Detached house for sale in Berwick Bassett, Swindon, Wiltshire SN4

Berwick House Farm is an attractive house believed to be about 200 years old with later additions; it is not listed. The accommodation is tastefully presented with light, well-proportioned rooms and good ceiling heights.

An impressive galleried reception hall leads into a wonderful double-aspect drawing room with a wood burner. An adjacent study and conservatory overlook the attractive rear garden and terrace.

The well-appointed kitchen with Aga, pantry and back staircase opens on to a sitting room with a woodburning stove and doors into the front garden. Further reception rooms include a dining room and office.

There are six bedrooms on the first floor, with the principal bedroom having a bathroom and two dressing rooms.

Outside
The delightful mature gardens are mainly laid with various mature trees and shrubs. There is a productive vegetable garden with a greenhouse, a tennis court and a former swimming pool. A wooden five-bar gate leads to a parking area at the front of the property. A pair of metal gates leading to the house's side provides access to the rear drive.

A range of outbuildings provides garaging for three cars, a garden store, a boiler room, a tool shed and stabling for three horses. Opposite the house is a grassed area with an orchard with a bridge leading to a paddock and woodland.

Berwick House Farm is situated in Berwick Bassett, a small hamlet about 9 miles north of the thriving market town of Marlborough. The property is located within the North Wessex Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Marlborough has a variety of restaurants and shops, including a Waitrose, a weekly market, and a monthly farmers market. The larger commercial centres of Swindon and Newbury offer a more comprehensive selection of shopping and recreational facilities.

Communications are excellent, with Junction 16 of the M4 being about 8 miles away, with the mainline station at Swindon providing fast access to London Paddington.

Many well-regarded state and independent schools in the area include St Johns, Pinewood, Marlborough College, Dauntseys, St Mary's, Calne and St Francis in Pewsey.