The Hithe, Rodborough Common, Stroud, GL5

White Oaks is a handsome extended detached house situated in The Hithe, arguably one of the finest residential roads in the Stroud area. This private road is set amongst hundreds of acres of National Trust common land, with the shops and amenities of Minchinhampton, Nailsworth and Stroud within easy reach. The property was originally built in the 1960’s and has been cleverly extended and comprehensively improved during the current owner’s tenure, with spacious, light filled accommodation that measures c.3178 sq.ft. An entrance hall, cloakroom/W.C, 17’ sitting room, 14’ dining room, kitchen with connecting breakfast room, 18’ cinema room and utility room are on the ground floor. A staircase leads up from the hall to the first floor, with a landing with library area, a principal bedroom with en-suite shower room, family bathroom and three further bedrooms found on this floor. The current owners have obtained planning permission to extned the property further (Stroud District Council planning ref - S.17/2006/HHOLD). These additons grant permission for the erection of two storey and single storey extensions with alterations, to provide dependant persons annexe, bedroom areas, porch, carport and garden store.

The impressive specification extends to the exterior of the property too. A long, gravelled driveway welcomes you, and leads on to a large gravelled area with plenty of space to park multiple vehicles and still turn easily, with garaging for three cars beyond. Attached to the garage is a good office/workshop, a storeroom and a WC. This block measures 1224 sq.ft. The property is set centrally within the plot, with most of the garden to three sides of the house. There is a paved area directly behind the house, and doors from the breakfast room open onto the area, connecting the inside with the outside. There is a large level lawn beyond this, with a wild garden area and a dry-stone wall boundary lined with trees and shaped hedging. A topiary arch and hedge lead through to the south garden – another level lawn, with a rockery garden area and seating spot by the sitting room window. There is another good expanse of garden to the north of the house, with a screened area for cuttings and composting. The garden has clearly been a real labour of love, with colourful, established planting and mature trees and hedging.

The house is situated on wonderful Rodborough Common. This, along with Minchinhampton Common, comprise some six hundred acres of land vested in The National Trust. The towns of Stroud and Nailsworth are within easy reach and the property lies in the catchment of some great schools, with Beaudesert private school just along the road. Stroud offers comprehensive shopping and leisure facilities together with a main line railway station offering a direct service to London Paddington and Junction 13 of the M5 motorway approximately seven miles away.