5 bedroom house

St Nicholas Farmhouse is a beautiful Grade II listed Georgian property built in the early 1800s. It has five bedrooms and a wealth of delightful period features, set in an outstanding location overlooking open countryside and yet within easy access to transport links. The house has well-proportioned accommodation with large windows and high ceilings providing a sense of light and space throughout the property. It has a separate old dairy building which provides an office/study, a snooker/games room, an ideal space for working from home.

The attractive front entrance, with a beautiful Wisteria opens to the reception hall with half panelled walls and parquet flooring. Doors to the left open into the charming dining room with windows overlooking the front garden, and to the right is the study/reception room with an open fireplace with stone surround and alcove shelving either side. To the rear of the entrance hall is a sitting room which is double aspect with French doors opening to the garden, there is an open fireplace with built-in cupboards to one side. The spacious kitchen has fully fitted floor and wall units and quarry tiled floor, an Aga and space for a kitchen dining table, there is also a opening that connects to the adjacent drawing room which is a lovely room with a brick fireplace with wood burning stove, built-in cupboards and bookshelves.

From the entrance hall is an elegant staircase to the first floor leading to a spacious landing off which are four bedrooms with the fifth situated off the rear landing. The principal bedroom has an en suite shower room and there is a spacious family bathroom.
The farmhouse has a pretty parking and pedestrian access to the front on the lane from which a wall runs along to the vehicle access through wooden gates and opening to a large gravel driveway in front of the detached double garage.
The gardens are walled and laid mainly to lawn with flower beds filled with mature shrubs and a variety of fruit trees. A paved terrace runs along the side of the house, accessed from the sitting room and providing a lovely area for al fresco entertaining, a delightful peaceful setting.
From the garden there is access to the detached old dairy, currently sued as a snooker/games room with a wood burning stove and an office on the ground floor. There is a mezzanine studio area on the first floor with a shower room and storage.

Owing to our commitment to keep both our colleagues and clients safe during this period of recommended isolation, we have many self-serve viewing options available to you. These include video walk throughs, 360 virtual reality viewings and enhanced comprehensive photography.

St Nicholas Farmhouse is set in an outstanding location overlooking open countryside and just outside the Berkshire village of Hurst, yet within easy reach of Twyford, Wokingham and Reading. The village has a post office and local shop, a bakery, three pubs and a popular primary school. Further amenities are easily accessible in surround towns, including large supermarkets, a variety of shops, many pubs and restaurants, health clubs and other facilities. Reading's town centre is just seven miles away, with excellent amenities, shops, restaurants, cinemas and also access to the River Thames. The area is well connected by road with connections to the M4 and M40 within five miles. Mainline rail services are also easily accessible at nearby Twyford which will be connected to Crossrail in late 2021 with direct services to Central London, and also Winnersh, Wokingham or Reading.

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