1 Breech Cottages is an attractive semi-detached three-bedroom family home that provides stylish and elegant accommodation with high-quality fittings throughout. The ground floor reception rooms include the 19ft sitting room, which has an open fireplace, a window to the front and bi-fold doors opening onto the garden. There is also a reception room with a wood burning stove and a snug, which also has bi-fold doors. The light and airy kitchen and breakfast room has shaker-style units, granite worktops, a central island and an Aga, as well as space for a dining table and French doors opening onto the rear aspect. Upstairs there are three well-presented and comfortable double bedrooms, two of which, have extensive built-in storage. There is a shower room and a family bathroom, which has a freestanding bath and a separate shower.
1 Breech Cottages is situated between the villages of Ham and Inkpen, a particularly sought-after location close to Hungerford and Marlborough. The area has all the advantages of rural outdoor space combined with access to larger towns and transport links. There are wonderful walks across the surrounding countryside and up onto the Ridgeway trail, and the area is hugely popular for horse riding. There is an active village community in Ham, with a church, village hall and newly refurbished pub, and in neighbouring Shalbourne there is a village shop and post office as well as a highly regarded primary school, and cricket and tennis clubs. In nearby Hungerford there is a good choice of shops and supermarkets, as well as a doctors' surgery, and there is a direct train service into London Paddington. Newbury and Marlborough provide a wider range of shopping and local facilities, and between them cater for most other day-to-day needs. Road and rail communications are very good, with easy access to the M4 and A34 providing fast links to London, Heathrow Airport, and the West Country. Trains from Hungerford go directly into London Paddington, and Whitchurch and Andover stations offer an alternative commute into London Waterloo. There is an excellent choice of schools in the area including Marlborough College, Dauntsey's, Downe House, St John's Marlborough, St Francis Pewsey, and Shalbourne and Inkpen primary schools.
1 Breech Cottages is set in approximately 0.67 of an acre. At the front of the cottage there is a driveway and parking area of tarmac and gravel, as well as paved terracing at the front entrance. There are superb long views to the front of the cottage. The rear garden, includes an area of paved terracing, lawns bordered and dotted with wildflower beds and a variety of shrubs, a pond, several mature trees, and beyond the boundary, spectacular views across the surrounding countryside.