Summary - MALT HOUSE HILL GREEN LECKHAMPSTEAD NEWBURY RG20 8RB
4 bed 2 bath Detached
Charming 1780 cottage with large plot and far-reaching countryside views.
Grade II listed cottage — restrictions likely on alterations
Malt Cottage is a Grade II-listed, late 18th-century detached home set in the Berkshire Downs AONB, offering sweeping views over unspoilt farmland from a large, sheltered garden. The house is tastefully presented with well-proportioned, light rooms, exposed beams and character features including a country kitchen with Aga, a sitting room with woodburning stove and multiple terraces for outdoor entertaining.
The layout is versatile for family life: four bedrooms, four reception rooms and two bathrooms across a multi-story plan with two staircases. There is planning permission to add a conservatory off the snug, and several internal spaces (walk-in wardrobe, adjoining bedroom) could be converted to additional bathrooms or a small bedroom subject to listed-building consents and planning permission.
Practical considerations are clear: the property is Grade II listed, which will restrict alterations and may complicate extensions or conversions. Services are mains electricity and water with private drainage and oil heating. Council tax is noted as expensive. There is ample scope to create garaging and further parking but any new build would require planning consent.
Located in a quiet hamlet, Malt Cottage is well placed for highly regarded state and independent schools and market towns including Newbury and Hungerford. Fast broadband, very low crime and easy road links (M4 nearby) make it suitable for rural family living that still needs good connections to towns and schools.
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