Weston Lane, Winterslow, SP5

Located in a highly sought after village location, Kings Croft is an award winning, exquisite modern residence, having been built only 6 years ago yet retaining the look, ambience and charm of a traditional country house. Set in a glorious elevated position, with far-reaching southerly views, the property provides great privacy, ideal for family living.

The spacious entrance hall provides a wonderful sense of arrival, with all principal ground floor rooms leading from here. There is a large Tom Howley kitchen/breakfast room with a range of modern units and appliances, set around an island unit. A key feature of this space are the bi-folding doors, offering uninterrupted views over the countryside and the most ideal spot for hosting family and friends. The drawing room offers excellent proportions and is wonderfully light and welcoming with French doors offering further access to the rear garden. There are two further reception rooms, an ideal day to day living room and a useful study/playroom, both again offering rear garden access. Completing the ground floor accommodation is a large utility room with side access, downstairs WC and a useful boot room.

Upstairs, the wide landing has a relaxed reading area and links to all bedrooms. The principal bedroom overlooks the rear garden and offers the best views of the surrounding countryside in addition to a wonderful ensuite bathroom. The well appointed second bedroom also offers en-suite facilities while bedroom three has a good sized balcony to make the most of the amazing views. The family bathroom services bedrooms three, four and five. In addition, there is a large mezzanine storage area, accessible from the double garage on the ground floor room. 

Notable other benefits include: underfloor heating throughout ground floor, feed from solar panels, wired super fast fibre broadband, mains drainage and LPG gas fired range cooker.

Externally, the Georgian style design of the property offers a wonderful first impression. The large gravel driveway provides extensive parking to the front with the double garage and three bay car port offering further versatile options for parking and storage. The immaculately landscaped rear garden and the one of a kind view is the real showstopper at Kingscroft. Rarely do you find such interrupted, beautiful countryside views as far as the eye can see with great care having been taken to make full use of the space and to maximise the stunning scenery. A large lawn makes the garden ideal for a family and the patio terrace the perfect spot for alfresco dining in the warmer months. There is a shed/workshop space to the rear of the carport that could easily be utilised as an outside office/fitness space with some minor changes.

***Civic Society Award Comments***

“It had been designed to look as though though it may have arisen naturally on the site, following local traditions for rural houses, and intentionally dissimilar on the outside – in the vein of a Georgian brick house in the case of Kings Croft. The judges felt that with these aims in mind, the design had been very well considered, and moreover that they had been executed to a high standard. The brickwork was of very good quality, and timber in various forms, plus clay plain tiles for the roofs, had also been well utilised. The judges were particular struck by the quality of the interiors, into which a great deal of thought had clearly been put. Rooms were light and spacious, incorporating woodwork of better than standard quality and well chosen paint schemes, to which the splendid views had been taken full advantage of. The first floor of Kings Croft had a particularly effective round arched opening within it, complementing the Georgian effect of the exterior. High insulation values had been built in. The above average level of the commitment which had clearly gone into the houses, both in developing the designs and building them, made a commendation for them fully merited.”

The property lies on the edge of the village, set back from a very quiet country lane and offers unobstructed views to the south, over the adjoining valley to East Grimstead and West Dean. The villages have five churches, two public houses, cricket ground/football field, general store and post office, local bus services to Salisbury, Church of England primary school, tennis courts, village hall with coffee shop and a doctors surgery. The nearby market town of Stockbridge provides an excellent range of day to day necessities, as well as several pubs, restaurants, hotels and galleries. The larger centres of Salisbury (7 miles) and Winchester (19 miles) are within reach and have an extensive range of amenities. Transport links are good, with the A303 linking with the M3 and thereafter to the national motorway network and London airports.  The local area is renowned for its schools, both private and state. There is an excellent primary school in the village, whilst Salisbury offers very good Grammar Schools for both boys and girls. There are numerous private schools in the area including Farleigh, Salisbury Cathedral School, Chafyn Grove, Leehurst Swan and Godolphin. There are excellent nearby local walks and rides over the surrounding countryside, including Bentley Wood which, together with the adjacent Blackmoor Copse, form one of the largest areas of woodland in Wiltshire.A regular train service is available from Grateley (9 miles) which travels to London Waterloo taking from 79 minutes. Alternatively, trains travel to London Waterloo from Salisbury, taking from 85 minutes and Winchester from 59 minutes.