7 bed detached house for sale

Hartley Court Road, Three Mile Cross, Reading, Berkshire RG7

This elegant Grade II Listed Historical 16th Century Manor House has been sympathetically restored and offers approximately 15,000 sq ft of living, leisure, and equestrian facilities, with c6 acres of glorious gardens and grounds.

The approach to the house is an appealing one with a long, winding driveway flanked by paddocks. This fine, elegant Grade II Listed Manor House offers wonderful principal rooms characterised by excellent ceiling heights and generous sized windows enabling natural light to illuminate the rooms. The magnificent fireplaces and mantelpieces give many of the rooms a focal point and enhance the sense of grandeur, along with the beautiful fireplaces, wood panelling, and ornate cornicing and dado rails.

The Ground Floor:

On entering the property, you are greeted by the generous sized reception hall with ornate cornicing, deep skirting boards, beautifully tiled flooring, and a traditional grand staircase.
Positioned either side of the entrance hall is a formal sitting room, with an attractive fireplace and large bay window and window seat, and directly opposite is a drawing room; again, with a large bay window and window seat, and oak wood flooring with underfloor heating.

The billiards room, beyond the drawing room, is of a generously size, again with substantial windows allowing a good deal of natural light to enter, with ceramic flooring with underfloor heating. Stairs from the billiard room lead up into the study, and back into the entrance hall.

Further accommodation includes a dining room, family room, shower room, well-appointed kitchen/breakfast room, and self-contained one bedroom annexe/staff flat with a kitchen and shower. The kitchen area is of a traditional design with bespoke oak cabinets, larder, stonework surfaces, integrated Miele appliances, a free standing four-oven Aga and central island with additional storage and integrated gas hob and tiled flooring.

The First Floor

On climbing the splendid staircase from the reception hall, one arrives at a half-landing where you will find a small library with fitted shelves and space to sit and indulge in quiet time. Continuing upwards is a generous first floor landing, from which is a principal bedroom with double aspects to the south and west through large sash windows, underfloor heating, and an en suite shower room. There are a further five bedrooms, all with en suite bath/shower rooms to this floor.

The Second Floor

To this floor are a series of rooms, including a kitchenette and shower room, providing additional flexible spaces. Some of the old roof trusses span some of the rooms and are a reminder of the heritage of the house.

Externally

The Orangery:

This is a terrific additional family space with underfloor heating and located a short distance to the main house; with its striking design and a feature wall with a trompe l'oeil of a horse race, this is certainly a great social setting.

The Gardens

Set in around six acres of glorious grounds, the principal garden sits to the south and west of the house and is predominantly lawned. Close to the southern elevation of the house is a large York stone terrace, with various mature shrubs and plants including rhododendron, a Japanese acer, camellia, an ancient wisteria exist in various enclaves of the garden and a number of substantial, well-established trees such as oak offer seclusion and privacy.

Swimming Pool and Tennis Court

Sitting to the south of the house is a hard tennis court, pool house and swimming pool.

Stables and Outbuildings

There are currently nine stables, a barn, a hay barn, a number of workshops, a row of ‘offices’, two greenhouses, toilets, and garages within the grounds.

Location

Three Mile Cross is a village in the civil parish of Shinfield, to the south of Reading, and immediately north of the adjoining village of Spencers Wood, in the English county of Berkshire.

Just to the south-west of Reading, Spencers Wood and Shinfield offer a range of everyday amenities including post offices, bakers, supermarket, garages, public houses and churches.

The area is well served with a range of schooling both state and private. Of particular note are Bradfield College, St Andrews Preparatory School, Pangbourne College, Downe House, Cheam and Elstree together with Shinfield Infants & Nursery School, Shinfield St Mary's CoE Junior School and Crosfields Independent Day School for Boys. Access into London can be achieved from Reading (London Paddington from 29 minutes).

The M4 motorway provides access into London and out to the West Country.