St. Peters Street, Bishops Waltham, SO32

The Property:

Hope House is a superb detached Georgian house with a rich history dating back to the 1740’s. The property has classically proportioned and well decorated rooms synonymous of the period, behind a striking red brick façade with inset windows with sash openers and under a clay tiled roof. An elegant entrance hall with a beautifully fitted oak floor creates a welcoming feel, with entrance doors both to St Peter’s Street and the garden. There are three large reception rooms; the first, currently a large formal dining room, provides a pleasing dual aspect with large sash windows, exposed oak floor and an impressive open fireplace. The drawing room has a bay with French doors that open into the garden and an open fireplace, flanked by beautiful arched alcoves with fitted bookshelves. The open plan kitchen/breakfast room is certainly the heart of the house; designed by Martin Moore and fitted with a comprehensive range of hand painted ‘in frame’ units and appliances, including an electric Aga and a separate Neff oven and gas hob and large central island, both the wall and the island units are topped with granite counters. The kitchen is open plan through to a breakfast room, creating an ample everyday dining space. There is also a wood burning stove and from here there is access to a sitting room. The kitchen opens into a superb garden room incorporating large sash windows and doors into the garden which really brings ‘the outside in’, with a central roof lantern and a gas fired stove. A cloakroom and access to the original cellars complete the accommodation at this level.

Both the upper floors provide versatility. The first floor provides a super principal bedroom which extends to 19 ft, with a dual aspect not only of views over the gardens but beyond to the church grounds. There are fitted wardrobes and an ensuite bathroom with a bath and separate shower. There are three further bedrooms, one with a separate laundry room as well as a separate dressing room and shower room, completing this floor. To the second floor are two further sizeable bedrooms, the larger having an adjoining nursery, there is also a large bathroom.

The property is situated at the end of a quiet, no through single track lane that leads to St. Peter’s Church. Approached through a pair of electrically operated gates onto private driveway parking which leads to a detached double car barn and garage/workshop. The gardens wrap around three sides of the property and have been well designed with well-stocked shrub and rose beds and a row of cherry trees and espaliered apple trees. A centralised pond and fountain feature set within a gravel circle emulate the symmetrical façade of the north elevation. Extending to about one third of an acre, most of the gardens are laid to lawn with a globe water feature, irrigation system, and two garden stores, one with a gardener’s W.C.

The Location:

Set within walled gardens and positioned at the end of a highly regarded no through road bordering and with views over the magnificent St. Peter’s Church which dates to the 12th Century. St. Peter’s Street just a stone’s throw from the excellent range of amenities offered by the town centre which include a doctor’s surgery, church, pubs, restaurants, coffee shops, post office, convenience stores, butchers, a fresh fish shop and greengrocer, and a range of independent boutiques and retailers. Bishops Waltham is a historic town offering a wealth of old-world charm and a strong sense of community. The town is home to the Bishops Waltham Palace Ruins and is situated on the edge of the Meon Valley and South Downs National Park. As such it is surrounded by beautiful countryside and a wealth of country pursuits including walking, horse riding, fishing, shooting and golf, whilst the property is also not far from the world-renowned sailing facilities on the South Coast. The town is also just 10 miles from the Cathedral city of Winchester, which has a mainline rail station taking about an hour to London Waterloo, Botley station only 4 miles away taking 80 minutes to London Waterloo and Southampton international airport approximately 11 miles away. The M3 and M27 motorway networks are also within easy reach, providing access to, Southampton and Portsmouth and the south coast. Excellent schools, leisure and sporting activities nearby, including horse racing at Salisbury, Goodwood and Newbury, numerous Golf Clubs and more extensive shopping facilities and restaurants in the cathedral city of Winchester, Southampton, and Portsmouth. Superb schooling including Winchester College, St Swithun’s, Prince’s Mead, Pilgrims, Twyford, Bedale’s, Churcher’s College and Portsmouth Grammar School.

Directions:

Leave Winchester in an easterly direction via the Morestead Road and continue for about 7 miles, then turn right onto Salt Lane, signposted Bishops Waltham. After about a mile, follow the road as it bears left and becomes Beeches Hill, then at the end of this road, turn right onto Lower Lane. After about 200 yards, turn left onto Lower Lane and the road bends left into Bank Street, take the next left onto St. Peter’s Street. The property will be found towards the end of this street on the right-hand side.

Viewing:

Strictly by appointment through Belgarum Estate Agents .

Services:

All mains services are connected.

Council Tax:

Band G - rate for 2026/27 £4,111.18 pa.

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