Hungerford property is best waterside home

A Hungerford property has been named the best waterside home on the property market by the Telegraph newspaper.

Eddington House and Mill, located by the River Kennet, was rated number one on the Telegraph’s list of the top ten waterside properties for sale, beating off competition from British properties in Thornborough, Devon and Perthshire.

The Berkshire home is available for only the second time in 90 years. It has six-bedrooms and is in a secluded area on the edge of Hungerford. It’s only a few minutes’ walk from the town centre but is surrounded by an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Freeman’s Marsh.

The newspaper describes the idyllic property as having ‘beautiful gardens with gigantic trees’ and office space in the original four-storey mill. It also offers ‘light and spacious living accommodation’ with muted colours and wooden floors.

The property is on the market for a cool £1.8 million. However, despite its top billing, it’s not the priciest house on the list. The most expensive is a trendy home in Carcassonne, France. Located in the fashionable Languedoc region, its gardens border the Canal du Midi.

The 11-bedroom property landed at number five and is valued at £1.9 million.