4 bedroom detached house for sale

A BEAUTIFUL DETACHED PERIOD HOUSE WITH TREMENDOUS CHARACTER AND SURPRISINGLY SPACIOUS MAIN ROOMS FEATURING EXPOSED FRAMEWORK AND HIGH CEILINGS, TOGETHER WITH GUEST COTTAGE AND ATTRACTIVE LEVEL SOUTHERLY FACING GARDEN WITH VIEWS ACROSS THE VALLEY, QUIETLY SITUATED IN THIS ATTRACTIVE SOUGHT-AFTER HAMLET


A rare opportunity to purchase this attractive Grade II Listed detached period house together with an adjoining guest cottage. The main house features surprisingly spacious rooms and good ceiling heights with exposed beams and timbers throughout. The accommodation comprises entrance hall, large drawing room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, separate utility/boot room and cloakroom. To the first floor there is a large dual aspect principal bedroom with en suite shower room, two further large double bedrooms and a family bathroom. The separate cottage which offers scope for modernisation has the benefit of its own parking space and garden and accommodation comprising sitting room, kitchen, double bedroom and bathroom. The rear garden of the main house has the benefit of a southerly aspect with views towards countryside.

The property is situated along Horseshoe Lane in the sought-after hamlet of Ibthorpe which is used only for access to the properties situated there. The nearby village of Hurstbourne Tarrant has a store/Post Office, church, primary school, and a public house with restaurant and B&B. A comprehensive range of shopping, educational, cultural and leisure facilities can be found in Newbury (11 miles), Andover (6 miles), and the cathedral city of Winchester (22 miles). There are frequent trains from nearby Whitchurch and Andover to London (Waterloo), taking 65-75 minutes. The M3, M4, A34 and A303 offer fast routes to London, Oxford and the North, the South Coast and the West Country.