Petersfield Road, Ropley, Alresford, Hampshire, SO24

An impressive family home set within attractive grounds of 3.45 acres including walled gardens with swimming pool and paddocks.

Description

Lyewood House is an impressive and exceptionally well-proportioned Victorian home, occupying an elevated position and showcasing a wealth of original period features, including striking decorative fireplaces, elegant bay windows and notably high ceilings throughout. Set well back within its grounds the property is approached via a long gravel driveway, enhancing both its privacy and sense of arrival.

The generous and beautifully balanced ground floor accommodation offers excellent proportions throughout, beginning with a welcoming entrance hall leading to a substantial drawing room, which flows through to a comfortable snug, readily opened up to create an expansive entertaining space. A generous dining room is perfect for formal entertaining. At the heart of the home lies the impressive family kitchen/breakfast room, a wonderfully spacious and sociable area centred around a large island, complemented by a pantry and utility room. These in turn provide access to a cloakroom and stairs descending to a sizeable cellar. Extending from the kitchen is a light-filled and contemporary music studio, offering versatile space that could equally function as a study or additional reception room. The house has two separate staircases ascending to the first floor where the sense of scale continues with six generously proportioned double bedrooms and two family bathrooms, all arranged to maximise space and comfort.

OUTSIDE
The grounds are equally notable, featuring a beautifully enclosed walled garden where the current owners have created a superb outdoor entertaining environment, complete with a heated swimming pool. A substantial south-facing greenhouse and potting shed run along one wall, further enhancing the appeal.

Additional outbuildings include a useful garden studio/office within the walled garden and a double garage. To the front, a terrace leads onto gently tiered lawns interspersed with mature trees, a charming flint folly and a summer house.

Beyond lies a further, more informal lawned area with specimen and fruit trees, as well as an additional paddock situated to the west of the walled garden. The grounds extend in all to 3.45 acres.

Location

The house is within Ropley, an active and popular village set in unspoilt rolling countryside and benefitting from a Community Shop and Post Office, Primary School, Church, Parish Hall, Coffee Room, Sports Pavilion and Recreation Ground.

Schools within the area include the highly regarded primary school with secondary schools located in Alresford and Winchester. The excellent private schools in the area include Bedales and Churchers School in Petersfield, Prince’s Mead, St. Swithun’s, Twyford School, Winchester College and Pilgrims’ School.

The area is well known for its excellent sporting opportunities including world class fishing on the nearby Rivers Test and Itchen, sailing and water sports on the South Coast, golf at numerous courses in the area including Alresford and walking and riding through the South Downs National Park.

Ropley is ideally positioned to give access to Petersfield, as well as the A31, A3 to London via Guildford, or the A31/M3 via link roads. Heathrow Airport is approximately 50 miles away, Gatwick 60 miles away and Southampton International Airport, with its European and UK destinations, only 22 miles distant.

Square Footage: 4,606 sq ft


Acreage: 3.45 Acres

Additional Info

Mains water and electric. Private drainage (septic tank). Oil fired central heating.
Council Tax Band H
Freehold