Detached house for sale in Hunton Lane, Winchester SO21

Available for the first time in over twenty years, this impressive and individually designed family residence has been remodelled and extended by the current owners to provide well proportioned living accommodation extending to 3138 square feet. To the ground floor, a glazed entrance porch opens to a large entrance hall linking to the main living accommodation, comprising a front aspect sitting/piano room and a rear aspect dining/reception room. Adjoining the latter is a large, double aspect kitchen/breakfast room with both rooms enjoying views of the rear garden. Further rooms to this level include a study, a utility room and a cloakroom.
The first floor features a landing area linking to the main bedroom with dressing area and en-suite bathroom, a guest room with en-suite bathroom, three further double bedrooms and a family bathroom. All of the bedrooms benefit from built-in storage cupboards and enjoy elevated views across the various aspects, with stunning views to the front out to the River Dever.

Outside

The property is approached from the lane via a driveway leading up to a parking area and detached garage at the top of the drive. Set either side of the driveway are areas of lawn flanked by established borders and shrubs. Adjoining the rear of the property is a paved seating terrace linking to the beautiful rear garden and an additional area of garden to the side with a greenhouse. The lovely, gently sloping rear garden is predominantly laid to lawn with attractive, herbaceous planting and a useful summer house to the side. Adjoining the formal garden to the side and rear is a large paddock defined by post and rail fencing, which backs onto open fields. The one-acre paddock with a variety of attractive, deciduous trees across the top end, features a mature, wildflower meadow, which attracts a host of butterflies, with the paddock further benefitting from a small orchard and an ‘L’ shaped stable block and yard with both mains water and power. In total, the gardens and grounds attributed to the property extend to one and a half acres with stunning uninterrupted view over the neighbouring fields and countryside.

Nb. The property enjoys a right of way up a green track accessed from the lane providing vehicular access to the stable block, yard and paddock.

Situation

The property is set in a pretty, elevated location along a quiet, country lane in the charming hamlet of Hunton, surrounded by beautiful countryside and rolling fields, with the River Dever meandering gently to the front.
Hunton is situated in the picturesque Dever Valley, north of the cathedral city of Winchester (7.8 miles) and
close to the pretty villages of Norton, Wonston, Sutton Scotney, Stoke Charity and Micheldever. The thriving
nearby village of Micheldever benefits from a shop, church and well-regarded primary school. There is also the mainline rail station of Micheldever (3.5 miles from the property) linking to London Waterloo and a popular pub (Dove Inn) adjacent to the station. The award winning and very popular Wonston Arms in Wonston runs curry and pizza nights and Blackwood Forest offers acres of walks and a café. The village of Sutton Scotney in the opposite direction also offers a well-stocked shop, a garage combined with a post office and shop, the Coach and Horses Inn, a village hall, doctor’s surgery/pharmacy and playing fields with a public tennis court, cricket and tennis clubs. Also located nearby (2.3 miles) is the exclusive Norton Manor Hotel, Spa and Manor House, which offers private members’ facilities including a health club and swimming pool.

A more comprehensive range of amenities and facilities including boutique shops, fine restaurants and contemporary bars can be found in the nearby cathedral city of Winchester, which is only 7.8 miles away. The train services to London Waterloo take approximately one hour from Micheldever Station, Winchester or Basingstoke and the road links in the area are first class, with easy access to the A303, which links to the M3 nda the South West and the A34 to both Newbury and Winchester. As well as the primary school in Micheldever village, there are additional primary schools in South Wonston, Itchen Abbas and Barton Stacey and excellent state and public schools in Winchester including Peter Symonds College, St. Swithuns’ for girls, Princes Mead, Pilgrims and Winchester College. Sporting amenities in the area include riding, walking over the surrounding unspoilt countryside, golf at Winchester, fishing on the Rivers Itchen, Test and Dever and racing at Newbury and Salisbury.Newbury and Salisbury

Additional Information

Local Authority; Winchester
Services; Mains water and electricity. Oil fired heating.
Private drainage.