Stockbridge Road, Lopcombe Corner, SP5
An individual detached chalet style property offering comprehensive and versatile accommodation including a self contained studio/bedsit, standing in well enclosed gardens in excess of 0.4 acres, situated in a rural location fronting the A30, on the Hampshire/Wiltshire border
Property Details
DESCRIPTION
A detached extended bungalow, constructed of mainly brick and rendered elevations beneath a pitched slate roof, believed to have been originally built in the 1920s. The property offers generous and flexible accommodation that could satisfy a number of different requirements including large families, people working or consulting from home or those requiring annexe facilities. The property stands in a generous plot in excess of 0.4 acres, which is well enclosed with open farmland on two sides. There is also the benefit of a number of useful outbuildings including a double garage, car port and workshop etc.
LOCATION
The property is located in a semi rural area close to the Hampshire/Wiltshire border between the cathedral cities of Winchester and Salisbury, and some six miles from the picturesque town of Stockbridge. Local facilities including Post Offices, public houses, primary schools and churches can be found in the neighbouring villages of Broughton and The Wallops in Hampshire and Middle Winterslow in Wiltshire. Salisbury and Andover offer a more comprehensive range of shopping, educational and leisure amenities, as well as mainline railway station providing fast services to London. (There is also a railway station at Grateley, within about ten minutes’ drive). The A303 is nearby allowing convenient access to London and the West Country.
ACCOMMODATION
Covered ENTRANCE PORCH Brick arch. Quarry tiled flooring. UPVC part obscure glazed door leading into:
RECEPTION HALL Wall light point. Storage radiator. Telephone point. Smoke alarm. Panelled doors to sitting room and family room/bedroom four. Wide open archway into:
INNER HALL Staircase with turned style balustrade to one side rising to first floor. Low door to understairs storage cupboard. Ceiling light point. Window to rear aspect overlooking garden room. Panelled doors to kitchen/dining room and bedroom three.
FAMILY ROOM/BEDROOM FOUR Feature fireplace (false) with exposed wooden mantel, marble inserts and hearth. Wide bay window to front aspect. Central ceiling light point. Picture rail. Storage heater.
SITTING ROOM Wide bay window to front aspect overlooking driveway and garden. Wall light point. Dado and picture rails. Exposed wooden floor boards. Storage radiator. Small paned obscure glazed door to:
FARMHOUSE SIZE KITCHEN/DINING ROOM
Kitchen: Exposed brick fireplace housing oil fired ‘Rayburn’ (for domestic hot water) with double oven and double hob over, beneath exposed bressumer. Ceramic sink unit with central bowl, drainer and mixer tap. Range of wooden fronted cupboards and drawers including a peninsula unit dividing the kitchen and dining area with solid beech ‘butcher’ block work surfaces with stainless steel inset four ring gas hob. Ample wooden edged work surfaces with decorative tiled splash back. Space for fridge/freezer. Recess and plumbing for dishwasher. Quarry tiled flooring. Windows to side and rear aspect. Two ceiling light points. Meter/fuse box concealed within high level casing. Part stained glass door into garden room. Stable style stripped wooden door into utility room. Opening to side of peninsula unit into:
Family Dining Area: Fireplace with raised tiled hearth (ideal for wood burning stove). Recesses to either side of chimney breast. Ceiling light point. Exposed wooden floor boards. Dado rail. Door to studio/bedsit.
GARDEN ROOM Constructed of brick elevations under a thermoplastic roof. Windows to rear and side aspect overlooking garden. Half glazed double doors onto patio. Quarry tiled flooring. Wall light point with four spot lights.
UTILITY ROOM Chip proof sink unit with mixer tap set in roll top work surface with range of cupboards beneath and above. Recess and plumbing for washing machine. Space for low level fridge and freezer. Coat hooks. Quarry tiled flooring. Window to rear aspect. Three ceiling light points. Half glazed door to patio. Access via loft ladder to STORAGE ROOM above with shelving, power and light. Stable door to SIDE LOBBY which leads out to driveway. Further door into:
SHOWER ROOM Contemporary wash hand basin with feature mixer tap standing in tiled shelf, cupboard beneath. Low level WC with concealed cistern and wooden seat. Folding glass door into fully tiled cubicle housing ‘rain’ shower. Ceramic tiled flooring. Shaver socket. Medicine cabinet. Upright radiator.
STUDIO/BEDSIT
Sitting Room/Bedroom Area: Open stone fireplace. Two picture window to side aspect. Ceiling coving. Ceiling light points. Wall light point.
Kitchenette: (To corner of room) Stainless steel sink unit with mixer tap and drainer. Range of high and low cupboards and drawers. Low level oven and grill with four ring hob over with extractor fan and light above. Roll top work surfaces with tiled splash back. Space for day fridge. Interconnecting door leading into main house. Aluminium framed sliding door to entrance hall with windows to either side and main door leading to driveway. Wall light point. Coat hooks. Space and plumbing for washing machine. Door to front driveway.
Shower Room: Matching suite comprising wash hand basin with shelf to side, cupboard beneath. Low level WC. Corner tiled cubicle housing shower. Obscure glazed window to rear aspect. Ceiling light point. Mirror with fluorescent light over.
BEDROOM THREE Large window to side aspect. Picture rail. Central ceiling light point. Door to built-in cupboard.
FIRST FLOOR
Large central LANDING arranged around central pillar allowing space for STUDY AREA Dormer window to front aspect. Low level doors to eaves storage space. Three ceiling spot lights. Smoke alarm. Two full height built-in cupboards. Storage radiator. Panelled doors to:
BEDROOM ONE Windows to front and side aspect overlooking the gardens. Two ceiling spot lights. Low doors to eaves storage space. Built-in full length wardrobe. Built-in drawers and cupboard with work surface over.
BEDROOM TWO Dormer window to front and side aspect with far reaching views over rolling farmland and countryside. Low doors into eaves storage space. Two ceiling down lighters.
FAMILY BATHROOM White suite comprising panelled bath with central mixer tap and hand held retractable shower head, fully tiled surround. Pedestal wash hand basin with tiled splash back. Low level WC with wooden seat. Two ceiling down lighters. Door to cupboard housing insulated copper cylinder with fitted immersion (linked to solar panels). Further door to cupboard housing cold water tank. Eaves storage cupboards. Light with shaver socket. Obscure glazed window to side aspect. Controls for solar panels.
OUTSIDE
Off the A30 there is a wide splayed entrance with curved brick walls to either side leading to a five bar gate opening onto a gravelled driveway which continues and widens to the side and front of the property. The largest gravelled area lies to the side of the property and provides considerable parking, giving access to the double garage and car port. Outside lighting.
DOUBLE GARAGE Constructed of timber framed/timber clad elevations beneath a pitched corrugated roof. Two sets of double doors to front. Concrete base. Light and power connected. To the side there is a:
CAR PORT Constructed of concrete panels beneath a corrugated roof. Open front. Power and light connected.
This area of driveway is well screened to the rear by mature beech hedging. To the side of the garaging there is an area of front garden which is laid mainly to lawn with a well stocked border to one edge. Mature apple tree. Compost area. Well screened to the front and side by tall hedging. The gravelled driveway continues to the front of the property also providing further parking, to the front of which there is a further area of garden with a number of mature plants and shrubs. From the driveway paved steps rise to the front entrance porch with lawn and borders to either side. At the end of the driveway twin five bar gates open onto the main garden at the side of the property, which is predominantly laid to lawn and screened on all sides by tall hedging and mature trees. To the front boundary there is a shed. Greenhouse. Raised vegetable bed and mature fruit trees. To the rear corner boundary there is a large outbuilding with awning to front, light and power connected (this could provide an ideal workshop). A long paved path returns to the rear of the house. Wood store. Paved patio area to rear of the property outside the garden room with raised well stocked border retained by a low brick wall. Outside tap.
SERVICES
Mains water and electricity. Two solar panels for domestic hot water. Private drainage. Note: No household services or appliances have been tested and no guarantees can be given by Evans & Partridge.
DISCLAIMER
1. These particulars are set out as a general outline only for the guidance of intending purchasers and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, an offer or contract. All statements contained in these particulars as to this property are made without responsibility on the part of Evans & Partridge or the vendors or lessors.
2. All descriptions, dimensions, references to condition and necessary permissions for use and occupation, and other details are given in good faith and are believed to be correct, but any intending purchasers should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact, but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them.
3. No person in the employment of Evans & Partridge has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatever in relation to this property.