House For Sale £1,900,000
The Lodge is an attractive period family home believed to date from the Victorian times with later additions. Internally, all the reception rooms are well proportioned with sash windows with lovely bay windows flanking the front entrance door.
The front door has an ornate fanlight that leads into the staircase hallway, off which is the drawing room with an open fireplace and a door leading out to the southwest facing terrace. The dining room with its open fireplace is to the other side of the hallway. Both reception rooms have bay windows. To the rear of the hallway is the utility room with a back door out to the courtyard. Beyond the utility room is the kitchen/breakfast room with Aga and an electric oven and hobs. Beyond the kitchen/breakfast room is the playroom which opens out to the garden and lies adjacent to the swimming pool. There is also a ground floor guest bedroom with adjoining shower room. This and the playroom and adjoining storeroom could easily provide a self-contained annex if required.
To the first floor is the principal bedroom with fitted wardrobes and a door through to the adjoining newly fitted shower room. There are four further bedrooms with two family bathrooms one of which is Jack and Jill with one of the bedrooms. Approached from a secondary staircase from the kitchen is a further bedroom with adjoining bathroom.
To the rear of the house is range outbuildings which creates an attractive courtyard adjacent to the kitchen breakfast room, within which is a storeroom and boiler room.
A further range of outbuildings lie adjacent to the rear drive, which provide useful garaging, stabling, and general stores. They provide great potential for conversion into additional accommodation, subject to the necessary planning consent.
From the village road electric gates open to the gravel drive with an entrance sweeping to the front of the house that opens out onto a broad expense of lawn. Formal gardens lie to the south-east and south-west of the house with a broad expanse of lawn, bordered by mature trees, shrub beds, and hedging. Adjacent to the drawing room and kitchen is a terrace with pergola.
To rear of the house is the swimming pool with paved surround around and further areas of lawn. There is also a tennis court to one corner of the garden which is in disrepair and will require resurfacing.
There is an area of paddock land which lies to the rear.
The front door has an ornate fanlight that leads into the staircase hallway, off which is the drawing room with an open fireplace and a door leading out to the southwest facing terrace. The dining room with its open fireplace is to the other side of the hallway. Both reception rooms have bay windows. To the rear of the hallway is the utility room with a back door out to the courtyard. Beyond the utility room is the kitchen/breakfast room with Aga and an electric oven and hobs. Beyond the kitchen/breakfast room is the playroom which opens out to the garden and lies adjacent to the swimming pool. There is also a ground floor guest bedroom with adjoining shower room. This and the playroom and adjoining storeroom could easily provide a self-contained annex if required.
To the first floor is the principal bedroom with fitted wardrobes and a door through to the adjoining newly fitted shower room. There are four further bedrooms with two family bathrooms one of which is Jack and Jill with one of the bedrooms. Approached from a secondary staircase from the kitchen is a further bedroom with adjoining bathroom.
To the rear of the house is range outbuildings which creates an attractive courtyard adjacent to the kitchen breakfast room, within which is a storeroom and boiler room.
A further range of outbuildings lie adjacent to the rear drive, which provide useful garaging, stabling, and general stores. They provide great potential for conversion into additional accommodation, subject to the necessary planning consent.
From the village road electric gates open to the gravel drive with an entrance sweeping to the front of the house that opens out onto a broad expense of lawn. Formal gardens lie to the south-east and south-west of the house with a broad expanse of lawn, bordered by mature trees, shrub beds, and hedging. Adjacent to the drawing room and kitchen is a terrace with pergola.
To rear of the house is the swimming pool with paved surround around and further areas of lawn. There is also a tennis court to one corner of the garden which is in disrepair and will require resurfacing.
There is an area of paddock land which lies to the rear.
Reading 7.5 miles (London Paddington from 23 minutes), M4 (Junction 11) 3.5 miles, M3 (Junction 4a) 11 miles, Winchfield 7 miles (London Waterloo from 50 minutes), Basingstoke 10 miles, London 44 miles (All distances and times are approximate)
The Lodge is situated in an edge-of-village setting between the popular villages of Riseley and Swallowfield on the Hampshire/Berkshire borders. Risely has a public house, and the thriving village of Swallowfield also has a public house, shop/post office, village hall with pre-school and tennis club. It is surrounded by protected countryside with many footpaths, some of which run along the Rivers Whitewater and Loddon. The Wellington Farm Shop is within a mile. Everyday facilities are in Hartley Wintney and the major towns of Reading and Basingstoke are also close by.
The M3 and M4 are easily accessible, and so is commuting to London by rail to Paddington from Reading and Waterloo from Winchfield or Basingstoke. There are good local state schools in Reading and the neighbouring villages. Independent schools nearby include Sherfield, Ludgrove, St Neots, Daneshill, Crossfields, Bradfield, Wellington College and Elstree.
Recreational facilities in the area include Wellington Country Park and Wellington Riding.
