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About
An excellent family house with gardens, garaging and separate office in a popular village.
Description A most attractive detached family house which sits at the end of a small enclave of properties, tucked off Deacons Lane in this most sought after of Berkshire villages.
Well presented and well proportioned accommodation is offered over two floors.
The heart of the home is the stylish and thoughtfully designed kitchen/breakfast/family room which is ideal for family living, featuring a central island and dining and relaxation areas.
Bi-fold doors open onto the rear terrace and there is a useful adjoining utility room.
The ground floor also boasts a generous sitting room with wood-burning stove and double doors through to the dining room to the rear. A study, utility room and cloakroom complete this floor.
The first floor offers four double bedrooms, the principal suite benefitting from an en suite shower room and a dressing room.
The second bedroom also has an en suite shower room whilst the two further bedrooms are served by the family bathroom.
Outside To the front of the house is a gravelled parking area, with a detached double garage to the left and adjoining store room.
A pathway to the front door is flanked on both sides by an area of lawn.
The side of the house provides access around to the rear garden which is predominantly laid to lawn, bordered by well established shrubs and trees which offer a good degree of seclusion.
Doors from both the kitchen and the dining room open out on to an elevated terrace, perfect for entertaining, which has steps down to the lawn.
At the rear of the garden is a pretty summer house, which is almost 20' in width, a most useful outbuilding which could serve as a home office, gym or a garden/entertaining room.
Location Hermitage is an attractive village with a shop/Post Office, Co-op supermarket, pre and primary schools, a church, two pubs and a garden centre with a popular cafe and shop.
The village is set amidst beautiful surrounding countryside.
Hermitage lies about four miles north of Newbury with its comprehensive services and is excellent for communications to London and other national destinations both by road and rail.
The M4 (Junction 13) and A34 are about three miles away and there are regular mainline rail links from both Newbury and Didcot (London Paddington).
There is a wide range of schools in the area, including Hermitage Primary School, The Downs School, St Andrew’s, Brockhurst & Marlston House, Elstree, Cheam, Bradfield College, Downe House and Pangbourne College.
Square Footage: 2,102 sq ft Additional Info Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil fired central heating.
Note: Planning Permission exists to create a roof extension to provide a home office/games room above the garage. West Berkshire 22/01877/house
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