
The property occupies a commanding position in mature gardens
and grounds of approximately 1.1 Acres privately approached off
The Village Green in this picturesque Berkshire Downland village
located in the scenic Thames Valley. Approached over a private
gated drive which opens to a wide and spacious forecourt, the
house stands well back in an attractive mature setting with a
Covered Porch opening through to the main house.
The Beehive is a magnificent country house listed Grade II dating
back to the 15th Century and is of generous proportions individually
designed and built incorporating impressive architectural flair which
has been successfully blended with traditional construction
methods and a period ambience throughout. Room proportions are
spacious with many beamed ceilings of good height giving an
added feeling of space and period elegance. There are impressive
fireplaces in the Drawing Room, Family Room, and the Snug, with
the ground floor reception rooms generally affording both a
spacious open plan arrangement in addition to encompassing a
more traditional layout where required.
Adjacent to the main house there is a separate Annexe comprising
generous accommodation to afford either separate guest living or a
perfect office from home, alternatively part or whole of the building
could be converted to form a spacious Garage/Workshop.
GARDENS
A private gated drive leads up to the property and a large spacious
forecourt which extends along one side. Across the main frontage
to the property there is a large enclosed lawned area with mature
hedging and notable trees.
The gardens and grounds amount to approximately 1.1 Acres, with
the property being set well back in its plot, taking particular
advantage of the private aspect and glorious far reaching views
afforded over the adjoining rolling countryside. Indeed, a striking
feature of The Beehive is that it benefits from a very high degree of
tranquillity with the gardens as a whole being enclosed by a
combination of fencing, mature trees and hedging.
To the outside of the property there are extensive opportunities
to either create recreational facilities for the family such as
equestrian or sporting, or of course, facilitate ones keen interest in
all realms horticultural.

GENERAL SERVICES
Services: Mains electricity, water and drainage are connected to
the property. Central heating from Calor gas fired boiler.
Council Tax: The property is in Tax Band G with an annual charge
of £2,462.62 for 2012/2013
Postcode: RG8 8LS.
Local Authority: West Berkshire District Council. Telephone:
01635 42400
DIRECTIONS
From our offices in the centre of Goring turn left and proceed down
the High Street, across the river bridge and up to the top of
Streatley High Street where at the traffic lights turn left signposted
for Pangbourne. On reaching Lower Basildon in approximately
2 miles, turn right opposite the garage into Park Wall Lane. Follow
this road up into the village of Upper Basildon. At the initial junction
whereby Park Wall Lane merges into Bethesda Street take the first
left into Blandys Lane. At the further end of Blandys Lane drive
through The Triangle and The Beehive will be found off on the left
hand side opposite the village green.
VIEWING
Strictly by appointment through Warmingham Sole Agents.
DISCLAIMER
The agent has not tested any apparatus, equipment, fittings or
services so cannot verify that they are in working order. If required,
the client is advised to obtain verification. These particulars are
issued on the understanding that all negotiations are conducted
through Warmingham & Co.
Whilst all due care is taken in the preparation of these particulars,
no responsibility for their accuracy is accepted, nor do they form
part of any offer or contract. Intending clients must satisfy
themselves by inspection or otherwise as to their accuracy prior to
signing a contract.
01491 874144
4/5 High Street, Goring-on Thames
Nr Reading RG8 9AT
E: sales@warmingham.com
www.warmingham.com

NOTE: This plan is for convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly
excluded from any contract. This plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the
Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown Copyright reserved. Licence No. 100012477.
In more recent years The Beehive has resided as both a local Inn as
well as a family residence, and as such the property would generally
benefit from a schedule of renovation / modernisation works
throughout, to both draw on the full wealth of character that is
offered, alongside realising ones own personal aspirations for the
property in addition to potentially creating further landscaped
grounds and possibly certain equestrian or sporting recreational
facilities also.
In April 2011 Planning Permission (Decision References:
11/00833/HOUSE & 11/01019/LBC) was granted to demolish
certain elements of the building in addition to building further
elements with a view to encompassing an overall larger and more
contemporary period property.