Little Somborne, Stockbridge, SO20

The Property:
This pretty semi detached cottage is set back from a country lane and is approached over a gravel driveway, flanked by a lawn and herbaceous borders. A covered entrance porch opens into a dining hall which has two period iron windows to the front aspect and a fitted woodburning stove, there is plenty of space for a dining table and stairs rise to the first floor. The kitchen is fitted with an oak kitchen with granite counter tops and has windows that overlook the rear garden and adjoining fields, with a stable door opening into the rear garden. The impressive sitting room has a centralised brick-built fireplace and is dual aspect with a window to the front and French doors opening onto the terrace at the rear. The first floor has a principal bedroom with a front aspect window and an ensuite bathroom with a wonderful view over fields. There are two further bedrooms that are served by a shower room, whilst a staircase rises to the second floor which makes a good bedroom, although is currently used as a study. The property has delightful gardens which are well stocked and are a sea of colour, contained by well maintained and established hedging. At the front of the plot is a garden storage shed and log store, whilst a lengthy driveway provides parking for numerous vehicles leading to the garage, which has doors front and back allowing for machinery. There is a terrace directly to the front of the house. The rear garden is mainly laid to lawn with established flower and shrub beds and a lovely Yew tree. Two patios are ideal for capitalising on the sunshine, along with a backdrop of the beautiful Test Valley countryside.

The Location:
The cottage is just one of about a dozen properties situated within the desirable hamlet of Little Somborne, on the outskirts of King's Somborne, which has a Post Office/store, primary school, church, and public house, whilst the historic market town of Stockbridge (just 2.5 miles away) has a broader variety of independent shops, a Co-op/Post Office, hotels and bars, tea rooms/restaurants, churches, doctors' surgery and primary and secondary schools. The cathedral city of Winchester is only 8 miles away (15 minutes' drive) offering a comprehensive range of shopping, educational and leisure facilities together with a mainline railway station that has fast trains to London Waterloo in 60 minutes. There are also excellent road links to London and the west country via the M3 and A303 and to the south coast.

Directions:
Leave Winchester heading north-west via the Stockbridge Road, follow this for roughly six miles, then take the left turning onto Winchester Road towards Crawley. After roughly two miles, turn left onto Chalk Hill and the property will be found on the left hand side after a short distance.

Agent's Note:
The original part of the cottage is mainly of Cob construction, whilst the extension is block with render under a tiled roof.

Viewing:
Strictly by appointment through Belgarum Estate Agents .

Services:
Electricity and water mains are connected. Shared private drainage. Oil fired central heating.

Council Tax:
Band F - rate for 2025/26 £3,187.65 pa.

Parking - Garage

Parking - Driveway