Medstead Road, Beech, Hampshire

This substantial family home occupies a lovely setting set within beautifully landscaped gardens and grounds amounting to about 2 acres. The detached double garage building with one bedroom annexe over, has consent for conversion into an ancillary, 4 bedroom house offering up a great opportunity for mullti generational living and pooling of resources.

In the main house, one is immediately welcomed by a large reception hall and from here there is access to each of the reception rooms and kitchen. The accommodation in the main house is both balanced and yet flexible with generously proportioned rooms and notably, a striking open plan kitchen. The reception hall, kitchen and garden room are underfloor heated. There is an elegant drawing room with a feature marble fireplace, a dining room, family room and a study thereby giving plenty of lifestyle options. The house is served by fibre optic and accordingly has excellent broadband speeds.

The principal suite is substantial with both a dressing room, bathroom and a balcony. A guest suite, two further bedrooms and a family bathroom, also accessible from the fourth bedroom. Aspects south over the garden and pool or from a commanding position towards woodland, ensure an appealing outlook from each room. The detached garage building comprises a double garage and above an annexe, sitting room, kitchen, bedroom and shower room. There is an existing planning consent for the conversion of this building to an ancillary, 4 bedroom house and therefore an opportunity to create multi-generational living at Linden House where families might combine resources.

Planning application number 58946.

The landscaped gardens are a compelling feature creatively designed with various terraces, decks, rock gardens, raised vegetable beds and level lawns. Fruit trees such as plum, apple and cherry and borders stocked with shrubs and plants vary in colour from season to season. The boundaries are mature with hedgerows and trees affording a great deal of privacy. A woodland copse behind the house gives an appealing backdrop. The heated pool is surrounded by an iroko deck for loungers and dining and the pool house has a sauna/steam room, changing facilities, a bar and party space.

The vibrant village of Beech is surrounded by fine Hampshire countryside within an unspoilt wooded valley within a couple of miles from the market town of Alton. The village has a church, a village hall with a comprehensive calendar of events and the nearby village of Medstead has several everyday amenities including a village store, pub and primary school. Alton provides a good range of individual shops together and specialist markets, cinema, sports centre, Waitrose, two secondary schools, a sixth form college and a station with frequent trains to London Waterloo (from 1 hour 7 minutes). Well regarded Perins School in Alresford is also within easy reach. The larger centres of Farnham, Guildford and Basingstoke offer many other facilities and in the case of Basingstoke a fast train service into London Waterloo in just over 40 minutes). There are a number of foot and bridle paths nearby.