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Quiet location
Guide price£1,700,000
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5 bedroom detached house for sale

Combe, Hungerford, Berkshire, RG17
Chain-free
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Detached house
5 bed
3 bath
2,997 sq ft / 278 sq m

Key information

Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Band G
Broadband: Ultra-fast 1000Mbps *
Mobile signal: 
EE O2 Three Vodafone
Water: Ask agent
Heating: Ask agent
Electricity: Ask agent
Sewerage: Ask agent
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Property description & features

  • Tenure: Freehold
  • 5 6 bedrooms
  • 2 reception rooms
  • 3 bathrooms
  • 2.20 acres
  • Plentiful parking
  • Outbuildings
  • Detached
  • Garden
  • Parking
  • Patio
Field House is a spacious, family home dating from the 1970's; it was designed by Brett and Pollen Architects for Sir James Fawcett.

The property has well-proportioned rooms and versatile accommodation with most of the rooms overlooking the west-facing garden and unspoilt views beyond.

There is a sitting room with vaulted ceiling, open fire and doors leading onto a terrace, a kitchen with Aga and adjacent dining room. There are five/six bedrooms and three bathrooms plus a cloakroom.

The property has triple glazing throughout and would benefit from some updating. Subject to planning it may be possible to extend or replace the property. It is situated on a large plot with considerable potential.

Outside
The property is approached via a pair five-bar gates with a drive leading up to the house and parking area. There is an attached double garage with inspection pit and a further double garage with electric doors. There are variety of outbuildings including a garden store/single garage, a further garage/store large enough for two smaller cars and a greenhouse.

The attractive gardens are mainly laid to lawn and lie to the south and west of the property. There are a variety of mature trees and shrubs. Doors from the dining room and drawing room lead onto a sheltered, south-facing terrace, ideal for outdoor entertaining.

The property is available with no onward chain.


Field House is situated in Combe, a peaceful, rural village to the south of the market town of Hungerford. The village has a Grade I church.

Nearby Inkpen has a pub, primary school and a café; a wider range of shopping and recreational facilities are available in Hungerford and Newbury.

Communications are excellent with trains to Paddington from Kintbury and Waterloo from Whitchurch. Junction 14 of the M4 motorway is about 9 miles.

There is a primary school in Kintbury with other popular schools in the area including Horris Hill, Thorngrove, St Gabriels, Farleigh and Cheam.

Services: Private water. Mains electricity. Private drainage. Oil heating and Aga.

Post Code: RG17 9EH (please follow the written directions rather than rely upon the postcode)

Directions : From Hungerford proceed over The Common and turn right towards Inkpen. Follow Craven Road and at the phone box in Lower Green turn right and then first left signed for Combe Gibbet. Follow the lane up the hill passing the Test Way on the right. Proceed down the hill into Combe passing signs for Wrights Farm. The entrance for Field House is on the left just after a thatched cottage.

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Places of interest

    Situated on the River Dun in the Kennet Valley, the historic market town of Hungerford sits at the heart of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The North Wessex Downs is a unique landscape of tranquil open downland, ancient woodland and chalk stream, covering 668 square miles from Reading and Swindon to Andover and Devizes. At the same time, Hungerford is only four miles from the M4 motorway and has a direct rail link to London, so is very accessible. The fact that you can have lunch in a proper country pub and yet be in central London an hour later is a great attraction for many. From our office in the centre of Hungerford at Ramsbury House, Knight Frank helps homebuyers find their new home in Hungerford. Relocating from abroad? We can help make your move to Hungerford stress-free through our relocation services.

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