St. Marys Road, Newbury, RG14

My house is definitely not the most pristine you’ll ever see but it is full of life and character. It holds many precious memories for me. This house was made for living, loving, laughing, and crying in. It is a cosy place for tiny feet to explore. A place for sharing food, stories, and friendship. A place to lend a shoulder to cry on or to laugh out loud, to share the good and the hard times. A place to live life.

I love the way the house is always warm in the winter but cool in the summer when we can open the doors and enjoy the extra space offered by the garden. I’ll be hard pushed to say what I love best about my house the most- there is so much to cherish. 

I love the bonus room, which I use as my bedroom. Now that my children are grown, I love spending wintery, lazy Sunday mornings; in bed under the skylight, indulging in coffee and chocolate, getting lost in a book. I love my wall to wall closet too- so handy for a clothes horse like me.

The living room is so cosy, I love curling up on the sofa with my man, scented candles and twinkly lights, watching something on the box.

We spend so much time in the conservatory where I nurture my seedlings in the spring before planting out in the summer. It is such a sun trap, sometimes its nice to sit in with a cuppa on sunny winter afternoons and enjoy the outdoors indoors.

But my favourite place has to be the heart of the house- my kitchen. I love the way I transformed a place of drudgery into a hub of friendship and entertainment. This is where we celebrate the good times eating food, drinking wine and laughing at the bad ones.

Literally a few minutes walk from Newbury town centre sits this three bedroom semi-detached Victorian property. This place is full of character and original features. The ground floor layout has been modified over the years and can quite easily be changed again to suit your preference.

The ground floor boast a cosy living room with bay window and attractive feature fireplace, an open plan kitchen/dining room which is perfect for entertaining, a conservatory, downstairs WC and good size cupboard under the stairs which is currently used as a larder.

The first floor offers two good size double bedrooms, a generous single room and the family bathroom. Bedroom two still has the original Victorian gas light fitting on the wall, which is a really nice feature as this is often removed.

The attic has been converted into a bonus room. It has a shower room, built in wardrobes and eaves storage.

Externally the property has a low maintenance west facing garden. There is on road parking and the residence of this property get two parking permits and other temporary permits for friends or family to use, a fairly typical set up as the property is so close to town.

To put in perspective how close this house is to the town centre, google maps indicates it would only take 3 minutes to walk to Aldi on the London Road. Newbury town centre offers a satisfying blend of old and new when it comes to shopping. The main shopping areas in Newbury include Parkway Shopping, Kennet Shopping, Northbrook Street, and Bartholomew Street, but remember to check out hidden gems in Weavers Walk, Inches Yard, The Arcade, Market Place, and Cheap Street too! Newbury’s bi-weekly charter market offers fresh, locally sourced produce from friendly traders, and the monthly farmers market and regular artisan and vegan markets bring yet more delicious produce and unique products to the town.

Victoria Park can be accessed at the end of St Marys Road and it has so much to offer whether you have a family or you like to be outdoors. It hosts a skate park, free splash park (open May to September), boating pond, tennis courts, outside gym equipment and so much more.

Have kids and interested in local schooling? There is a wealth of local schools for all ages within really easy reach.

If commuting is a necessity, you can walk to Newbury train station in just over 15 minutes and Junction 13 of the M4 is only a 7 minute drive away.