Reception hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, conservatory, study/bedroom 4, three additional bedrooms, one with en-suite shower room, family bathroom. Adjoining store. Double garage. Gardens, orchard and woodland, in all, extending to about 2 acres.

Basingstoke 5 miles
Reading 13 miles
London Waterloo from Basingstoke, from 50 minutes

Situation

Moat Cottage is located at Church End, midway between Sherfield on Loddon and Sherfield Park, adjacent to Sherfield Court, and the church of St Leonard. (There is a footpath crossing fields from the cottage to the centre of the village) Sherfield on Loddon is a popular village, mostly centred around the large village green. There is a wide range of local amenities including the church, three public houses, coffee shop with post office, an excellent village shop, village hall, Sherfield School and Sherfield Oaks Golf Club.

More comprehensive shopping, educational and recreational facilities can be found at Chineham and in the regional centres of Basingstoke (5 miles) and Reading (13 miles). Sherfield on Loddon is strategically well placed for local and regional communications with the A33 providing easy access to both the M4 and M3 and to the main line stations at Reading (Paddington 40 minutes) and Basingstoke (Waterloo 50 minutes).

The Property

Sherfield Court is the historic manor house for Sherfield on Loddon and once formed part of the Duke of Wellington’s Stratfield Saye estate, and Moat Cottage, built in the early 20th Century was once the servants wing of the main house. It is Grade II Listed and single storey and has a conical thatched roof at either end. The property has been greatly improved by the current owners.

The front door opens to a spacious reception hall which has a log burning stove and a large picture window overlooking the moat. To one side is the dining room with conservatory off, beyond which is the kitchen/breakfast room. This is comprehensively fitted and has a larder. To the other side of the hall is the cloakroom and the study/bedroom 4, and beyond this is the dual aspect sitting room with bi-fold doors opening to the rear terrace. The bedroom wing houses the three bedrooms, one with a refitted en-suite shower room, the largest bedroom has a vaulted ceiling with large windows to front and rear, and the refitted family bathroom. There is a further store, accessed from outside.

For further details, please refer to the floorplan.

Outside

The property is approached over a gated private driveway. It has a detached double garage with dedicated private parking in front.

Immediately behind the property there is a terraced garden adjoining the moat. To the front, over the drive, is a ‘secret’ garden, part walled, set behind a mature hedge planted by Vita Sackville-West. This has a magnificent mature magnolia tree.

There is an orchard and an area of woodland, home to a variety of wildlife. In all, the grounds extend to about 2 acres.

Services
Mains gas and electricity. Private drainage and water. Gas radiator central heating throughout and also with underfloor heating to the kitchen, dining room, reception hall, cloakroom, family bathroom and the main bedroom.

Local authority

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council

Viewing
By prior appointment through Randalls Residential on 01256 345635

Directions to RG27 0JB
From Basingstoke take the A33 signed to Reading. Go straight over the roundabout on the edge of Sherfield Park and the gated driveway to Moat Cottage and other properties at Sherfield Court will be found after about ½ mile on the left-hand side behind a black gate, just after the right hand turning to Wildmoor Lane. Having passed through the gates continue right to the end.