Nicholas House, Nelsons Lane, Hurst, Reading, RG10

Situated in a rural location, just a short distance from Hurst village centre with its post office and general store, bakery, three public houses and highly regarded primary school. This superb detached family house occupies a generous gated plot extending to approximately a quarter of an acre with a further gated paddock of just under half an acre all backing on to open farm land. Approached via a brick paved driveway you enter the house via an oak framed porch into a bright entrance hall leading to the ground floor accommodation and an oak stair case leading upstairs. The main reception is double aspect with a DRU Maestro Eco wave LPG gas fire place. Heading through to the rear is a spacious kitchen/breakfast/family room, with two large lantern roofs and bi-fold doors opening into the rear gardens. The kitchen is fitted with handmade and painted soft-close wall and base cabinets with Georgian style doors set on three sides around a large central island and breakfast bar, with an attractive oak mantle incorporating a Westin canopy extractor above a Falcon 5-zone induction top, range cooker. Other integrated appliances include an American style fridge/freezer dishwasher microwave oven and a Caple wine cooler. The utility room also has fitted storage and plumbing for laundry appliances and houses the plant for the air-source heating system pressurised hot water storage. An inner lobby provides access to a study or potential guest room with a shower/cloakroom adjacent and further access to a large garage with electric door. From the first floor galleried landing you have access to five generously proportioned bedrooms with lofty ceilings. The double aspect principal bedroom with bi-folding doors and Juliet balcony has views over the rear gardens and paddocks beyond. It also has an en-suite bathroom with separate shower and fitted wardrobes. A guest suite with front and rear aspect also benefits from an en-suite shower room and the family bathroom serves the remaining three double bedrooms. Outside to the rear is a wide paved terrace leading on to a large lawn with post and rail fencing and a gate leading to a gravel driveway to the side of the house and to a five bar gate access the rear paddock, the total plot area is approximately 0.75 acres.