7 Bed Detached House For Sale

A large family house with a range of versatile outbuildings standing in just over nine acres of gardens, grounds and paddocks set back from the road and backing onto farmland in a rural setting just 1.5 miles west of Stockbridge


An impressive imposing Edwardian family house standing to the rear of its 9 acre grounds approached by a long private drive bounded by lines of mature lime trees, dissecting large level paddocks on either side. The house faces due south with wraparound garden, on the west side of the house there is a croquet lawn and hard tennis, but this does need complete re-instatement. An attractive detached brick building behind the main house, formerly a squash court offers scope for conversion into ancillary accommodation in addition there is comprehensive garaging, workshop/hobbies barn and a block of stables. From an equine perspective the is plenty of grazing and a separate access for outriding onto Spitfire Lane. The house provides light and airy accommodation (5,500 sqft) arranged over three floors with spacious reception rooms and seven double bedrooms. The outbuildings provide a further 4,000 sqft of space. An ideal family house and grounds just a few minutes’ drive of Stockbridge and easy striking distance of Winchester, Salisbury and commuting either rail (Grateley, Winchester, Andover) or road A303 - M3/A34.

The property is rurally situated about 1.5 miles west of Stockbridge which offers a variety of shops, a post office, hotels and restaurants, cafes, public houses, churches, a doctor's surgery, primary and secondary schools. The cathedral cities of Salisbury and Winchester and the abbey town of Romsey are all within a twenty minute drive, and the A303 is close at hand allowing convenient access to London and the West Country. There are also mainline railway stations in Winchester and Andover (both about fifteen minutes’ drive away) as well as Grateley (about ten minutes’ drive) with fast trains to Waterloo.