Detached house for sale in Stoke, Andover, Hampshire SP11

Stable House is a valuably un-listed period house which has been lovingly restored and updated in recent years. The house has a wealth of beautiful period features, combined with sleek and stylish kitchen and bathrooms. There is also added flexibility with an extra possible bedroom and shower room in the Studio which looks over the lovely gardens. The main reception room is the dual aspect sitting room, which has French doors opening onto the garden and an impressive brick-built fireplace, which is fitted with a wood burning stove. There is also a formal dining room, which adjoins the kitchen and breakfast room in a semi open-plan layout. The kitchen/breakfast room itself has bespoke handmade contemporary shaker style units in pale blue a central island, integrated Miele appliances and an Everhot range cooker, while the utility room provides further space for storage and appliances. Upstairs there are three well-presented double bedrooms including the generous principal bedroom with its en suite shower room. Each of the bedrooms has built-in storage, while the first floor also has a family bathroom with a separate shower unit.<br /><br />There is a gravel driveway at the front of the property, which provides plenty of space for parking and access to the rear, where there is an outbuilding with a garage, a carport and a further garage or workshop space. There is a home studio in the same outbuilding, with a separate barn providing further storage space. The delightful rear garden is L-shaped and includes rolling lawns, colourful flowerbeds, established shrubs, trees and hedgerow, an ornamental pond, a greenhouse, a vegetable garden with raised beds and views across the surrounding fields.<br /><br />The property lies in the small village of Stoke, within easy reach of Andover and surrounded by the stunning rolling countryside of the Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Stoke has a local pub, while nearby Hurstbourne Tarrant and St. Mary Bourne provide several everyday amenities including a village shop in St Mary Bourne and primary schooling, with the outstanding-rated Hurstbourne Tarrant Church of England Primary School. Andover town centre is within six miles and offers a variety of shops and supermarkets, as well as cafés, restaurants and leisure facilities. Rail links to central London are excellent, with services from Andover to London Waterloo taking just 70 minutes. Further schooling is available in Andover and the surrounding towns and villages, including independent schools such as Farleigh School, Cheam, Thorngrove, St. Gabriel’s in Newbury and Horris Hill, all within easy reach.