Forest Green Road, Holyport, Maidenhead, Berkshire

With its attractive architectural design and distinctive pillared entrance portal, Foxley Manor offers in excess of 3500 sq. ft of elegant accommodation, perfectly suited to a modern family lifestyle, with the potential for extension (subject to planning permission). The house is entered via a welcoming reception hall with a feature fireplace and staircase affording glimpses of the galleried landing above. Reception rooms comprise a sitting room with a sizeable bay window offering views and access to the mature garden, a relaxed family room with inglenook fireplace and French doors to the outside, and an adjacent formal dining room saturated in natural light, courtesy of the part-glazed vaulted ceiling and two glazed walls; direct access to the gardens may be enjoyed via two sets of French doors. With its York flagstone flooring, the spacious kitchen/ breakfast room is fitted with a wide range of wall and base level cabinetry and integrated appliances, with ancillary space provided by the adjoining utility room. Home workers will find a useful refuge in the study/office which has external doors to the pool garden.

On the first floor is the spacious principal bedroom with access to a balcony offering a relaxing retreat, with a contemporary fireplace, fitted storage, and an en suite bathroom with spa bath. There is also a guest bedroom with an en suite bathroom, three further bedrooms and a family bathroom.

Double doors from the landing open into a light-filled galleried office overlooking the dining room with glazed vaulted ceiling and delightful views over the garden. Further rooms on the ground floor, currently presented as a gym, have been utilised as an additional living room with the convenience of an adjacent Bedroom 6 and shower room, providing the opportunity to create annexe accommodation using the utility room as a separate kitchen.

The property is approached via double electrically operated timber gates opening onto an ‘in and out’ gravelled driveway that provides parking for numerous vehicles and provides access to the detached double garage and spacious storage area.

A pond surrounded by colourful shrubs and perennial plants creates a pleasing garden feature and mature climbing plants adorn, and complement, the front elevation of the house. There are swathes of lawn interspersed with specimen trees and shrubs, and clipped evergreen hedging forming an enclosure to a tennis court with professional play standard Poraflex surface. Alongside the house is gravelled and paved terracing with direct access from reception rooms, providing excellent al fresco dining and relaxation space. A timber gate opens to the secluded pool garden where paving surrounds an inviting outdoor heated pool with swim jet, offering a spot in which to relax . It is worth noting that a garden irrigation system extracts water from the adjacent river Bourne.

Foxley Manor enjoys a truly beautiful, peaceful rural position with exceptional views over adjoining countryside and polo land and is situated just to the south of the picturesque Holyport village with its duck pond and village green edged by inns and historic buildings. Local amenities includes a number of local shops for day-to-day needs whilst a wider range of shopping, world renowned restaurants and recreational facilities may be found in nearby Maidenhead, Bray and Windsor.

Communication links are excellent with easy access to the M4 (linking to the M25), and the M40; Central London is just 30 miles away. For commuters, the train station at Maidenhead, where Crossrail/Elizabeth Line is in operation, provides regular services to London Paddington, whilst the two stations in Windsor, provide services to both Waterloo and Paddington (via Slough).

Schooling options in the area are extensive and include the nearby Holyport College (sponsored by Eton Collage), Windsor Boys and Girls Schools, Lambrook in Winkfield Row, St Mary’s, St Georges and Papplewick in Ascot, and Eton College.

Sporting and leisure facilities in the area are varied and include golf at Temple, Maidenhead, The Royal Berkshire, Hawthorn Hill, Sunningdale and Wentworth, horse racing at Windsor and Ascot, horse riding and polo in Windsor Great Park and at many local polo clubs, and flying at White Waltham Airfield as well as boating and rowing on some stretches of the River Thames.