Clifton Road, Winchester, SO22

A classic Victorian town house situated in one of Winchester’s most sought after locations and benefitting from stunning, elevated views across the city and countryside beyond.
Set across four floors, the property exudes a sense of elegance and grandeur with numerous character features such as high ceilings, ornate cornicing, sash windows, feature fireplaces, high skirting boards and exposed wooden floors.
To the ground floor, an impressive reception hallway with beautiful oak parquet flooring provides access to the main drawing/reception room and stairwells leading to the upper and lower floors. The magnificent, 29’ double aspect drawing room is a particular feature of this wonderful home, featuring a fine marble fireplace, engineered oak flooring and views to both the front and rear aspects. At the end of the reception hall is a useful study area with a rear access door opening out to the garden.
To the lower ground floor is a most impressive kitchen/family room with wood burning stove, a utility room, shower room and a beautifully light dining/garden room with large lantern roof and French doors opening out onto the lower garden terrace. The kitchen area is fitted with a comprehensive range of bespoke units, built-in appliances and a complementing island unit. From the kitchen, double doors open out to a small breakfast terrace to the front of the property.
The bedroom accommodation is set across the top two floors with two good size bedrooms and an accompanying bathroom to each level. Both bedrooms to the front aspect enjoy wonderful elevated views across the city and countryside beyond, whilst the bedrooms to the rear enjoy views across the garden.

The Coach House
Approached via a separate entrance accessible from Middle Road, the Coach House incorporates self-contained accommodation set across two floors. To the ground floor is a double aspect kitchen/dining/living area with French doors opening onto a brick paved terrace. Adjoining this space is a large storage area offering options for a variety of uses. To the first floor, there is a double aspect, multi-purpose room and a separate shower room. The Coach House provides excellent ancillary accommodation to the existing house for guests and family, but cannot be let or used as a separate residence.

Outside

A cast iron pedestrian gate set between brick pillars opens onto a York stone path and mosaic tiled steps leading up to the front door.

The area of garden to the front is attractively landscaped with various planted beds and pretty wall and hedge borders. From here, steps lead down to a walled breakfast terrace accessed from the kitchen/breakfast room.
To the rear aspect and adjoining the garden room/dining room is a west-facing terrace with steps leading up to the rear garden. The rear garden enjoys a delightful westerly aspect and is apportioned into different areas of interest, comprising areas of lawn and terrace interspersed with seating areas and beautifully planted beds stocked with established shrubs and mature specimen plants.
At the rear of the garden, there is an additional area of brick paved terrace set in front of the Coach House.

Situation

Clifton Road is situated in a conservation area overlooking the pretty green of Oram's Arbour and comprises mainly period properties, many of which are listed. This property is very well placed to take advantage of the City with its extensive amenities, excellent cultural, educational and leisure facilities. The railway station offers access to London Waterloo (about 1 hour) and Junction 11 of the M3 provides road access to London (about 70 miles), the South Coast and motorway network.

Additional Information

Services: All mains services connected
Local Authority: Winchester City Council
Council Tax: Band G