4 bedroom house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Spacious Victorian residence, nestled amidst mature grounds approximately 2.2 acres
- Rural position in Spencers Wood, with excellent road links
- Four-to-five double bedrooms, with study/fifth bedroom downstairs
- Farmhouse style kitchen with four-oven Aga, open to dining room, with doors to garden
- Double aspect drawing room with open fireplace
- Sitting room with feature fireplace
- Utility/boot room and downstairs shower room
- Principal bedroom with refitted en suite bath
- Walled gardens with heated pool, glass house, orchards and paddock land, plus an outbuilding
- Two garages with a workshop and ample parking
The Property
With a wealth of retained character, this Victorian residence presents spacious, elegant family living and a warm sense of nostalgia.
There is a farmhouse style, family kitchen with a four-oven Aga and plenty of storage, guiding through an archway to a dining room with doors to the garden. With a separate utility/boot room, there is also added practicality.
Ideal for social gatherings, there is a remarkable, double aspect drawing room with an open fireplace, along with a generous sitting room offering a feature fireplace.
There is also versatile, separate study, with the option for use as a fifth bedroom and served by a downstairs shower/cloakroom.
Upstairs, four double bedrooms feature a principal bedroom extending circa 18 ft., with storage and access to a refitted en suite bath.
Bedrooms three and four both include storage, with bedroom two of a generous size, including versatility for furnishings. The bedrooms are further served by a bathroom with a shower separate from the bath, as well as a w.c.
The Grounds
Nestled amidst mature grounds, there is impressive outdoor space for a growing family. Whether you’re spending your leisure time with friends and family or an outdoors person, the gardens provide an array of choices.
With walled, formal garden areas and a heated swimming pool, there is remarkable entertaining. Orchards and a sizeable glass house will appeal to keen gardeners and there is a useful pump house.
Paddock land offers opportunity for equestrians and furthermore, the grounds are complete with an outbuilding including a tack room.
On approach, a five-bar gate opens ample parking space, leading to two garages, with one including an inspection pit and workshop.
Location
Featuring a rural location in the historic village of Spencers Wood, the home benefits from local amenities with a characterful village hall, library, post office, church and public house.
Clustered with local villages, the area is well-served, with a local primary school and the co-educational, independent Sherfield School in just a short drive. Wellington Country Park is a nearby attraction, hosting events and recreational activities. The towns of Reading and Basingstoke offer modern shopping centres, plus direct rail links to London Paddington and Waterloo. Ideal for commuters, the A33 offers excellent connections and links to the M4.
Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
F
Energy Efficiency
D
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