Back Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23

A charming period home in a calm and tranquil setting, enjoying excellent views and a west-facing garden. Offered with no forward chain, this is a rare opportunity, early viewing advised.

Description

A delightful period cottage arranged over two floors, offering well-balanced accommodation. The property combines charming character features with practical living space. The front door opens into a welcoming reception room, creating an ideal space for everyday living and entertaining. Beyond is a separate living room, offering a cosy retreat with a wood burner as its focal point. The ground floor is finished with attractive slate tiled flooring, adding both character and practicality to the warm and welcoming living space. To the rear of the property, the kitchen is generous in size, extending to approximately 16 ft in length. The room offers excellent space for cooking and dining, with direct access to the west facing garden beyond.

The first floor provides two bedrooms. The principal bedroom is a well-proportioned and enjoys the views to the front. The second bedroom provides attractive guest accommodation, children's space, or a home office.

A second floor loft space has a skylight window and is currently used for storage. There could be an opportunity to improve access and convert the loft to a more habitable space (subject to planning permission).

OUTSIDE
A front gate opens into an attractive front garden, setting the cottage back from the street and creating a charming approach to the property. The front garden is a particularly pleasant place to relax and enjoy the outstanding view over Back Street, on to the allotments and St Catherine's Hill.

To the rear, the west-facing garden is well proportioned with a paved terrace and mature shrubs set within the borders, providing an attractive space for outdoor dining and relaxation. The property also benefits from a useful, detached outbuilding, ideal for storage and a variety of practical uses.

Location

The property enjoys a particularly attractive position along Back Street, where homes are situated on only one side of the road. Opposite the cottage, a beautiful flint wall borders a series of established allotments, creating an open and verdant outlook to the front rarely found so close to Winchester city centre. Beyond the allotments are far-reaching views towards the iconic St Catherine's Hill, providing a picturesque backdrop and enhancing the property's sense of peace and tranquillity.

Located approximately 1 mile to the south of Winchester High Street in an area known as St Cross. The location is particularly well known for its access to the water meadows and the pleasant walks they afford into the City Centre, through the ancient part of the city, the College and the Cathedral. The City Centre and its amenities offer first class shopping, a varied range of restaurants, a cinema, theatre and sports centre.

Communications are excellent, with the mainline railway station at Winchester running a service to London Waterloo (approximately 59 minutes), and the M3 to the east provides excellent access to London, the Midlands via the A34, the west via the A303 and the south coast and New Forest via the M27.

Schools in Winchester are first class, with St Faith's Primary School located within St. Cross being highly sought after.

Square Footage: 686 sq ft



Additional Info

Mains water and electricity. Gas not currently connected.
Freehold
Council Tax Band D