Sopley, Christchurch, BH23

A beautiful period country house brimming with original character and charm, dating back to the 1760s and later extended in the 1840s. This property offers a spacious and versatile range of accommodation, providing ample opportunity for refurbishment to create a truly remarkable family home. Spanning approximately 6682 sq. ft. (including garage), the handsome property is set within 1.7 acres of mature parkland, nestled on the edge of the New Forest National Park in the village of Sopley, midway between the coastal enclave of Christchurch and the historic market town of Ringwood.

For sale for the first time in over 50 years, The Old Vicarage in Sopley is blessed with an array of original period features including high ceilings, exposed wood floorboards, window shutters, a sweeping staircase, and corresponding picture and dado rails throughout.

The extensive, well-proportioned accommodation consists of a vaulted entrance porch, an impressive grand entrance hall with stairs rising to the first floor, an associated WC and doors into the drawing room with deep triple-bay sash windows and a central open fireplace with marble surround, a study with fireplace and shelved recess, playroom and the dining / family room with central fireplace and the original front door onto a paved seating terrace and the south lawn to the front of the property.

A traditional farmhouse style kitchen with oil fired Aga, fitted cupboards and space for a breakfast table which then in turn leads to the rear lobby that provides access to an extensive cellar below and a secondary rear staircase to the first floor landing. A large rear scullery and walk in pantry / wine store, a gardeners WC and an attached garage with vintage sliding door. To the rear of the property are a collection of versatile outbuildings and general storage areas.

An impressive turning staircase rises to the first floor landing that provides access to a total of five sizable first floor bedrooms, two bath / shower rooms and an independent WC.

Overhead on the second floor are three further double bedrooms and a variety of store rooms.

Externally the impressive grounds consist of a sweeping driveway leading to ample parking immediately adjacent to the property. A formal south facing front lawned garden with paved terrace and mature Wisteria growing across the front facade of the original property. Whilst to the rear an extensive lawned garden features a beautiful array of established shrubs and decorative hedging which in turn extends to an area of light woodland and an adjacent paddock.

Located in the South-Western corner of Hampshire close to its border with Dorset, the delightful hamlet of Sopley is situated on the eastern bank of the picturesque River Avon, on the fringes of the New Forest National Park. The attractive rural village retains much if its original historic charm including an attractive 13th century church, Sopley Mill and The Woolpack, an inviting thatched riverside village pub on the banks of the Sopley Brook.

By no means isolated, Sopley is positioned midway between the market town of Ringwood to the North with the bustling coastal town of Christchurch to the South with the popular beaches of Mudeford and the stunning local renowned Hengistbury Head nature reserve.