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Hughes Close, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8

South West

£475,000

Listed on 23/09/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
4
Type
Detached
Area
1182 sqft

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This four-bedroom detached house on the Barton Park development has separate sitting and dining rooms, a fitted kitchen, utility room and ground-floor cloakroom. The sitting room has windows on two sides and an open fireplace. Upstairs are four bedrooms and a family bathroom. The property is described as needing modernisation and refurbishment, offering scope for an incoming owner to update the accommodation.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.

52out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This is a light, liveable modernisation project with a lot going for it: a four-bedroom detached home on the popular Barton Park development, with separate sitting and dining spaces, an open-fire focal point, driveway parking, a garage and a private established garden. The photographed finishes are dated but appear usable, giving a buyer scope to refresh the interior and make the garden their own.

All-in costs deserve a mention: works on top of purchase push the economics into a tighter band versus area norms — around 6% above what similar-sized stock commands locally today. Enough to keep renovation economics in the "could be tighter" band.

Key opportunities

  • Modernise the dated kitchen and living finishes while retaining the useful separate sitting and dining spaces.
  • Make the most of the dual-aspect sitting room and its open fire as a distinctive family living space.
  • Refresh the established private garden, with lawn, mature planting and a paved seating area already in place.

Key risks

  • All-in costs look tight against local benchmarks, so the purchase price leaves limited room for error.

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Location

Hughes Close, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8
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Transport

Nearest stations

  • Pewsey Rail Station

    5.3 miles

    Train · Pewsey

  • Bedwyn Rail Station

    7.1 miles

    Train · Bedwyn

  • Hungerford Rail Station

    10.3 miles

    Train · Hungerford

  • Swindon Rail Station

    10.3 miles

    Train · Swindon

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Finance

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Current average 2-year fixed rate is 4.45%

Current average variable rate is 6.60%

Monthly Repayments
£1,794
Based on a loan of £356,250 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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Pricing

Price history

-5.0% since listed
£475,000£25,000(-5.0%)
12/10/2026
Current price
£500,000Initial listing
22/09/2026

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