The Old Rectory BURGHFIELD • BERKSHIRE

Home , Burghfield, Pangbourne, Theale, Wokefield

A Georgian delight in splendid garden and grounds

Theale 2 miles • Reading 6 miles (London Paddington from 27 minutes) • Basingstoke 18 miles (London Waterloo from 45 minutes) • Newbury 19 miles • M4 (Junction 11) 3 miles Central London 45 miles • London Heathrow 29.5 miles (All mileages and times are approximate)

Entrance hall • Reception hall • Drawing room • Dining room • Study • Games room Kitchen/breakfast room • Butler’s pantry • Boot room • 2 cloakrooms 2 cellars, one with three wine storage vaults, the other converted into a boiler room First floor: Principal bedroom with 2 adjoining dressing rooms, large bathroom, cloakroom and adjoining sitting room Guest bedroom with adjoining bathroom • Laundry room Second floor: 4 double bedrooms, 3 with adjoining shower rooms and 1 with an adjoining bathroom, sitting room area

Machinery Store with Housekeeper’s Flat: Entrance/dining area • Kitchen • Shower room 2 double bedrooms and a sitting room area over the first floor • Triple garage and store room below

Coach House: Triple garage with internal access to the first floor self-contained flat comprising: sitting room/kitchen, double bedroom and bathroom

Outbuildings Leisure complex with gymnasium, steam room, sauna, therapy/massage room, spa room with hot tub, shower room and cinema room Golf House with golf simulator room with separate shower and cloakroom

Swimming pool with pool pavilion • Astro tennis court with pavilion • Extensive landscape gardens Orchard • 3 ponds • Vegetable garden • Pasture and paddock land

In all about 16.10 acres

These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text. The Property

The Old Rectory is Grade II* listed and is believed to date back from the excellent ceiling heights. Both these rooms have original Adam fireplaces. For 16th century with further 18th century alterations and a 20th century the dining room there is a concealed “jib” door leading through to the butler’s addition on the north western side of the property. pantry which doubles up as a warming kitchen, if required, when entertaining.

The property has been subject to a complete refurbishment programme At the centre of the house is a reception hall with a stone-cantilevered approximately 8 years ago with great attention to detail and many of the staircase with gentle risers to the first floor. Off the inner hall is the study, two original features and character of the house has been retained. Today, the cloakrooms, a coat’s cupboard and a large play/games room. Beyond the house offers wonderful family accommodation over three floors above reception hall is a beautifully equipped kitchen/breakfast room with seating two cellars. Having been extended in the 18th century, the two main area and views over the landscaped garden towards the fabulous cedar of reception rooms, flanking the reception hall, are well appointed with Lebanon tree. Beyond the kitchen is a large boot/dog room and laundry room.

From the kitchen/breakfast room is a gentle staircase that leads down to the wine cellar which is sub-divided into three temperature controlled vaults fully fitted out for the wine connoisseur.

Over the first floor is a spacious landing with a door giving access to the principal bedroom suite comprising master bedroom, two adjoining dressing rooms and a large bathroom. Off the bathroom is a sitting room with easterly views over the gardens and beyond. On this floor there is also a generous guest bedroom with adjoining bathroom and a laundry room.

Over the second floor, which has been cleverly designed for children, are four good double bedrooms, three with adjoining shower rooms and one with an adjoining bathroom. There is also a play room/sitting room over the large landing area.

Approx. Gross Dn Internal Floor Area Main House: Reception Sitting Room 7.55 x 4.80 Bedroom 821 sq.m. / 8,827 sq.ft. 24'9" x 15'9" 4.75 x 3.90 Wine Cellar Boot Room Kitchen/Utility 15'6" x 12'9" 4.95 x 2.65 Bedroom Coach House: 16'3" x 8'9" 4.85 x 4.35 74 sq.m. / 797 sq.ft. Bedroom 16'0" x 14'3" Coach House Flat: Wine Cellar 44 sq.m. / 474 sq.ft. Bathroom 4.95 x 2.65 16'3" x 8'9" Housekeeper’s Flat: Storage 55 sq.m. / 592 sq.ft. Wine Cellar Bedroom Bedroom Outside 4.95 x 2.65 4.75 x 3.65 4.75 x 3.65 15'6" x 12'0" 15'6" x 12'0" Triple Garage & Store: 16'3" x 8'9" Kitchen/ Up Breakfast Room 82 sq.m. / 883 sq.ft. 12.46 x 5.20 41'0" x 17'0" Former Milking Parlour: Second Floor 150 sq.m. / 1,615 sq.ft. Cellar Golf House:

Laundry Room 39 sq.m. / 420 sq.ft.

Up Games Room Guest Bedroom Up Dn 9.37 x 6.43 6.46 x 5.82 Dn Dn 30'9" x 21'0" 21'3" x 19'0"

Reception Hall 7.45 x 4.80 Former Milking Cloaks 24'6" x 15'9" Study Sitting Room Parlour 5.41 x 4.50 5.45 x 4.50 Dressing Room 17'9" x 14'9" 18'0" x 14'9" 4.60 x 4.26 Butler's Pantry 15'0" x 14'0" 4.55 x 2.45 15'0" x 8'0" Up

Gymnasium 7.38 x 5.50 Boiler Room 24'3" x 18'0" 6.20 x 3.32 Dining Room Drawing Room Master Bedroom 20'3" x 11'0" 7.28 x 5.48 7.28 x 5.48 6.14 x 5.65 24'0" x 18'0" 24'0" x 18'0" 20'3" x 18'6" Dressing Room 4.60 x 4.26 15'0" x 14'0"

Boiler Steam Room Room Ground Floor First Floor Sauna Cellar

Machinery Store with Housekeeper’s Flat Coach House Golf House Therapy Room 4.60 x 2.45 Dn 15'0" x 8'0" Bedroom/ Garage Store Room 5.15 x 3.65 Golf Simulator Room 5.48 x 4.40 Up 17'0" x 12'0" 7.15 x 4.75 18'0" x 14'6" Kitchen 23'6" x 15'6" 3.60 x 3.20 11'9" x 10'6" Spa Room Kitchen/ Sitting Room Garage 4.40 x 3.45 Triple Garage Dining Room 5.48 x 4.14 6.92 x 3.35 14'6" x 11'3" 12.05 x 5.98 5.80 x 4.10 22'9" x 11'0" 18'0" x 13'6" 39'6" x 19'6" Dining Area Dn 3.90 x 2.30Up This plan is for guidance only and must not be 12'9" x 7'6" relied upon as a statement of fact. Attention is Bedroom Garage 4.05 x 3.65 6.37 x 3.65 drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of Cinema Room Bedroom 13'3" x 12'0" 21'0" x 12'0" 5.48 x 3.45 Store Room the text of the Particulars. Outbuildings are not 5.60 x 5.31 18'0" x 11'3" 3.60 x 2.40 18'3" x 17'6" 11'9" x 7'9" shown in actual location or orientation. First Floor Ground Floor First Floor Ground Floor

Outside

The house is approached from the village green through entrance gates The Coach House and down the gravel drive through a parkland style setting. To the north west of the property is a three bay lock-up garage constructed of brick with an internal staircase leading up to a one Outbuildings bedroom self-contained flat, comprising kitchen/sitting room, double Behind the house there are a range of outbuildings and garaging bedroom and bathroom. including the former milking parlour, and these have been refurbished to Machinery Store and Housekeeper’s Flat provide the following: This has been newly built with wooden cladding on the outside and A Leisure Complex internally providing a three car lock-up garage with staff accommodation Comprising of a gymnasium, steam room, sauna, therapy room, spa room behind and above which is arranged as follows: entrance, dining hall, with hot tub, shower and cinema room. kitchen and shower room over the ground floor and a sitting room with 2 double bedrooms over the first floor. The Golf House In another brick built building there is a golf simulator room with adjoining shower room. Garden and Grounds

To the rear of the property, off the kitchen/breakfast room, is a barbeque There is also a swimming pool and pavilion with a plant room, kitchenette, area with pizza oven, and an oak walkway with a rill running down to a changing room with shower and separate WC. The swimming pool is slate mature orchard with apple, pear, plum, damson trees and a pond. lined with a secure pool cover.

To the east of the house are well-manicured lawns with spacious borders To the western side of the drive, when approaching the house, is a stocked with bulbs and an array of mature plants, trees and shrubs. There is large area of pasture/parkland beyond which, to the north, is a larger also a large area of lawn ideal for croquet beyond which is an Astro tennis field of pasture. In all the gardens and grounds amount to court with a free standing pavilion with a kitchenette and cloakroom. approximately 16.10 acres.

TheOld Rectory

Situation

Dating back to pre-Roman times the name Burghfield comes from the Saxon meaning, “open land by the hill”. The Old Rectory is situated within a private position on the edge of Burghfield village behind a brick wall and is well screened. TheNew House Within the village are several public houses, a village shop and church. There is

Finchwood also a well established farm shop, nursery school, leisure centre and library. To the House north east of the property is Reading which offers a more comprehensive range of

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k Golf courses in the area can be found at: Calcot Park Golf Club, TheOld School Copse Cottage Paddock Theale Golf Club, The Berkshire Golf Club at Ascot, Sandford Springs, Mayfield House Vi Date: DrawnBy: Scale: Plan Ref: MappingDepartment N 05:06:18 TE 1:2000 @A4 Sunningdale Golf Club, Wokefield Park and Donnington Valley Golf Knight FrankLLP Ramsbury House, 22 High Street Title The OldRectory Hungerford,Berkshire, RG17 0NF Club but to name a few. W E (t) 01488688508(f) 01488688505 This Plan is published forguidanceonly, andalthoughitisbelievedtobecorrect itsaccuracyisnot guaranteed, (e)[email protected] S norisitintended to form part of anycontract. ©Crown copyrightand database rights 2018. LicenceNo. 100021721 For equine enthusiasts there is racing at Ascot, Windsor and Newbury along with several polo clubs, not least, The Royal Berkshire.

(Distances and times are approximate) Services Mains water, electricity and gas central heating to the main house, Air Source heat pump for the long barn/leisure complex and the Housekeeper’s flat. The

Coach House has mains water, electricity and gas central heating. The entire Knight Frank LLP Knight Frank LLP property has its own domestic sewage plant (BioDisc). 27 London Street 55 Baker Street Basingstoke London Fixtures and Fittings Hampshire RG21 7PG W1U 8AN Fixtures and fittings within the residential properties and outbuildings and Tel: +44 (0)1256 350600 Tel: +44 (0)20 7861 1080 garden ornaments are all excluded from the sale, however may be available by [email protected] [email protected] separate negotiation. The services, equipment, fixtures and fittings have not KnightFrank.co.uk been tested and cannot be verified as in working order and fit for their purpose.

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Council Tax The Old Rectory: Band H Important notice

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