The Avenue, Bucklebury, Reading

Hartfield House is a fantastic, detached family house with flexible accommodation and stylish and sophisticated interiors with a beautiful outlook from the property to a peaceful green environment. There are three main reception rooms on the ground floor, providing plenty of space in which to relax or entertain. These include the beautifully presented, dual aspect drawing room with its panelled walls, fireplace fitted with a logburner, windows to the front and French doors opening onto the rear gardens. There is also a comfortable sitting room with a fireplace, as well as a sunny orangery with a glass roof, panoramic windows and French doors opening onto the gardens. Additionally on the ground floor, the open-plan kitchen and dining area provides further social space, with French doors opening from the dining area onto the gardens. The kitchen itself has high quality handmade shaker-style units, a central island, a range cooker and integrated appliances. Upstairs the four well-presented double bedrooms, include the principal bedroom with its built-in storage and en suite shower room. All three additional bedrooms have fitted wardrobes or eaves storage, while the first floor also has a family bathroom with an over-bath shower. The detached guest chalet provides useful further accommodation and is ideal as a guest suite or home office. It includes a bedroom or sitting/study area with French doors opening onto the garden, welcoming plenty of natural light. There is also a shower room.

The house is situated at the end of a singletrack lane, with gates at the front opening onto the generous parking area, which has space for numerous vehicles and leads to the detached double garage for further parking or storage and workshop space. The gardens are mostly to the rear and feature gravel terracing across the back of the house, and a heated outdoor swimming pool with its own sun terrace seating area. A large area of lawn extends beyond, bordered by mature trees hedgerows and post and rail fencing. There is also a stable or store, while beyond the gardens there is an open meadow providing beautiful green surrounds to the property.

Chapel Row is a sought-after village, on the edge of Bucklebury, surrounded by beautiful rolling countryside between the larger towns of Newbury and Reading. The village has a local gastro pub, café and doctors’ surgery. Excellent independent schools are available within a 5 mile radius, and primary schools at nearby Woolhampton, Beenham and Bradfield Southend, which also offers a village store and post office. Thatcham is about four miles away and provides a further range of facilities including a direct commuter rail service to London Paddington and a large Waitrose store. Reading (9 miles) and Newbury (8 miles) are also close by and offer a comprehensive range of amenities including shops, restaurants and theatres. There are a variety of recreational pursuits available in the area and the surrounding countryside is renowned for its walks and rides.