Detached house for sale in Barnetts Wood Lane, Bighton, Alresford, Hampshire SO24

Homestead Farmhouse is a wonderful family home. Approached from the lane via electric gates, the driveway leads to the house which has attractive brick and flint elevations and a clay tiled roof. The accommodation arranged over two floors is light and spacious, with the reception hall giving access to all the main rooms, especially the large open plan kitchen breakfast/family. There are views over the gardens and access to the rear terrace. From the hall an oak staircase rises to the first floor with its impressive galleried landing. There are a total of five bedrooms including the principal bedroom suite with dressing room. Bedrooms two and three also have their own shower rooms and the remaining two bedrooms share a shower room.

The property has extensive outbuildings including an attractive stable block which has four stables, hay barn, tack room, feed room and store with its own cloakroom. There is a separate workshop and an attractive barn which runs at the front of the main house with further outbuildings and has scope to enhance subject to permissions. On the driveway is an oak framed 3-bay carport with tractor shed.

The front drive with its turning circle is an attractive aspect and the courtyard gives a good degree of privacy. The main gardens are to the rear and are mainly lawn, with an all weather tennis court. The post and rail paddocks provide excellent turn out facilities and there is also an international sized manège with mirrors which measures 20 x 60 metres.

Homestead Farmhouse near Bighton is situated in beautiful rolling countryside near the market town of Alresford. The A31 provides a good link to the cathedral city of Winchester and to Alton, both of which have excellent amenities including mainline stations to London Waterloo. The M3 motorway and the A3 give excellent access to London, Gatwick, Heathrow and the M25 and the national motorway network and in a southerly direction to the International Airport at Southampton. There is superb range of schools including St Swithuns School for Girls, Winchester College, Bedales, Prince's Mead, Twyford and Ropley C of E Primary School.