Bath Road, Midgham, Berkshire

Ridge House is a beautifully presented detached family home, offering attractive styling with plenty of natural light, as well as timber joinery and a neutral colour palette throughout. The ground floor has three flexible reception rooms, including the sitting room with its fireplace, panoramic south-facing windows and door opening onto the rear garden. There is also dual aspect family room in which to relax, plus a useful study for home working, while the kitchen provides ample space for a family dining table, alongside its modern wooden fitted units and range cooker. The adjoining utility room has further space for storage and appliances. Upstairs there are five double bedrooms, including the spacious principal bedroom with its dressing room and en suite bathroom. One further bedroom has an en suite shower room, with the first floor also providing a family bathroom with a separate shower unit.

The house is located at the end of a long shared driveway, in a small cluster of home surrounded by open fields. Parking is available in two integrated garages, one of which is a double, the other a single. One or both garages provide the opportunity for conversion, subject to the necessary consents. Further parking is available on the block-paved driveway at the front of the house. The gardens are mostly to the rear and include an area of patio across the back of the house for al fresco dining, with steps leading to an elevated lawn and well-stocked border beds with various shrubs and flowering perennials. The garden is also dotted and bordered by several trees and established hedgerows, including fruit trees.

Midgham is a lovely small village extending from the Kennet & Avon canal in the north across old water meadows and into rolling farmland and woods, which benefits from its own parish church, village hall and public house. The neighbouring village of Woolhampton offers a good range of day-to-day amenities including a village store, public house, popular primary school and the independent Elstree School. The nearby village of Bucklebury also has a good selection of day-to-day independent shopping, while Newbury and Reading provides a more comprehensive range of amenities including shops, restaurants, theatres and sporting facilities. Communications links are excellent, with easy access to the M4 and Midgham station withregular trains to central London in around an hour. The area offers a wide range of state schooling including Woolhampton CE Primary School and Kennet School (rated Outstanding by Ofsted) together with a good selection of noteworthy independent schools.