The Old Reading Room, Church Lane, Wexham

The Old Reading Room, Church Lane, Wexham
Guide Price £825,000

A home with a unique story of its own.

Believed to date from around 1870, The Old Reading Room is a distinctive detached home with a history stretching back more than 150 years. Set along Church Lane in the historic village of Wexham, the property combines genuine local provenance with generous, versatile accommodation arranged for modern living.

Originally used as an infants’ school room, the building later became Wexham’s village reading room, forming part of the fabric of local life long before its eventual conversion into a private residence.

Today, it is a wonderfully individual home - one that retains the character and story of its past while offering approximately 1,916 sq ft of substantial and highly practical living space.

From the outside, The Old Reading Room gives relatively little away. Step inside, however, and the scale of the accommodation becomes immediately apparent.

At the heart of the house is an impressive open-plan kitchen, dining and living space. Generous in proportion and naturally sociable in its arrangement, it provides an excellent setting for everyday family life as well as entertaining.

The kitchen forms an integral part of the room, allowing cooking, dining and relaxing to take place within one connected space, with ample room for both a substantial dining table and comfortable seating.

For occasions where a little separation is preferred, the property also offers a separate reception room, providing a quieter and more formal living space away from the main open-plan accommodation.

The bedroom accommodation comprises three well-proportioned bedrooms, while the property is particularly well served by three bathrooms together with a separate WC - an unusually generous provision for a three-bedroom home and one which adds considerably to its practicality.

The flexibility of the internal layout makes the property equally suited to family living, visiting guests or those requiring dedicated space to work from home.

Outside, the rear garden provides a private setting for relaxing and entertaining. A substantial decked terrace adjoining the house creates a natural extension of the living accommodation during the warmer months, with further garden space beyond.

To the front, a private driveway provides off-street parking together with access to the garage.

Yet what makes The Old Reading Room particularly special is not simply the amount of space it provides.

It is the story behind it.

Believed to have been constructed around 1870, the building originally served as an infants’ school room for the local community.

By the late nineteenth century, historical records referred to Wexham’s former infants’ school room as having been converted into a reading room - beginning another chapter in the building’s long association with village life.

It would remain part of the local landscape as Wexham evolved around it and later became associated with William Hartley & Sons (Wexham) Ltd.

Over the decades, the surrounding area changed. New homes were built, roads were formed and the landscape around Church Lane developed.

The Old Reading Room remained.

Its later conversion and extension into a private residence created the home seen today, but its origins remain an important part of its identity.

It is neither a conventional period cottage nor a typical modern family house. Instead, it offers something far more individual: the provenance and character of a Victorian building combined with the proportions, flexibility and functionality expected of a contemporary home.

The Location

The Old Reading Room occupies a position on Church Lane in Wexham, an established village setting close to Stoke Poges and within convenient reach of Slough, Gerrards Cross and the wider South Buckinghamshire area.

Church Lane itself retains a strong connection to Wexham’s past. Nearby stands the historic St Mary’s Church, one of the village’s most recognisable landmarks and another reminder of the area’s longstanding village origins.

Despite the setting, the property is particularly well placed for modern-day connectivity.

Slough offers an extensive range of shopping, leisure and recreational facilities together with mainline rail services and the Elizabeth line, providing direct connections through central London.

For those travelling by road, the M4 is readily accessible, providing connections towards London, Heathrow Airport and the wider motorway network.

Stoke Poges, Farnham Common and Gerrards Cross are also within convenient reach, providing a further selection of shops, restaurants, schools and everyday amenities.

The surrounding area offers excellent opportunities for outdoor recreation, with Black Park and Langley Park both nearby, providing extensive woodland, open spaces and walking routes.

It is a location that offers an appealing balance - a home with a genuine village history and its own individual sense of place, while remaining exceptionally well connected to the surrounding area.

Offered to the market with no onward chain, The Old Reading Room presents an excellent opportunity for buyers seeking a distinctive character home, with the added benefit of a straightforward and flexible purchase process.

Key Features

• Distinctive detached character home
• Believed to date from around 1870
• Former infants’ school room and later Wexham village reading room
• Approximately 1,916 sq ft of accommodation
• Three well-proportioned bedrooms
• Three bathrooms plus separate WC
• Impressive open-plan kitchen, dining and living space
• Separate reception room
• Private rear garden
• Substantial decked entertaining area
• Private driveway
• Garage
• Characterful Church Lane setting
• Convenient for Stoke Poges, Slough and Gerrards Cross
• Excellent access to the Elizabeth line, M4 and Heathrow Airport
• Council Tax Band E
• A genuinely individual home with a story spanning more than 150 years

A home whose story began long before its time as a residence - and one that is ready for its next chapter.