Winchester Road, Chawton, Alton, Hampshire, GU34

A spacious and light five bedroom family home with a south west facing garden in a village location.

Description

Oriel House is an attractive and spaciously designed modern detached house, beautifully updated and set in a peaceful village setting.

The property has a wonderfully bright atmosphere throughout and has been significantly enhanced in recent years with a number of high-quality upgrades. A welcoming open front porch leads into a generous reception hall, where a bespoke Neville Johnson oak staircase creates a striking first impression.

The double-aspect drawing room enjoys views to the east and west, ensuring it is bathed in natural light throughout the day, with access to the rear garden. This elegant space now features a Focus woodburner with a new chimney liner, providing both charm and warmth, and a deep square bay window. The dining room sits centrally in the house and can be accessed from both the kitchen and the drawing room.

The family kitchen has been refitted with a new Howdens kitchen in dusk blue from their Elmbridge range, with solid antique brass ironmongery by Carlisle Brass, complemented by stylish fittings from Elstead Lighting of Alton. It provides ample cabinetry, space for informal dining and soft seating, and double doors leading out to a terrace. The kitchen also enjoys double-aspect views over the garden.

Beyond the kitchen lies a utility room and second cloakroom, with a new external door and loft storage above, while a study with double doors opening onto the front garden completes the ground floor accommodation.

On the first floor, the principal bedroom benefits from built-in wardrobes, a new en suite bathroom, and a new Daikin reversible air conditioning unit controllable by remote or app. There are a further three double bedrooms, a single bedroom, and a recently modernised family bathroom.

Throughout the property, extensive improvements have been made, including a new Worcester boiler and pressurised hot water system with replacement radiators throughout, Smart control heating and hot water, remotely controllable by app, all new double-glazed windows and new internal hardwood “Dordogne” doors.

Externally, the property is approached via a private driveway shared with one other house, with Oriel House enjoying its own secure access through automated gates. A large double oak-framed “barn style” garage, built in 2023 with power and lighting, offers excellent parking and storage. The open bay garage includes an OHME Home Pro fast car charge point (installed February 2025), ideal for electric vehicle owners.

The thoughtfully landscaped level gardens wrap around the property, comprising sweeping lawns and mature borders, with two new terraces paved with Kadapha black limestone offering perfect spots for entertaining. The front and rear lawns are set up for robot mowers working by GPS with perimeter boundary wiring, and the plot extends to about half an acre.

Square Footage: 2,790 sq ft


Acreage: 0.47 Acres