Hambledon, Hampshire

THE PROPERTY A great family home for over 40 years Buryfield has a lovely light interior and southerly aspect with some stunning far reaching views over farmland towards the Isle of Wight in the distance. The house has a fine entrance hall, three good reception rooms and a modern kitchen breakfast room with vaulted ceiling. On a practical country living level there is a large utility/boot room and boiler/drying room. Upstairs all bedrooms have country views, two bedrooms have en suite bath/shower rooms and a large landing provides a lovely airy feel. The garden and grounds provide a brilliant space for children to free range in or any keen gardener to enjoy. The wide terrace accessed off the kitchen is perfect for spring/summer entertaining and the hard tennis court is much used and enjoyed.  

OUTSIDE A gravel drive leads up through the garden to a turning and parking area by the front of the house. Most of the garden is to the south and west of the house and a paved terrace wraps around the back and behind the kitchen. The garden is enclosed by mature hedgerows and areas of lawn extend behind the house and around the tennis court with several herbaceous borders and a small orchard. At the bottom of the garden, there is a small spinney with a treehouse and zip wire. In all about 1.6 acres (0.65 ha).  

LOCATION The property lies in an unspoilt rural position set back from a narrow country lane with neighbours providing a small community on the southern edge of Hambledon, about 0.5 of a mile from the village centre, which has good facilities including a primary school, shop, pub and village hall. For a more comprehensive range of shopping, sport and leisure facilities including Waitrose, Petersfield has a mainline station with train services to London Waterloo. The larger centres of Winchester, Guildford and Chichester are all within reasonable driving distance. The A3 is only a few minutes' drive to the east and gives easy access to the coast and to the M25 and beyond. The house sits within the South Downs National Park and there are many accessible footpaths available providing great scope for walking or cycling via the network of local lanes. There are plenty of private schooling options in the region including Bedales and Churcher's at Petersfield, Portsmouth Grammar School, Winchester College and St Swithun's at Winchester and Twyford, Boundary Oak and Westbourne House prep schools.