£4,300 pcm 5 bedroom detached house to rent Chilbolton, Stockbridge, SO20

A very special former Coach House, with views and access to the Test, converted to give a wonderful 5 bedroomed house.
The Coach House was originally part of Testcombe and has the original coach house bell, built probably in the 1870's, converted probably in the seventies and with considerably upgrading 5 years ago.

The house now provides very flexible, high quality 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom family accommodation with separate annex. Being spacious tiled entrance hall with double doors; to the drawing room with working fireplace, french windows and views to the garden with its pretty Test carrier, carriage bridges, willows etc, beautifully fitted Chalon kitchen, with 4 oven Aga; opening to dining room/snug with french windows to the south terrace and walled garden; rear hall, snug/playroom/dining room; boot room; Fired Earth tiled WC/shower room; laundry room;
Front stairs to master suite with french windows to balcony and an ensuite bath/shower room; landing with separating door and rear stairs leading to 4 double bedrooms and family bath/shower room.
There is a separately accessed Annex/Guest Suite/Office/au pair flat with office/sitting/bedroom with wood laminate and a very attractive newly fitted shower room/WC. It is heated from the main oil-fired system.
In the garden is a spacious and attractive Playroom/Office with electric heating and presently with sound/TV systems which the main house also has.

The gardens, probably some 1.5 acres are beautifully laid out within the formal walled gardens which are to be simplified to give herbacious borders to the immediate lawned areas, with pagoda, rose and cordoned fruit trees to the original walls, as well as a vegetable garden and the wonderful original coldframes. There are two modernised greenhouses, one with an ancient fig and one with an ancient vine. Together with two ranges of open fronted and several closed sheds, which could be used for storage/workshops/studio and a dogshed.
A Test carrier weaves its way through the gardens with the mature trees as a back drop. There is a gate to the Test Way and beyond to the house's own private area of bank. (no fishing rights). There is a gravel driveway and parking area.

The house is situated on the edge of Chilbolton which is a much sought after Test Valley village, with a shop/post office and the renown Mayfly and Abbots Miter pubs as well as good access for Stockbridge and commuting to Winchester/ Andover, M3, A3030, A34 with a strong selection of private and State schools close at hand.




Specification:
The property is beautifully laid out with flexible accommodation being:

Entrance Hall: double entrance with tiled floor and under stairs cupboard
Sitting Room: with wood burner, French windows to the garden, Bang and Olsen sound system, and Colefax & Fowler curtains
Kitchen: Chalon French style, distressed fitted kitchen with 4 oven Aga, larder, island unit and electric hob, and opening to
Dining Room (SW): tiled floor with French windows to terrace
Up to
Rear Hall:
Playroom/Study: understairs cupboard with water softener, Sky installed with screens.
Boot Room
Laundry Room; with porcelain sink,
WC/Shower Room
Staircase to Landing
Master Bedroom (WN) French windows to balcony and Ensuite bath with power shower over.
4 Double Bedrooms
Family Bath/Shower

Rear Courtyard
Annex/Office/Au Pair/Guest suite: with reception and bedroom with Ensuite Shower Room.

Outside
Gardens extending to approx 1.5 acres with drive and parking area, very attractive walled garden with herbaceous borders, lawns, vegetable areas, fruit trees and carriage crossing, Test carrier, with access to the Test Way and River Bank.

Playroom/Den/Store/Office: with electric heating, telephone and Sky

Range of Outbuildings being
Workshop/Artroom
Open Fronted bike sheds
Garden Shed
Dog Shed
Fig House/Greenhouse



White Goods: 4 Oven Aga, dishwasher, fridge, freezer, washing machine, tumble drier, microwave and Bang Olsen sound system

Heating: Solar panels for water and oil fired CH

Drainage: Private

Curtains/Blinds: Good quality curtains e.g. Colefax and Porter

Carpets: Carpets/tiled/wood with Fired Earth tiled shower

Availability: mid December

Council Tax Band: Test Valley Borough Council
Band G
£2262.15 (2009-2010)

Broadband Availability: Available locally

Mobile Phone Reception: Most networks

Pets: Well behaved pets considered Electric dog wire in place

Smoking: No

Alarm: yes with police monitoring facility

Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) available for inspection upon request
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