If you’d like to live on the set of Downton Abbey, your best bet near Reading is this regal Georgian house.

Castleman’s House, on the market for £3.495m, is a Grade II period property in Kiln Green with a double-height Victorian ballroom.

In it’s 6,500 sq ft of living space, the building features a billiard room, a sitting room complete with piano and eight bedrooms – though the second floor has a study which could be transformed into a ninth.

Reading Chronicle: Castleman’s House, Kiln Green, Reading photographed by Savills Castleman’s House, Kiln Green, Reading photographed by Savills

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Savills property agent Victoria Knight said: “The current owner took on the mammoth task of returning this house to its former glory after it had been converted into a number of apartments.

“Having served for a long time as a very unique and well-loved family home, it's now time for it to pass to a new owner.

“So much of the original history is retained and without doubt it has the ability to serious impress as you approach it along the driveway.

Reading Chronicle: Castleman’s House, Kiln Green, Reading photographed by Savills Castleman’s House, Kiln Green, Reading photographed by Savills

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“There is a fantastically large rear garden as part of the ample acreage on offer.”

Reading Chronicle: Castleman’s House, Kiln Green, Reading photographed by Savills Castleman’s House, Kiln Green, Reading photographed by Savills

Outside its French doors are lawns, paved terracing, ornate gardens with box hedging and a variety of mature trees, shrubs and hedgerows.

Reading Chronicle: Castleman’s House, Kiln Green, Reading photographed by Savills Castleman’s House, Kiln Green, Reading photographed by Savills

They border Castle Royle golf course and picturesque countryside.