4 bed property for sale

Knights Lane, Ball Hill RG20

Ashlea is a superbly renovated and extended four-bedroom home, tucked away on a private lane in Ball Hill, just south-west of Newbury. Set within the Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the property balances peaceful countryside living with excellent accessibility to commuter routes and fast train services into London.

The interiors have been thoughtfully redesigned to create light-filled, flexible living spaces that work beautifully for modern family life. At the heart of the home is a stunning kitchen/dining room with vaulted ceiling, Velux windows and expansive aluminium bifold doors opening onto a porcelain patio. The sitting room offers a further connection to the outdoors with sliding doors framing views of open fields and skies beyond.

Upstairs, the principal suite features a walk-through wardrobe, ensuite, and Juliet balcony, with two further bedrooms and a family bathroom. A fourth bedroom is located on the ground floor, alongside two additional rooms that can serve as a home office, gym or playroom.

Outside, the property is approached via a gravel driveway with ample parking, integral garage, and a landscaped rear garden bordered by beech hedging.

Ashlea is a stylish home offering countryside calm, excellent schools, and swift connections to Newbury, Oxford and London.

A Gentle Arrival

There’s something reassuring about the approach to Ashlea. The quiet no through lane, the crunch of gravel beneath the tyres, the oak-framed porch welcoming you in, the sense of privacy offered by its position on Knights Lane. Here, there is no rush. No noise, no bustle. Just the calm presence of countryside, and the knowledge you are exactly where you’re meant to be.

Step inside, and the entrance hall opens wide, drawing your eye through the house to the garden beyond. From the very first moment, Ashlea makes it clear: This is a home that celebrates light, openness, clever design and flow.

The Heart of the Home

Every house has a heart. At Ashlea, it is the kitchen.

In the morning, light floods through Velux windows and across the vaulted ceiling, bouncing from surface to surface until the whole room feels alive. A coffee steams on the island, choose from fresh, delicious smelling pastries whilst sitting on a bar stool, and the garden waits just beyond the wide bi-fold doors.

The kitchen is both functional and inviting. It’s where conversations happen while supper is being prepared, where homework is spread across the table, and where gatherings of family and friends start and inevitably end. When the doors slide open, the porcelain patio becomes an extension of the room — morning coffee outside, afternoon barbecues, and evenings with wine glasses catching the last of the light.

It is a space that works as well for the quiet rhythm of daily life as it does for celebration.

Space for Living

The flow of Ashlea encourages connection. The sitting room sits just beyond the kitchen, another light-filled space where wide triple sliding doors open to the garden. It is a room that adapts with the day: Bright and energising in the morning, restful and calm as evening draws in.

Here, life slows. Stretch across the sofa, a film flickers on. Later, as stars emerge, the room becomes cocooned in cosiness — the perfect retreat after a day outdoors.

But Ashlea is also designed around the need for space. With three upstairs bedrooms, every member of the household can find a downstairs corner of their own. An office tucked away for focused work. A playroom brimming with imagination. A ground floor bedroom with flexibility for guests, hobbies, or even a gym. The house flows between shared spaces and private retreats with ease.

A Garden full of Sky

Step outside, and the rhythm of the house continues.

The garden is framed by beech hedging, giving a sense of enclosure without sacrificing the views of sky and open space beyond. The porcelain patio stretches seamlessly from the interior, the bifold doors creating a sense that indoors and outdoors are one.

This is where life happens.
Sun loungers are stretched out on summer afternoons. Friends gather around a table long into the evening, conversation flowing beneath the stars. In winter, the garden waits patiently, knowing that soon enough it will be filled again with laughter and activity.

It is private and easily maintained — but also an open stage for a wonderful family life.

A Sanctuary Above

Climb the stairs, and the sense of calm deepens.

The principal bedroom is like a boutique retreat straight from an interiors magazine. The Juliet balcony doors open to views of paddocks and fields beyond, a view that shifts with the seasons: Green and alive in spring, golden in summer, burnished in autumn, still and quiet in winter. The walk-through wardrobe dressing area and luxury ensuite bathroom complete the sense of comfort, practicality and indulgence combined.

Two further bedrooms and a family bathroom are thoughtfully proportioned and filled with light. For children, they are places to grow and to make their own. For guests, they are welcoming, private, and serene.

It is upstairs that Ashlea truly becomes a sanctuary — a place where the outside world recedes, and where rest comes easily.

Life in Rhythm with the Countryside

Ashlea is not just a house. It is a way of life.

Step out of the lane, and the countryside stretches before you — miles of walking and cycling routes through landscapes of rare beauty. Morning runs, weekend bike rides, Sunday walks that end in a local pub: This could become part of your routine rhythm.

And yet, convenience is always close. Newbury, with its trains to London and beyond, lies just 10 minutes away. The A34 opens routes north and south. Good schools, both private and state, are nearby, making education simple and accessible.

It is this balance — of rural calm and practical connection — that makes Ashlea so rare.

Community and Connection

Life on Knights Lane is not only about privacy. It is also about belonging.

Neighbours greet one another with a smile. Children play safely, knowing they are part of something close-knit and kind. The Furze Bush pub is walking distance and there is a friendly garage for car servicing and repairs. The nearby village of Woolton Hill has a Post Office and Shop, Tennis Club offering courts and coaching, The Rampant Cat Pub and The Schools of Woolton Hill (St Thomas’ Infants and Woolton Hill Junior School). In East End, around a 15 minute walk, friendship and camaraderie can be found at Malverleys Farm and Dining — restaurant, bakery, and deli combined — which has become the heart of the community, especially after school drop off at St Martins Primary.

It is a place where community still means something and neighbours genuinely look out for eachother.

For Families. For Downsizers. For Life.

For families, Ashlea offers everything: Space to grow, schools within reach, a safe lane to call home.
For professionals, it provides both calm and connection — a place to work, to commute with ease, and to return to serenity at the end of the day.
For downsizers, it offers the space and luxury of a larger home, but with the ease of a carefully designed layout, easily maintained garden and a community that welcomes you in.

It is a house that adapts, that grows with you, that makes space for every chapter of life.

EPC Rating: C