Hawkley, Hampshire

THE PROPERTY School Lodge is an attractive house of character enjoying a central village location overlooking the village green in the highly sought after village of Hawkley. Originally forming part of the village school, the house is attached at the rear and provides comfortable and flexible accommodation throughout, ideally suited for entertaining and/or family requirements, having been sympathetically enlarged by the current owners with the addition of an extra reception room. Arranged over two floors there are three ground floor reception rooms, two of which provide an outlook towards the nearby Hangers, a utility/boot room and a kitchen/breakfast room, and upstairs there are five bedrooms, a study/bedroom and two bathrooms. 

OUTSIDE Enjoying a rural south westerly aspect, the property is approached via a drive leading to a parking area and detached garage. The delightful cottage gardens are principally situated to the front of the property providing a formal 'privately enclosed' dining terrace with a lovely view of the village church and an area of lawn beyond and a separate side terrace leading to the kitchen. The house enjoys a sunny aspect to the front across its own southerly facing gardens, the village green and towards the nearby Hangers and offers much privacy given its prime central village location. 

LOCATION The house enjoys a private, yet central position in a conservation area at the heart of the village of Hawkley on the Hangers Way, adjacent to the very pretty village church and within a short walk from The Hawkley Inn and village recreation ground, cricket pitch and playground. Hawkley is one of the most sought-after villages in the area, located within the South Downs National Park situated in beautiful countryside with the Ashford Hangers and Noar Hill nature reserves nearby. There is immediate access to a wide network of paths and bridleways. The village itself has a thriving community, an attractive church and wonderful cricket and tennis facilities. The nearby village of Liss offers a broad selection of amenities catering for everyday needs and a mainline station, whilst the larger towns of Alton and Petersfield are also within easy reach both offering a more comprehensive array of shopping, recreational and leisure facilities and mainline stations to London Waterloo. The larger cities of Winchester and Guildford are within reasonable driving distance, as are the creeks, inlets and beaches of the South Coast.

There are a good range of schools within easy distant including the village primary schools in Greatham, Liss, Froxfield, Steep and Sheet; the prep schools Amesbury, St Edmund's, Highfield and Churcher's Junior School; the secondary schools The Petersfield School (TPS) and Bohunt in Liphook; and the independent schools Churcher's College and Bedales.