The Square, Hurstbourne Tarrant, SP11
A Grade II Listed double fronted Georgian house, providing spacious family accommodation with immense charm and character, together with a beautifully landscaped walled garden, situated in the centre of this popular village.
Property Details
DESCRIPTION
An impressive detached period house, believed to date back to approximately 1775, constructed of brick and rendered elevations beneath a pitched slate roof with an attractive double fronted elevation of Flemish bond brick with burnt enders. The well laid out family accommodation has tremendous charm and character and comprises three reception rooms (each with a fireplace and two with bay windows), a kitchen with granite work surfaces and a utility. To the first floor there is a master bedroom suite comprising a bedroom with vaulted ceiling, an en suite shower room with Travertine tiling and a separate dressing room/nursery, three further bedrooms and a family bathroom. The property is accessed through twin electric gates and there is parking on the driveway in front of the garage/workshop. The garden has been beautifully landscaped by the present owners and is completely walled.
LOCATION
The property is situated in the centre of the village of Hurstbourne Tarrant which has a Post Office/store, church, primary school, garage/petrol station and public house. There are bus services to Newbury (about 10½ miles), Whitchurch and Andover (both about 6 miles), where a more comprehensive range of shopping, educational and leisure facilities can be found. Andover also has a mainline railway station providing services to London (Waterloo is approximately one hour). The A34 and A303 and are close at hand allowing convenient access to London via the M4 and M3 respectively and also the West Country.
ACCOMMODATION
Leaded covered ENTRANCE PORCH with central ceiling light point. Wooden door with high level decorative glazed panels leading into:
RECEPTION HALL Attractive detailed ceramic tiled flooring. Exposed central beam. Ceiling coving. Ceiling light point. Double radiator. Stripped pine panelled doors leading into sitting room and dining room. Open decorative arch to:
INNER HALLWAY Turning staircase with exposed balustrade to one side rising to first floor. Quarry tiled flooring. Ceiling light point. Low door to understairs storage cupboard. Window with view over rear garden. Ceiling coving. Ceiling light point. Telephone point. Double radiator. Pine panelled doors with brass furniture into kitchen and utility room.
SITTING ROOM Wide open brick fireplace with raised stone hearth and large exposed bressumer. To one side of the chimney breast there is a built-in unit comprising open fronted shelving within arch beneath an exposed beam (former doorway). Bay window to front aspect with window seat and cupboards beneath. Large exposed central beam. Three wall light points. Picture rail. Herringbone parquet flooring. Double radiator.
FORMAL DINING ROOM Open brick fireplace with raised slate hearth and decorative mantelpiece. Arched recesses with shelving and overhead lighting to either side of fireplace. Bay window to front aspect. Large central exposed beam. Three wall light points. Picture rail. Double radiator.
KITCHEN Large ‘Belfast’ style ceramic sink with decorative brass mixer tap. Range of high and low cupboards and drawers incorporating leaded effect glazed china display cabinet. Recess housing stainless steel ‘Stoves’ double oven and grill with four ring ceramic hob over, beneath concealed extractor fan and light, tiled recess behind, beneath exposed timber. Recess and plumbing for dishwasher. Deep bay window to side aspect with low seat. Wide granite work surfaces with decorative tiled splash back. Exposed floorboards. Exposed ceiling timbers. Open doorway with step up into:
FAMILY ROOM Inglenook fireplace housing cast iron wood burning stove on raised brick hearth with opening into former bread oven to one side, all beneath exposed bresummer. To side of chimney breast an old latch door into built-in cupboard. Impressive exposed ceiling timber and beams. Small paned glazed double doors opening onto rear patio with views over the landscaped gardens. Further window to same aspect overlooking gardens. Window to the opposite side. Two wall light points. TV point.
UTILITY ROOM Tiled former fireplace housing ‘Trianco Redfyre’ oil fired boiler. Large ceramic ‘Belfast’ sink with mixer tap, cupboard beneath and wide drainer to one side. Wide recess with wooden edged ceramic tiled work surface above with tiled splash back providing space and plumbing for washing machine with space beside ideal for dryer. Recess to side of chimney breast beneath beam, ideal for American style fridge/freezer with former door behind into sitting room (not currently in use). Exposed brick floor. Window to rear aspect overlooking gardens. Coat hooks. Braced and ledged wooden door leading into garden and driveway.
FIRST FLOOR
LANDING Split level. Balustrade continues overlooking stairwell. Sash window to rear aspect with views over the garden. Exposed ceiling beams and timbers. Light point (ideal for chandelier). Bi-folding pine door into cupboard housing lagged copper cylinder with fitted immersion and slatted shelving over. Exposed pine doors to master bedroom suite and family bathroom. Open archway to:
INNER LANDING Ceiling light point. Ceiling coving. Double radiator. Stripped pine doors with brass furniture to bedrooms two, three and four.
MASTER BEDROOM SUITE
Dressing Room/Nursery: Wide oak floorboards. Small paned sash window to side aspect. Recesses to either side of chimney breast (ideal for free-standing furniture). Access to loft space via hatch. Three wall light points. Double radiator.
Bedroom: Vaulted ceiling and exposed beams and timbers. Large Velux window to side aspect overlooking landscaped gardens. Display sill. Ceiling spot lights illuminating beams. Double radiator. Obscure glazed doors to either side of obscure glazed panel leading into:
En Suite Shower Room: Opening glazed doors provide splash back to either side of a large shower area with overhead head shower head and glass screen to rear. White suite comprising contemporary wash hand basin with mixer tap. Low level WC with concealed cistern. Travertine flooring. Wide Travertine surface to either side of exposed chimney breast with casement windows to either side. Velux window to side aspect. Low level built-in cupboards. Two halogen ceiling down lighters. Radiator.
BEDROOM TWO Window to front aspect with view between thatched cottages towards farmland and countryside. Exposed oak floor boards (currently beneath carpet). Ceiling coving. Ceiling light point. Double radiator.
BEDROOM THREE (currently used as a study) Bay window to front aspect with bespoke oak desk with drawers to either side. Exposed floor boards. Further window to side aspect. Telephone point with Broadband availability. Door to deep built-in cupboard. Double radiator.
BEDROOM FOUR Arched sash window to front aspect. Ceiling light point. Ceiling coving. Telephone point. Double radiator.
FAMILY BATHROOM White suite comprising wood panelled large cast iron bath with mixer tap, overhead shower and folding screen, all with fully tiled surround and wide tiled sill to one end. Pedestal wash hand basin. Bidet. Low level WC with wooden seat. Exposed wooden floor boards. Decorative half tiled walls. Window to rear aspect overlooking garden. Ceiling light point. Ceiling coving. Double radiator with towel rail over.
OUTSIDE
To the front of the property there is a decorative iron gate between two brick and flint piers providing access to the front door. To either side there are gravelled areas screened behind capped brick walling (ideal for potted trees and plants). The main garden lies to the rear of the property and is walled on one side by Flemish bond brickwork, to the rear by high capped flint walling and to the remaining side by a brick/rendered tile capped wall. It comprises a brick paviour and gravelled patio with access directly onto the garden. The garden comprises two shaped lawns divided by a paved walk way beneath two rose covered arches and verged on either side by roses and lavender. One side of the lawn is edged by box hedging with a border behind containing a variety of flowering plants, bushes and trees. The remaining lawn has a small patio area to the rear boundary and three well stocked borders. Large stone edged ornamental pond (with custom made steel pond safety cover) with mature maple tree to the side of the lawn. Behind the pond a brick edged vegetable garden, with greenhouse to side.
The gravelled driveway provides parking and turning space and lies to the rear and side of the property, accessed via twin wooden electric gates with remote sensor.
GARAGE WITH SEPARATE WORKSHOP
Garage: Up and over door to front. Constructed of brick elevations beneath a flat roof. Wide opening to side into:
Workshop: Light and power connected. Window to front and side aspect. Braced and ledged door to driveway.
SERVICES
Mains water, electricity and 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.
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