House For Sale £1,750,000
Hilltop Cottage is a beautifully designed and updated family house in an enviable position amidst the beautiful rolling Berkshire Downs. The house has been sympathetically extended to create light and airy living and entertaining space blending perfectly with its stunning rural location. The heart of the house is focused around a large family kitchen/breakfast room with 4-door Aga range cooker. The kitchen/breakfast room flows into the conservatory, which gives access to the South-West facing terrace and garden beyond. The internal layout is versatile and well suited to family living having three reception rooms and the conservatory. The drawing room is an elegant square room with open fire place and French doors providing direct access to the pretty gardens. To the first floor there are five bedrooms and three bathrooms including a generous principle bedroom suite. The fifth bedroom is currently used as a study, ideal for working at home.<br /><br />Hilltop Cottage is situated in the rural hamlet of Stanmore, Stanmore neighbours the larger rural village of Peasemore, a popular and attractive village on the Berkshire Downs midway between Newbury and Wantage. The area is surrounded by unspoilt undulating farmland and has a public house, The Fox at Peasemore. A shop and other local services are available at nearby Chieveley, with further amenities found in both Newbury and Wantage. Communications in the area are good with easy access to the M4 and the A34, and there are direct train services from Newbury, Didcot and Reading into London Paddington in around an hour or less. The area is well served by an excellent selection of schools nearby including Chandlings, The Manor, St Hughes, Pinewood, Cothill, Radley, Abingdon, St Edwards and Downe House. It is also in the catchment area for the popular ‘The Downs’ School also recently awarded Ofsted Outstanding.
Agents note: The vendor of this property is an
employee of Strutt & Parker.<br /><br />Hilltop Cottage is accessed via an 'in and out' gravel carriage driveway with plenty of parking to the side of the house. The gardens and grounds are well maintained providing a highly attractive backdrop to the house. The house itself is clad in scented climbers, including an attractive and mature Wisteria. There is a large South-West facing terrace, with attractive planted boarders providing an intimate and sheltered area for outside dining and entertaining. The grounds are mainly laid to lawn, interspersed with mature trees, shrubs and flower borders. There is a separate part of the garden which is currently designated as a kitchen garden with a large chicken run. The overall garden design is enclosed by mature hedgerows beyond which sits the open rolling countryside of the Berkshire Downs.
Agents note: The vendor of this property is an
employee of Strutt & Parker.<br /><br />Hilltop Cottage is accessed via an 'in and out' gravel carriage driveway with plenty of parking to the side of the house. The gardens and grounds are well maintained providing a highly attractive backdrop to the house. The house itself is clad in scented climbers, including an attractive and mature Wisteria. There is a large South-West facing terrace, with attractive planted boarders providing an intimate and sheltered area for outside dining and entertaining. The grounds are mainly laid to lawn, interspersed with mature trees, shrubs and flower borders. There is a separate part of the garden which is currently designated as a kitchen garden with a large chicken run. The overall garden design is enclosed by mature hedgerows beyond which sits the open rolling countryside of the Berkshire Downs.
