Property is nicely maturing 80’s vintage

A home that has come onto the market near Newbury is a fine example of nicely maturing 1980s vintage properties. Beenham Stocks Vineyard, at Beenham Hill, was built in 1979-80 and then extended and improved in 1984 by the current owners. It is now being offered through the Newbury office of Dreweatt Neate at a guide price of £825,000.

“You don’t have to be a genius to work out that this property was a vineyard but the vines are now gone and the land, just under 17 acres, has been turned into pasture,” reports Chris Boreham, of the Newbury rural division of Dreweatt Neate.

“The house itself offers very spacious family accommodation and has been kept to the highest standards, both inside and out.

“It has gently matured to become some of the best 1980s property vintage, with its acre of private gardens and position at the foot of a hill. Tall trees and hedges screen the house and there’s a range of outbuildings that could be used in a variety of different ways.

“The grazing land will also appeal, while the gardens are now well established and a major selling feature for the house, which stands within the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

“At the centre of the ground floor is an elegant and very light entrance hall, where the turning staircase leads up to a galleried landing. The hall, dining room, and sitting room all have a westerly outlook across the gardens and a wide patio door from the hall opens to the garden.

“An inner hall connects to the integral double garage but there is also further garaging in the outbuildings, which could make this the perfect base for a classic car enthusiast.

“On the first floor, the house has a master suite with full bathroom plus a further five bedrooms and a family bathroom. Four of these have built-in wardrobes while the one bedroom connects to two further rooms above the integral garage.

“Close to the house there’s a terrace that’s a superb spot for outside dining while the formal garden has many other appealing features, including a circular paved path around a grassed area and many trees and attractively planted borders.”

Beenham is approximately 12 miles to the north east of Newbury, between Reading and Newbury. It has an active village community with its own public house while local shops are in the nearby village of Upper Bucklebury. Communications are good, with easy access to the M4 Junction 12 and mainline rail services from Aldermaston or Theale to Paddington.

For more details, contact the Newbury office of Dreweatt Neate by email at newbury@dnproperty.co.uk.