A beautifully updated three-double-bedroom home set within a substantial period country estate, with nine acres of immaculate grounds including a heated outdoor pool and tennis court.
Thornhill House is one of a handful of individual homes within The Goodings: an imposing 1930s brick-and-flint country house, built for oil magnate R F Rickett on the site of an earlier farmhouse and converted into private residences in the 1970s. It has been thoughtfully updated and remodelled by the present owners in recent years.
The accommodation comprises an entrance hall and a large, dual-aspect open-plan kitchen/dining room, with twin glazed doors leading through to the living room with wood burner, plus a utility room and cloakroom. Upstairs are a generous dual-aspect principal bedroom with wet room en-suite, two further double bedrooms and a family bathroom with separate walk-in shower.
The shared grounds include around four acres of immaculately maintained formal gardens with a croquet lawn and rose garden, a one-acre orchard with greenhouse, two acres of woodland and a wildflower meadow.
The property also includes a detached brick outbuilding with power that offers excellent potential as a home office or studio, subject to any necessary consents. There is a double garage, with two private parking spaces and a separate visitor parking area — and with the gardens, pool, tennis court and driveways all looked after, it makes for a genuinely low-maintenance country home.
LOCATION
Goodings Lane sits just outside Woodlands St Mary, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and two miles from the M4 (Junction 14). Direct trains reach London Paddington from Newbury (39 minutes), or Hungerford (48 minutes). Countryside walks lead from the door, with the award-winning Queen's Arms gastropub a 20-minute walk through the woods (or a three-minute drive).
TENURE/ MATERIAL INFO:
Share of Freehold · approx. 950 years remaining · service charge £340/month covering all grounds and facilities upkeep · Council Tax Band F.