Rooms

The Story
From its handsome exterior and generous interior, to its attractive garden and character touches, Forest House is a magnificent family home. Situated on the quiet cul-de-sac of Manor House Drive, it also balances tranquil living with exceptional convenience, says the agent marketing the property. “This is a very central location,” she explains. “You can walk to Ascot High Street and the train station from here; it is also in a good location for reaching shops and Windsor Great Park and is in the catchment area for Charters School. However, this is also a highly desirable road of just a handful of similar-sized properties. It has a very private garden and also benefits from plenty of frontage and a gated driveway. It is a very well-balanced home which sits nicely within its grounds.”

Well-balanced home
The current owner of Forest House moved in over 20 years ago and it is easy to see why she stayed so long. The detached, five-bedroom home also offers excellent internal living space, which has been designed with both family living and entertaining in mind. “There are large rooms that could be ideal for people to gather together in and yet the layout also ensures everyone has their privacy. The property offers flexibility and could be perfect for someone wishing to work from home or seeking space for hobbies and leisure activities,” she continues. “It has been beautifully maintained and is ready to move into and yet there are further enhancements new owners could make if they wished.”

Character Features
Entering from the front, visitors to Forest House find themselves in a very generous reception hall, with gorgeous, curved walls and a spiral staircase. “These are very unusual features and establish the character of the house from the moment you step inside,” she says. Double glass doors to the left of the hall open into a capacious drawing room, with a bay window to the front and French windows to the rear. “This is a lovely room, which like the reception hall has very much been designed with entertaining in mind. You can imagine welcoming guests in here for a splendid Christmas celebration or for a garden party in the summer, with everyone wandering in and out via the French windows.”

Family Living
Also downstairs is a spacious dining room, which looks out on to the leafy garden. There is a study, which could be arranged as a playroom or teenagers’ den, a cloakroom, and then the kitchen, which opens into the breakfast room at one end and has a utility room at the other. More doors give on to the garden from the breakfast room. “This layout has worked very well for the current owner but those who move to Forest House now could, of course, consider opening this space right up, and perhaps even including the dining room, should they wish to create an open-plan kitchen, dining and living space.”

Creative thinking
All five of the bedrooms can be found up the spiral staircase on the first floor of the house, together with the family bathroom. The master bedroom, which looks out over the garden, is an especially good size and leads into a large en-suite shower room. “Again, this arrangement will work very well for a family,” she observes. “But those without a requirement for five bedrooms also have the option of creating additional work and hobby spaces up here.” Likewise, the property comes with a detached, double garage, which again could have potential for alternative use. “If new owners did not wish to use this for parking, they could consider converting it into a gym, home office or studio, subject to the relevant planning permissions,” she adds. “It could even possibly be transformed into a self-contained annexe.”

Highly desirable
With excellent access to motorways, as well as train stations, Forest House could be ideal for anyone needing to travel into London, to other parts of the country or to airports. It benefits from being within reach of golf and polo clubs, as well as gyms, leisure centres and spas. “There is a good selection of shopping areas too, from Ascot High Street, which is within walking distance, to Windsor and Bracknell, which are popular for very different reasons,” she emphasises. “Forest House is well positioned for reaching everything you need and yet retains that sense of seclusion. It is highly desirable for many reasons and will be a wonderful home for its next owners.”

Setting the Scene
Set back from the road by its gated driveway, Forest House sits comfortably within its plot, with ample space for parking and turning to the front. There are areas of lawn and leafy planting, as well as places for sitting out and growing home produce. To the rear, the house opens on to a generous terrace, for outside dining and entertaining and a lawn, with space for children to play.

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