Summary - VINE COTTAGE PINFOLD LANE ASHAMPSTEAD READING RG8 8SH
4 bed 4 bath Detached
Spacious family home with large garden and countryside access near top schools.
- Grade II listed 17th-century detached cottage with period features
- Large south-east rear garden backing onto recreation ground
- 29ft timber garden studio/home office with woodburning stove
- Four bedrooms and unusually four bathrooms for a period home
- Off-street parking on two gravelled driveways
- Oil-fired heating; underfloor heating present, higher running costs possible
- Solid brick walls (no known insulation) — limited energy-efficiency gains
- Listed status will restrict alterations and may complicate repairs
Vine Cottage is a rare Grade II listed 17th-century detached home set in the heart of a quintessential English village. The house combines period character — exposed beams, open fireplaces and parquet flooring — with flexible family accommodation across four bedrooms and four bathrooms. The large south-easterly rear garden (over 100ft) backs onto the village recreation ground and offers private outdoor space, vegetable beds and a 29ft timber garden studio with a woodburning stove ideal for home working.
Downstairs is arranged for day-to-day family life and entertaining: a 27ft kitchen/dining room with an electric Aga, useful pantry and utility, a principal sitting room with an open fire and a ground-floor bedroom with shower room. Upstairs the principal bedroom has a walk-in wardrobe and en suite, plus two further bedrooms and a family bathroom — generous room sizes throughout suit a growing or multi-generational household.
Practical points to note: the property is Grade II listed, which will restrict alterations and can complicate maintenance. Heating is oil-fired with underfloor heating and a boiler; walls are original solid brick with no known cavity insulation, so energy-efficiency improvements will be limited and potentially costly. Council tax is described as quite expensive. Broadband and mobile signal are excellent, and the home sits within The Downs School catchment with reasonable road and rail links to Reading and London.
For families seeking character, space and direct access to countryside walks, Vine Cottage offers a comfortable, well-presented home with scope to personalise while accepting the responsibilities of owning a listed period property.
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