Property description

The property Lake Cottage is a well-presented, character thatched property providing attractive accommodation, with period features including exposed beams and original fireplaces. An enclosed porchway at the front of the home gives access to a welcoming reception hall that opens out onto the adjacent sitting and dining rooms. Both spaces have impressive stone-built feature fireplaces, attractive beamed ceilings, and log burning stoves. There is also a bright garden room, with a set of double doors opening out onto the plentiful grounds. The drawing room and charming kitchen/breakfast room are spacious and flooded with natural light. The drawing room also benefits from tranquil garden views via multiple aspects, while the kitchen provides access via French doors into the garden. The kitchen/breakfast room is traditional in style, yet features a wide array of conveniences, including a large double sized butler sink, an inset 4 oven aga, a central granite-topped island, and integrated modern appliances. A useful utility and cloakroom completes the accommodation on the ground floor. On the first floor, the principal bedroom suite with its vaulted and beamed ceilings is noticeably large, and has a dressing area with bespoke built in wardrobes on each side, as well as an en suite shower room. Three further well-proportioned bedrooms and a family bathroom with freestanding rolltop bathtub completes the floor. On the second floor is an additional flexible bedroom, which could serve a number of potential uses.

The sought-after village of Wanborough is set among picturesque countryside, offering wonderful walking, riding and cycling opportunities and provides a range of day-today amenities, including sports facilities, pubs and a doctors’ surgery. The market towns of Hungerford, Marlborough and Newbury are within easy reach, providing further facilities, including a range of supermarkets and a number of independent shops and cafes as well as an organic farm shop. There is easy access to the M4 motorway (Junction 14) and the A34, linking with London and the West Country, while the mainline railway station in Swindon offers direct train services to London Paddington in well under an hour. The area is also well served by several highly-regarded private schools including Pinewood, St Francis Pewsey, Marlborough College, St Mary’s Calne and Dauntsey's

The house is approached via a long gravel driveway, and leads up to the detached double garage and turning circle offering space for parking numerous vehicles. The double garage benefits from its own utility and cloakroom and has the potential to be used as a home office or gymnasium. Lake Cottage sits in an enviable equestrian plot, benefitting from large enclosed paddocks and L-shaped purpose-built stables featuring three stables and a tack room. Its sprawling private garden features generous sections of level manicured lawn wrapping around the sides and rear of the property. Neat hedging and taller mature trees enclose the plot offering privacy, while a paved rear terrace offers the ideal space for al fresco dining.
Amenities

Reception hall

Sitting room

Drawing room

Garden room

Dining room

Kitchen/Breakfast room

Utility

Cloakroom

Principal bedroom with en suite shower room

Additional bedroom with en suite shower room