5 bed detached house for sale

Bramley Road, Silchester, Reading, Hampshire RG7

The Coach House has Victorian origins and was formally the Coach House to the impressive Silchester Hall. The property is an attractive double-fronted detached family home offering almost 3,700 sq ft of light-filled flexible accommodation arranged in an L shape over two floors. Configured to provide an ideal, practical, and cohesive space for both family living and entertaining, the ground floor accommodation features high ceilings, generously proportioned rooms, quality fixtures and fittings, and neutral décor throughout. The layout flows from a welcoming reception hall with wooden flooring and a convenient cloakroom. It includes a dual aspect sitting room with a feature corner fireplace and full-height glazing incorporating French doors opening onto the rear terrace, a wooden-floored dining room, which could be utilised as games or pool room, a snug with access to the side aspect, a library, and a vaulted conservatory with French doors to the terrace.

There is also a fitted utility room with a door to the garden and a dedicated cinema room with a bar, which opens into a side hall providing a second cloakroom and access to the integral double garage. The ground floor accommodation is completed by a kitchen/breakfast room with a range of wall and base units, wooden work surfaces, modern integrated appliances, space for a good-sized table and French doors to the rear terrace. The first floor provides a double aspect L-shaped principal bedroom with en suite shower room and four further double bedrooms, one with French doors to a private front aspect decked balcony, together with two family bathrooms, one with separate shower cubicle. Separate stairs from the side hall give access to a vaulted first floor office, music room and family shower room, all with potential for use as a self-contained annexe if required.

Screened by mature hedging and having plenty of kerb appeal, the property is approached through double wooden gates over a gravelled driveway providing private parking and giving access to an integral double garage with attached garden store and to a further detached double garage. Access to the second double garage is through a separate set of electric gates at the bottom of the garden.
The generous well-maintained wraparound garden is laid mainly to lawn interspersed with and bordered by mature shrubs and trees and features numerous seating areas, a pond, summer house, garden gym, shed and a large, paved terrace. The whole is ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining and enjoys far-reaching views over surrounding countryside.

Set on the Hampshire/Berkshire borders, the attractive village of Silchester has a village green and a good selection of facilities including a church, village hall, primary school, playground and pub as well as active football and cricket clubs. Further amenities can be found in neighbouring villages including Tadley and Baughurst. The nearby towns of Basingstoke, Reading and Newbury offer more comprehensive shopping, sporting, cultural and recreational amenities including both larger and independent retailers, restaurants, theatres and sporting facilities. Nearby Pamber Forest featured in The Times 2025 poll of best bluebell woodlands.
The village offers excellent commuter links with the easily-accessible M4 and M3 motorways and regular trains from Basingstoke to Waterloo and Reading to London Paddington.