5 bedroom cottage for sale

An exceptional home, created from the combination of two original cottages, dated back to approximately 1820 and comprehensively renovated to a very high standard. The ground floor offers beautifully balanced and highly flexible living space. A welcoming entrance hall provides access to a sitting room/playroom featuring a bay window, a utility room, and an impressive open‐plan dining and sitting room featuring large bi‐fold doors opening directly onto the garden. Flowing into a contemporary kitchen with double French doors out to the garden, making it ideal for modern family living and entertaining. Adjacent to the kitchen is a cloakroom and a generously proportioned study, which could be alternatively used as a ground-floor bedroom. The entire ground floor benefits from natural stone flooring, the majority of which is underfloor heated. There is gas central heating throughout, complemented by two wood‐burning stoves, one set within an attractive inglenook fireplace. The first floor comprises a large dual-aspect principal bedroom with a well-appointed en-suite bathroom, and a further two double bedrooms, both with en-suite bathrooms. An additional two bedrooms, one currently used as a study and a family bathroom. Outside, set within approximately 0.3 acres, features a double garage, stable, shed and ample off‐street parking, accessed via two separate driveways, one of which is fitted with electronic gates. The mature gardens are a particular highlight, thoughtfully planted with a wide variety of shrubs, topiary, herbaceous perennials, specimen trees and fruit bushes. Additional features include an ornamental pond with a fountain, a separate vegetable garden and several seating areas, all enjoying attractive views across open pastureland beyond. The house is surrounded by the open countryside of the Hampshire Downs, located in the village of Medstead, one of the highest villages in Hampshire, at over 700 ft. above sea level, giving far-reaching views towards Winchester. Medstead's local amenities include a church, village hall, public house, primary school, shop, post office, and a wide variety of clubs. The local village of Four Marks provides several local amenities, including an excellent butcher, greengrocer, local supermarket and pharmacy. Medstead Primary School and Amery Hill Secondary School are the catchment area schools. Excellent independent schools, including Twyford, Winchester College, Princes Mead and St Swithun's. There are also well-known pre-university colleges, Alton College and Peter Symonds Sixth Form College in Winchester. The nearby market towns of Alton and Alresford, as well as the town of Basingstoke and the Cathedral city of Winchester, are close by and offer a comprehensive range of shopping, recreational and cultural facilities. Alton station 5.4 miles (London Waterloo 67 minutes), Alresford 5 miles, Basingstoke 12.4 miles, Winchester 13 miles (London Waterloo 58 minutes) . (Time and distances approximate)